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Dental Hygiene Celebrates<br />
50th Anniversary<br />
By Courtney Jones, <strong>UNC</strong> ’01<br />
In 1955, when <strong>the</strong> first class<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> dental hygiene program<br />
took to <strong>the</strong> clinics, <strong>the</strong> all-female<br />
student body wore white uniforms<br />
with three-quarter-length sleeves<br />
and 12-inch hems, each topped <strong>of</strong>f<br />
by a white cap. Today, <strong>the</strong> dental<br />
hygiene department at <strong>UNC</strong> is<br />
celebrating 50 years <strong>of</strong> dental<br />
education and training, and <strong>the</strong><br />
starched white caps are long gone.<br />
In <strong>the</strong>ir place is a student body as<br />
diverse as our population— none<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m in a 12-inch hem.<br />
The future is coming fast for<br />
our dental hygiene program. From<br />
a time when protective face masks<br />
and gloves were unheard <strong>of</strong> in<br />
dental practice, to a time when<br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong>fers a completion<br />
program for a dental hygiene baccalaureate<br />
degree over <strong>the</strong> Internet,
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