Bulletin of Dental Education

In 2023-24, there were more first-year matriculants into dental hygiene education programs than into any other oral health professional program. For more information, go to the 2024-25 ADEA Trends in Dental Education and see Figure 3.2. Happy Dental Hygienist Week!

“Moving forward, we will continue to invest in integrating digital dentistry throughout the predoctoral curriculum and reimagine how dentistry is taught. It is our vision that future graduates will be proficient in the digital workflows in all aspects of dentistry. This will be augmented with training in AI, which will positively disrupt the way we practice,” said Sarandeep Huja, D.D.S., Ph.D., Dean of the Medical University of South Carolina James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine.