 Lane
Community College - lanecc.edu
(541) 463-5069
Sharon Savage-Hagan, MS, RDH, Coordinator
Michelle Cummins, SADHA Advisor
4000 East 30th Avenue
Eugene, OR 97405
Mt. Hood Community
College - mhcc.edu
(503) 491-7506
Teresa Tong, MS, RDH, Director, SADHA
Advisor
26000 SE Stark Street
Gresham, OR 97030
ODS
College of Dental Sciences - www.odsdentalhygiene.org
(541) 962-2165
1101 Adams Ave.
LaGrande , OR 97850
Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) - oit.edu
(541) 885-1352
Terri Armstrong,
RDH, MS,
Dental Hygiene Department Chair
terri.armstrong@oit.edu
Patricia "Trish" Gates, RDH, SADHA Advisor
patricia.gates@oit.edu
3201 Campus Drive
Klamath Falls, OR 97601-8801
Pacific University - School of Dental Health Science
- www.pacificu.edu/dentalhealth/
503-352-7DHS,
(800) 933-9308, admissions@pacificu.edu
Lisa J. Rowley, CDA, RDH, MS, Program Director
lisajrowley@pacificu.edu
Kelli Shaffer, RDH, MAEd, SADHA Advisor
kelli.shaffer@pacificu.edu
222 SE 8th Avenue, Suite 271
Hillsboro, OR 97123-4218
Portland Community College - pcc.edu
(503) 244-6111
Cara Kao-Young, RDH, SADHA Advisor
ckaoyoun@pcc.edu
PO Box 19000
Portland, OR 97219-0990
Types of Dental Hygiene Careers
Legislation
allowing dental hygienists to practice unsupervised
in state licensed facilities was passed in 1997. The
Oregon Board of Dentistry has established rules
to implement this legislation and is now issuing
a Limited Access Permit to dental hygienists.
To acquire this permit you must :
Be a dental hygienist who holds an unrestricted
Oregon license.
Certify that you have completed at least 2,500
hours of supervised dental hygiene clinical practice
and/or clinical teaching hours. (revised 7-07 from 5,000 hours due to ODHA Leg.)
Submit documentation of successful completion of
40 classroom hours of courses from a formal, post-secondary
educational institution accredited by the Commission
on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental
Association or its successor agency and approved
by the Board. The classroom hours must be
on the following subjects:
General medicine and physical diagnosis
Pharmacology
Medical emergencies and CPR
Oral pathology
Management and psychology of geriatric and disabled
patients
Jurisprudence relating to unsupervised practice
with limited access patients
Provide the name of your professional liability
insurance carrier, policy number and expiration
date of the policy.
For more information or to request an application,
please contact Teresa
Haynes at the Oregon Board of Dentistry. |
