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PDS Foundation Announces $50,000 Awarded to Spring 2023 Dental Assistant Scholarship Recipients

Dentistry Today

The Pacific Dental Services (PDS) Foundation is proud to announce that 14 dental assisting (DA) students were collectively awarded $50,000 as the Dr. Carolyn Ghazal Dental Assistant Scholarship recipients for Spring 2023. Deandra Barrus Carrington College Tucson, Ariz.

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Heartland Dental and Concorde Career Colleges Unveil Groundbreaking Dental Education Collaboration

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and Heartland Dental yesterday announced a first-of-its-kind partnership to develop a co-branded campus for dental hygiene and dental assistant programs. Heartland Dental is one of the largest dental support organizations in the nation, with more than 23,000 employees at more than 1,750 supported dental offices.

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Concorde Career Colleges Launches Two New Dental Hygiene Programs

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. “ Miramar and Portland are markets where we’re seeing growing demand for skilled dental hygienists, so it made sense to diversify and grow our programming at our existing campuses,” said Kevin Prehn , division president of Concorde Career Colleges. projected employment growth between 2023 and 2031.

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Heartland Dental and Concorde Career Colleges Announce Partnership to Develop Co-Branded Campus

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Since the pandemic, dentistry has had a difficult time in finding dental assistants as well as dental hygienists. This is especially true for dental hygienists as these are highly trained people that are licensed by the individual state where they practice. In Florida, dental hygienists and dental assistants have a 15.8%