{"id":20926,"date":"2014-07-10T13:41:57","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T13:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.select-themes.com\/stockholm11\/?page_id=20926"},"modified":"2023-05-30T12:22:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T20:22:31","slug":"home-shop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/dental-hygiene\/","title":{"rendered":"Dental Hygiene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21989\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/dental-hygiene\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2014\/07\/dental-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"812\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/dental-hygiene\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2014\/07\/dental-banner.jpg 812w, https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/dental-hygiene\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2014\/07\/dental-banner-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/dental-hygiene\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2014\/07\/dental-banner-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/dental-hygiene\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2014\/07\/dental-banner-700x350.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Welcome to the Dental Hygiene Department Page<\/h1>\n<p>The Taft College Dental Hygiene program has sought to inspire and teach dental hygiene care that is comprehensive in its technical excellence and in its orientation to an awareness of the total health needs of the individual patient.<\/p>\n<p>The Taft College Dental Hygiene program gives students the knowledge, experience, and educational requirements necessary to take the state and national board examinations. As the world\u2019s understanding of preventive and restorative oral health care grows, so does the need for oral health professionals.\u00a0 Taft College Dental Hygiene graduates are in demand.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Faculty &amp; Staff<\/h3>\n<p><b>DIRECTOR<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vickie Kimbrough, PhD, MBA, RDH<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>email:vkimbrough@taftcollege.edu<\/p>\n<p><b>FACULTY<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christi Adriano, MEd, BS,\u00a0RDH<\/li>\n<li>Bette Aycock, BS, RDH<\/li>\n<li>Diana Champion, BS, RDH<\/li>\n<li>Yvonne Chairez, BA, RDH<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Dodson, BSDH, RDH<\/li>\n<li>Gina Gardner, MEd, BSDH, RDH<\/li>\n<li>Eric Hershkowitz, DDS<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Nunez, DDS<\/li>\n<li>Kelly Ward, BSDH, RDH<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>OFFICE TECHNICIAN<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alex Omega, MA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>CLINIC TECHNICIAN<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Michele Matthews, AS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ACCREDITATION<\/strong> \u2013 Taft College Dental Hygiene is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation.\u00a0 The next accreditation visit is Feb 1-2, 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Commission on Dental Accreditation\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/coda.ada.org\/en\">http:\/\/https:\/\/coda.ada.org\/en<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To submit Third Party Comments related to the Standards for Dental Hygiene Education or a complaint, please see the Commission on Dental Accreditation Third Part Comment PDF \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/dental-hygiene\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2023\/01\/third_party.docx\">third_party form<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The program is approved by the Dental Hygiene Board of California.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dhbc.ca.gov\/\">https:\/\/dhbc.ca.gov\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Dental Hygiene Department Page  The Taft College Dental Hygiene program has sought to inspire and teach dental hygiene care that is comprehensive in its technical excellence and in its orientation to an awareness of the total health needs of the individual patient.    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