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Dental hygienists are health professionals who are educated to prevent dental disease and help people maintain oral health. Here in Dalhousie’s Faculty of Dentistry, you'll benefit from a current, dynamic, scientific, and professional education in a learning environment that is positive and student-centered. Additionally, you'll get to participate in extramural rotations at a variety of sites.
When you study dental hygiene at Dalhousie, you’ll learn about a wide variety of topics in the dental and medical professions. An emphasis is placed on technology, hands-on experience, and the applications you’ll use in your career, such as digital patient health records.
You’ll also learn in state-of-the-art facilities, such as Dalhousie’s dental clinic, that have the most up-to-date equipment available. You’ll leave with the knowledge and skills you need to become a qualified dental hygienist, whether you become part of a team in a private dental office or want to start your own dental hygiene practice.
Once you’ve completed the DDH, you may opt to take our one-year degree completion program to receive your Bachelor of Dental Hygiene (BDH). The degree completion may be completed full-time (over a one-year period) or part-time (over a two-year period). You'll gain experience in areas such as alternative practice settings, research methods, health promotion, health policy, entrepreneurship, and teaching methods.
Visit the Academic Calendar to view degree options and course details.
Faculty of Dentistry
Tawjihi (General Secondary Education Certificate)
Your Diploma in Dental Hygiene (DDH) will prepare you with everything you need to know to become a licenced dental hygienist in Canada, the United States, and Australia. In addition, the Bachelor of Dental Hygiene (BDH) will prepare you for alternative clinical practice sites, research and teaching. Possible careers in dental hygiene include the following:
The natural next step after completing the DDH would be to take the Bachelor of Dental Hygiene completion program. After you’ve completed the BDH, you’ll be eligible to pursue a masters degree.
Tuition Fee
CAD 5,352Application Fee
CAD 70Dalhousie offers a wide range of programs to build an educational experience that is tailored to you. You can apply for up to three programs. You'll only be assessed for your second and third choices if you're not admitted to your first choice.
If you’re applying to the Faculty of Agriculture, please note all programs are located at the Agricultural campus in Truro, N.S.
Please note: Some undergraduate programs require previous university experience (Dental Hygiene, Environmental Design Studies, Meteorology, Pharmacy and Social Work).
Once you’ve selected your program:
Three years of secondary schooling is generally required to review for admission. For an initial assessment, first-semester or mid-year results (predicted where applicable) can be reviewed if your final year is still in progress.
To start the application process, create an admission login ID and pin on Dal Online. Select your application type (see below) and your desired admission term.
| October 15 | Applications open for admission the following September |
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| March 1 | For entrance scholarship consideration |
| April 1 | International applicant deadline |
Please note: some programs have specific application deadlines.
You can check your application status on Dal Online. For help throughout the application process, contact an advisor.
To complete your application to undergraduate studies, you'll need to pay the $70 CAD application fee.
Please be advised that fee payments must be made online. Dalhousie is unable to receive in-person payments until further notice.
Each applicant must submit an official transcript, however your program may require supplemental forms and documentation.
Official transcripts must be sent directly from the issuing institution. Canadian and US applicants can submit transcripts to admissions@dal.ca and international applicants can submit transcripts to international.admissions@dal.ca.
If you are mailing your transcripts, please note that there may be a delay in processing your application. As our staff are working remotely, we are only able to access the mail once per week.
Your transcripts must be in an original sealed envelope addressed to:
Registrar's Office, Dalhousie University
Henry Hicks Academic Admin Building, Room 130
6299 South Street
PO Box 15000, Halifax, N.S., B3H 4R2
Please note: If you send first-semester or mid-year transcripts, you must also submit final results when they are issued.
If you are an applicant with a MyCreds/MesCertif, My eQuals or Digitary CORE account you can share your digital documents with us by selecting the 2nd Share option “Send my documents to a Registered Organization” and then select "Dalhousie University-Undergraduate and Professional programs" in the Recipient field. Helpful videos are available on the MyCreds site.
Dalhousie offers a variety of entrance awards. To apply, you must submit your entrance award application before March 1 and:
| March 1 | Deadline to apply for entrance award consideration |
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To begin, create your Net ID and password and log in to Dal Online to complete the application.
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