Question:
My sister-in law is going to stay in San Fransisco for a year with her
husbond and is looking for education for dental hygienists in that area.
We have only found it in Boston and thereabout so far, and would be
grateful for information. We are also looking for which class of
education would be possible or suitable for her. She has finished the
Swedish three year dental hygienist program at the university and is
interested in something to combine it with, she knows little about how
the dental hygienist education in the United States works.
Answer:
Here are two contacts that may be useful to your sister-in-law. Because she
has graduated from the Swiss program, there's a possibility that she could
get credit for much of the work she has done. I believe the Swiss dental
hygiene education is based on the US paradigm. When I was in dental hygiene
school the Swiss actively recruited American hygienists to work in private
dental offices.
Hopefully she'll be able to design a program with a dental hygiene school
that will allow her to complete her bachelor's degree while becoming
eligible to sit for the California State Board.
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that is best able to serve you. General email can be sent to m...@adha.net.
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Don't I know it Joel. I've had 4 dental hygiene licenses, still have 3. I
still think maybe I shouldn't have let my Connecticut licese expire. You
never know the perfect oppourtunity
might arise.
As a dental hygienist trained in Sweden she will have no
problem with the education in the US.
I think that Pat's suggestion (se below) sounds real great.
Even if Pat made the classical American mistake of
confusing Sweden with Switzerland.
