A brand new Dental Hygiene program is being launched on the School of Dentistry on the College of Saskatchewan (USask) to deal with the scarcity occurring throughout the province.

At present there is just one certificates program for dental hygienists in Saskatchewan, which isn’t sufficient to produce the demand for hygienists getting into the workforce, USask just lately reported. Most of the working dental hygienists shall be retiring from the occupation within the subsequent 5 years plus the inhabitants has been rising, all resulting in a necessity to extend the following wave of hygienists getting into the sphere.

The brand new program will start within the fall the place 18 college students shall be admitted and start their schooling for a Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene. College students can instantly apply from highschool so long as they meet the necessities. Utility submissions at the moment are open till June 1, 2024.

Learn extra on the brand new program from USask.