GOALS - For a quality education

The goals of the Dental Hygiene Program

• To provide the highest quality of instruction and educational experience for the student culminating in a license to practice dental hygiene and the knowledge to compassionately provide preventive dental health services to the public,
• To compassionately prepare competent individuals in the discipline,
• To provide a diverse, well trained and calibrated faculty dedicated to delivering a strong instructional program centered on student-instructor relationships that promote learning and,
• To give the student an understanding of the ethical and moral responsibility expected by the profession and governed by each individual state.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Taft College Dental Hygiene Program is to provide students with an educational setting that is challenging, yet student friendly, that produces dental hygienists that are knowledgeable, technically excellent, compassionate, morally and ethically strong, and who uphold the highest standards of the profession while treating every patient with kindness and dignity.