How long do you have to go to school to be a dental hygienist?

Answer 1

Dental hygiene education is a minimum of 2 years, but can be as long as 4 years.

An accredited dental hygiene program requires an average of 1,948 clock hours of curriculum. This includes 585 clock hours of supervised clinical dental hygiene instruction.

general education courses including English, speech, psychology and sociology
basic science courses including general chemistry, anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, pathology, nutrition, and pharmacology
dental science courses including dental anatomy, head and neck anatomy, oral embryology and histology, oral pathology, radiography, periodontology, pain control and dental materials
dental hygiene science courses including oral health education and preventive counseling, patient management, clinical dental hygiene, community dental health, medical and dental emergencies including basic life support, and legal and ethical aspects of dental hygiene practice
supervised instruction in pre-clinical and clinical practice .

Answer 2

It depends. You can acheive an Associates Degree in Dental Hygiene in two years or BA in Dental Hygiene in four years.

Answer 3

I think you only need 2 years of school to do that. I may be wrong.

Answer 4

it is one or two years depending on what school you attend....and if you stay with it and improve over theyears you have a steady job that is not high stress..and you retire in 30 years then make a job of a hobby....