The Lakeland Medical Dental Academy was founded in 1958 in Minneapolis. In 1962, it became a part of Herzing University Minneapolis. Herzing has campuses in eight states. Classes at the Minnesota campus include dental assisting and dental hygiene. The Lakeland Healthcare Division of Herzing University offers diploma and degree programs in these two dentistry subjects, plus medical billing and coding, medical assisting and nursing.
Herzing University Lakeland Medical Dental Academy
5700 W. Broadway Ave.
Crystal, MN 55428
763-535-3000
herzing.edu/minneapolis
St. Cloud Technical & Community College offers academic programs in more than 90 career majors, including dental hygiene and dental assistant associate degrees and a dental assistant diploma or certificate. These programs can be completed in two years or less. Dental assistants are prepared for duties like chair-side assisting, preparing instruments, infection control procedures, laboratory procedures, mechanical polishing, administrative duties and application of sealants. Dental hygienists are taught patient assessments, teeth cleaning, taking radiographs, applying preventive agents, scaling and root planing, taking impressions, administering anesthesia and making bleaching trays.
St. Cloud Technical & Community College
1540 Northway Drive
St. Cloud, MN 56303
320-308-5000
sctcc.edu
Argosy University offers a program in dental hygiene with an associate degree. The program entails 90 credit hours of study, 60 in program-specific courses and 30 in general education. A point system is used to select students from among applicants. Those who enter the summer semester can finish the program in 24 months; those who come in the fall can complete the program in 20 months. Thirty months is the maximum allowable time for students to complete the program. Upon graduation, degree holders will be able to provide preventive dental services as dental hygienists, with proper supervision from a dentist.
Argosy University Twin Cities
1515 Central Parkway
Eagan, MN 55121-1756
651- 846-2882
argosy.edu