Dental Hygienist

With additional education and/or work experience, graduates may find employment as:

With additional education and/or work experience, graduates may find employment as:

• Dental Hygiene Instructor
• Public Health Hygienist
• Dental Laboratory Technician
• Dental Sales Representative
• Member of Dental Examining Board
• Public School Hygienist
• Dental Hygiene Administrator in hospital-style setting

• High school advanced science and math

• Ethics and Professionalism: Incorporate into dental hygiene practice professional laws, regulations and policies established by the licensing state and regulatory agencies.
• Ethics and Professionalism: Model dental hygiene professional code of ethics in a rapidly changing environment.
• Ethics and Professionalism: Pursue lifelong professional growth and development through self-directed learning, participation in professional organizations, and continuing education.
• Promoting Oral Health: Counsel clients/patients to reduce health risks.
• Promoting Oral Health: Provide community oral health services in a variety of settings.
• Patient/Client Care: Infection Control - Manage infection and hazard control.
• Patient/Client Care: Assessment - Assess data on all aspects of patient/client health using methods consistent with dental hygienist scope of practice and legal principles.
• Patient/Client Care: Planning - Formulate a comprehensive dental hygiene care plan in collaboration with the client and other health professionals.
• Patient/Client Care: Implementation - Provide preventive and therapeutic services that promote oral health according to the needs of the patient/client.
• Patient/Client Care: Evaluation - Evaluate the effectiveness of the implemented client/patient dental hygiene care plan and modify as needed.
• Patient/Client Care: Evaluation - Evaluate the effectiveness of the implemented clinical and educational services and modify as needed.

• Caregiver Background Check (CBC)
• Physical exam required prior to clinical.
• All program students must meet the health requirements specified on the MATC Personal History form prior to enrolling in the first program course.

• The Dental Hygienist program has a large number of applicants. We currently accept 36 students per fall semester. The waiting list is approximately 2 - 3 years from the semester for which you apply for. A Computerized Random Selection (CRS) process will be used to assign qualified applicants to a place on the waiting list.
• Applications will be accepted only during the following time periods:
• Madison, Fall 2008 —Application processing already closed for this semester.
  Madison Campus, Fall 2009 — November 17 – November 17, 2008 ***
• The following materials must be on file at MATC in order to have a complete application.
  • Completed Application form, paper or online. Campus and semester must be selected, and must be one for which applications are currently being accepted.
  • Check or money order for the one-time application fee of $30.00. Exception: If you have previously paid this fee for an MATC program, you have already fulfilled the fee requirement.
  • Official high school or GED/HSED transcripts. *
  • Official college transcripts from all colleges previously attended. *
  • ACT, SAT, COMPASS, or ASSET Exception: If you have a Bachelor’s Degree, this requirement is waived.
• * If high school, GED/HSED and/or college transcripts are on file at MATC, they do not need to be submitted again. You may contact the Enrollment Center @ (608) 246-6210 or (800) 322-6282 ext. 6210 if you would like to verify that your transcripts are on file.
• To obtain your transcripts, contact your High School, GED/HSED Testing Center, and all Post-secondary Institutions you have attended and request an official transcript be sent directly to the school
• *** Applications can be submitted starting September 1 for the following Fall.
• The application materials may be submitted online or to any Regional Campus, Downtown Education Center or the Enrollment Center, Room 159, at the Truax Campus; via mail or in-person. Application materials may be mailed to: Enrollment Center; Madison Area Technical College; 3550 Anderson Street; Madison, WI 53704

• Residency: Per Wisconsin TCS-10 statue, out of state and out-of-district residents are not permitted to be placed on a waiting list for a program that closes prior to the non-resident processing date. It is the applicant’s responsibility for proving his/her residency information. Please contact the Enrollment Center for further details (608) 246-6210 or 1-800-322-6282 ext. 6210.
• Course Requirements(All of the following requirements for admissions must be previously completed or you must be currently enrolled in the courses when the application is submitted.)

  Once you are placed on the waiting list

  • Pay your $50 waiting list deposit to remain on the list
  • Science and General Studies Requirements -- The required science class of General Anatomy & Physiology 20-806-206 and General Organic & Bio Chemistry 20-806-201 are required to be taken prior to acceptance. The other listed general education requirements are strongly encouraged to be taken prior to acceptance into the program.