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Department of Dental Hygiene

 Collection — Container: 1 Box
Collection number: UA-11-03-002

Scope and Contents

Acadmeic program documents to include press release collection and news clippings collection from 1969 to 2019 chronicling the the inception, growth, and achievements of the program, plan drawings for the Dental Hygiene Instruction Unit, the 1971 "Dental Mirror" magazine which features the Clayton Junior College Dental Hygiene Program, and pins from the Dental Hygiene Program pinning ceremonies.  The collection also included physical and digital still images of students, faculty and staff within the department spanning the history of the department.

Dates

  • Created: 1969 - 2019

Creator

Biographical or Historical Information

As early as 1969, Clayton Junior College had plans to offer future courses in Dental Hygiene. The intended mission of the program was to train professionals in preventive dentistry to help dispel the common notion that dental health is only a concern for middle aged and older people who experience issues due to aging. In August of 1970 Clayton Junior College received $30,000 in funding from the Board of Regents to develop a two-year Dental Hygiene Program, in addition to the $75,000 the school was previously guaranteed to purchase equipment and create a clinical laboratory. In September of 1971 the two-year program was officially opened for enrollment with a 16-chair dental clinic. It was the first and only academic Dental Hygiene Career Program in the Atlanta metropolitan area at the time. Mrs. Doris Bates served as director of the Dental Hygiene and Nursing Programs at Clayton Junior College during the program's inception. The first program courses offered included dental hygiene, dental office procedures. and general studies in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics which were housed in the Student Center. The Dental Hygiene Program's Clinic is still housed in the same building which is now known as Edgewater Hall. As of 2020, the program currently ranks as one of the [url=https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.guidetoonlineschools.com%2Fdegrees%2Fdental-hygiene%3Futm_source%3DIMAP%26utm_medium%3Demail%23best-value&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGRQ88bRGxDdzEGIv8zfwydInCAnA]top online Dental Hygiene[/url][url=https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.guidetoonlineschools.com%2Fdegrees%2Fdental-hygiene%3Futm_source%3DIMAP%26utm_medium%3Demail%23best-value&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGRQ88bRGxDdzEGIv8zfwydInCAnA]Bachelor Programs[/url].

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Extent

1.00 boxes

Language

English

Arrangement Note

Chronological Order

Title
Department of Dental Hygiene
Subtitle
College of Health Sciences
Date
03/15/2013
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
eng

Repository Details

Part of the Clayton State University Archives Repository

Contact:
2000 Clayton State Boulevard
Morrow GA 30260 US
6784664333
6784664333 (Fax)