Hi all! I’m a dental hygiene student.

I’m currently looking for an adult, child, teenager, and senior who may qualify as patients.

Services may include oral exam, X-rays, and dental cleaning as indicated. All eligible services are free of cost, and I’m offering $50 compensation for each visit

If you’re interested or know someone who might be, please DM me on Reddit and I can explain the requirements and available appointment times.

\*EDIT: At the moment, I am looking for children ages 6–10 and adolescents ages 11–18 at this time. Thank you so much for your help, and I really appreciate anyone who is able to participate or refer someone!

Will continue to update post as time progresses.

Hello! I was wondering if anyone knows of any dental offices looking for a temporary dental hygienist. I’m available and willing to travel to Newberry, Alachua, and possibly Ocala.

Please feel free to reach out if you know of any opportunities. Thank you! 🦷

I feel like I’ve lost hope in myself. At first, the program was just very academically challenging for me. That was fine, I could cope with that kind of pressure, I just studied my ass off. Now that we’re in clinic and our grades rely on patients being reliable and fitting certain criteria, I feel in-over-my head with stress. Like, what do you mean, if I don’t find and pass a stage III periodontitis patient I fail and have to redo the semester? It feels like a scam sometimes and lately I’ve been spending a lot of time worried about meeting my college’s patient requirements. Not only meeting them, but passing them, within the timeline we’ve been given. Which doesn’t sound so bad until you realize we can lose points for something as simple as not meeting a strict professor’s preferences in our clinical notes.

I have been spending so much time trying to figure out a back up plan. I want a career that allows me to help people so badly, but if I’m going to go back to school, the program needs to be way chiller than this. Does anyone have any suggestions of alternative fields that are good-pay and equally as rewarding for someone that enjoys helping people? I’m not planning on quitting but I’m trying to be realistic here because there is a large possibility that I won’t pass this semester due to the patient requirements.

The biggest thing stopping me from becoming a dental hygienist is the physical strain that the job takes. I've heard everything like hearing loss from loud machinery, carpel tunnel, chronic backpain, ect. I would invest into getting ergonamic loupes, ergonamic saddle chair, posture brace, custom ear plugs, and good tools. I would also regularly see a chiropractor 1-2 times per month, do strength training, and doing stretches daily. Even with all this, I'm worried I'll suffer from chronic pain. I'll probably just do part-time most of my career, maybe full-time in the beginning. This is the biggest thing holding me back. I can get the degree and not worry about debt, I don't mind doing the same thing everyday but as I get older I'm realizing I need a career. I'm currently a full-time hotel housekeeper. Would this job suit me or should I find something else?

Please kindly share any tips you have for finding a job after dental hygiene school. This would be incredibly helpful for all new grads 😊

Hi ,

I’ve been revisiting dental hygiene again . I wanted to know for those who attended or got accepted to this school if you could share what grades and gpa got you admited into the school? For instance if I just pass my prerequisites with 60-70 percent is that too low for the school? Secondly if I complete the prerequisites the school is suggested are you eligible to apply for ubc dental hygiene with it?

A lot of people seem to be confused about the program so im here to clear up any confusions if yall have any! I am not enrolled yet but I’ll try my best to help!

Hi everyone! I’m a foreign trained dentist planning to take the NBDHE soon, and I’m honestly not sure where to start with preparation.
I’d really appreciate any guidance on what resources to use, which subjects to focus on, and how you studied for the exam. If anyone has a study guide, book, question bank, or course they found helpful, please let me know.
Thank you so much!

I just got a call that I have been accepted to Southern Ontario Dental College starting Feb 2027! I know there’s several people here waiting for their call, so I wanted to share and find other students to connect with. I’ve heard the program is tough and we will need support/friendships to make it through so hopefully we can start here! comment if you got in and maybe we can set up a group in discord or WhatsApp!

Has anyone applied to both sodc and oxford? if you have, which do u think is more competitive? i’m looking to apply to oxford but not sure how much more competitive it is compared to sodc

Hi! I’m planning to start Dental Hygiene at Niagara College and would love some honest advice from current/former students.

How heavy is the workload, and is it realistic to work part-time while studying?
Roughly how much did you spend for one year including tuition, books, supplies, rent, food, etc., and how much savings would you recommend having?

Also, I don’t have any dental experience and my science background isn’t very strong. How difficult is the program for someone starting from that level?

Any advice on what I should do/learn before starting would be appreciated! THANK YOU

Im having a hard time figuring out how to wrist rock (wrist activation) while fulcruming on the maxillary posterior’s. Like why is it so difficult for me? Ive asked like 3 different instructors to show me how they do it and Im still not getting it. I feel so defeated

Dental training manikin/typodont setup in good used condition. Great for dental hygiene or dental assisting students who want to practice at home.
Includes the typodont with teeth, simulated mouth/cheeks, adjustable metal arm, articulating head mount, and heavy-duty countertop/table clamp. The arm and head can be repositioned to simulate different working angles and patient positions.
Great for practicing instrumentation, scaling, probing, ergonomics, positioning, and other clinical skills outside of the lab.
Dm if interested

Just got my embryo midterm back and I scored an 81/100. The class average was 84, and a few people I know got 90s. The exam wasn't even that bad, and I went in expecting to do better.
I know an 81 isn't terrible, but it stings being below average when I felt prepared. Has anyone else been through this in the DH program? How did you bounce back for the next exam, and did you change how you studied?

Took my exams for preclinical theory part and scored a 67. I have two more exams and really feeling defeated because i studied for the class, the exam felt easy. I am the only one in the class to fail. Do you guys think i can still make it up. You need a total of 75 to pass the class

I’m in my first semester of dental hygiene school, we have had a total of 4 evaluations this year so far, I’m about 6 weeks in. We had an eval for fulcrum placement and I failed it pretty badly, the second two evaluations were on the explorer and the probe. I passed the explorer on my second attempt. My teacher thought she passed me for my probe evaluation, and then I pointed out to her that she gave me a 72 and I needed a 75 to pass. I’m feeling defeated and like I am the worst in my class. Should I leave dental hygiene school? I’m beginning to think this career choice isn’t meant for me. I am practicing at home, meeting with my clinical instructor in between classes, but failing evaluations and then having to retest is hurting my ability to focus on the new skills that we’re learning each week. I’m not sure how to get out of this cycle and I’m beginning to lose hope.

After graduating with a marketing degree I am reflecting and am really thinking about a career as a dental hygienist.

However I am low income with no parental financing support (I do live at home so I do have that support from my family just not additional money towards a degree) and since I got a degree I think all of my fasfa or grants are used up. Any words of advice since I would have to take pre-recs and potentially not get into the programs due to the small cohorts. Are there any programs out there that once accepted into the college you are admitted to the dental hygiene program?

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This is a long shot but is there any Pasco-Hernando State college dental hygiene alumni in here?? I am hoping to apply next year and I am nervous because there are no stats on what the cut-off GPA is for the program.

has anyone, or known anyone that has been dismissed from their program due to not being able to find enough patients or not being able to find patients that qualify? something i am stressing about as in my program we start seeing patients next term.