Wake Tech Dental Hygiene

06/26/2025

Jocelyn Weinhagen, RDH, MSDH, faculty in the Dental Hygiene Program, recently earned her Masters’ degree in Dental Hygiene from Old Dominion University. Her non-thesis paper, was accepted to be presented at the DentsplySirona/American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) Graduate Student Clinician’s Research Program in Long Beach, Ca. on Friday October 3. The paper is titled An Update on Clinical Competency Exams for Dental Hygiene Licensure. She has also submitted the paper for publication to the Journal of Dental Hygiene is awaiting a reply.

06/06/2025

Job Opening - Wake Tech Dental Hygiene - Clinic Technician. Ms. Ridgeway is retiring and we need a CDA or RDH to take her place. The position is due to begin July 1.

Here is the link - look for Clinic Technician - Dental Hygiene.
https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/waketechedu?

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06/03/2025

We held a Dental Assisting and Dental Hygiene Boot Camp on campus yesterday and here is one of our attendees! He volunteered to demonstrate the aerosols that occur in the dental environment and PPE needed. He had extra protection on to make a point and was a great sport! Boot camps are 4 hours long and allow participants a chance to get hands-on experience to see what the dental environment is like - polish on a typodont, see how to take an x-ray, take an impression on a typodont, use the iTero scanner, scale a tooth on a manikin, etc. We offer one camp each semester (approximately mid-October, mid-March, mid-June).

Follow this link for more information:
https://www.waketech.edu/programs-courses/credit/dental-hygiene/boot-camp

03/28/2025

Whoop Whoop! Check out Karen Maasch, RDH, BS, Assistant Professor, Dental Hygiene is in the faculty spotlight!
https://www.waketech.edu/post/faculty-spotlight/823394 #

Dental Hygiene Assistant Professor Karen Maasch often has students' tongues wagging as she shares tales from her years in dental offices to demonstrate what to do and what not to do around patients.

03/06/2025

This week is National Dental Assistants Recognition Week (March 3-7) and we have one of the best in Debbie Ridgeway! She has been dedicated to the profession for 40 years and serves as the Clinic Technician in the Wake Tech Dental Hygiene Clinic currently. We are proud to have her and she keeps our clinic running. Thanks Debbie!

03/03/2025

Congratulations to four of our Dental Hygiene students who helped save a life in our parking deck this past fall! They are now Reach 'n Rally award winners.

02/17/2025

The second year students were able to tour the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Oral Health Section last week on February 12 as part of the Community Dentistry Course. Thank you so much for hosting our students and providing them a great opportunity to learn about dental public health at the state level.

02/14/2025

Has it been a few years since you had your teeth cleaned? Our second year students are seeking patients that have a moderate amount of tartar on their teeth to finish up their spring requirements to graduate! While we are screening for all levels of difficulty of patients, we especially need those with tartar. Use the QR code below for more information on the clinic and call for a screening appointment today! 919-747-0126

10/31/2024

Halloween fun with the Class of 2025. Faculty are the multi-color clicker pens (they always pick on faculty for stealing their pens in clinic - thanks Class of 2024 for giving us our own personalized pens!)

10/28/2024

Several students in the Class of 2026 participated in a Trunk or Treat Event! Great job to all the students!

10/11/2024

I am so proud of our program and all of the opportunities it offers!

Graduates of Wake Tech’s Dental Hygiene Program can now pursue a bachelor’s degree online through a new articulation agreement with Old Dominion University.

05/01/2024

April was Oral Cancer Awareness Month and Perry Health Sciences Campus hosted an event on April 15 as part of the Spring Fling. The Dental Hygiene students provided oral cancer screenings while the Dental Assisting students hosted a bubble gum challenge and oral cancer awareness education. Great work by all!