Wake Tech Dental Hygiene

The Dental Hygiene Program is proud to partner with Wake Smiles and the Salvation Army to provide free dental care to underserved youth in Wake County. We look forward to making a meaningful impact together in our community!

A big thank you to Heather and Dr. Wright from Lane & Associates for an engaging discussion with our second-year students this week, offering valuable guidance and insight as they prepare to graduate in just a few weeks!

We are pleased to share that Hannah Winspear has been nominated and selected as the Health Science Division nominee for the 2026 Academic Excellence Award.

Hannah’s selection reflects her sustained excellence in the dental hygiene program, where she consistently demonstrates a strong commitment to academic achievement, patient-centered care, and professional integrity. She is recognized for her compassion and respectful approach to others, her reliability and professionalism in both classroom and clinical settings, and her organizational skills. We are proud to have her represent our department and division.

Please join me in congratulating Hannah on this well-deserved recognition!

We’re excited to share that we are adding a fifth full-time faculty member to our team! We encourage interested candidates to apply. We plan to begin the interview process soon.

Use the link below to apply!

Instructor 9M Dental Hygiene This position is responsible for providing effective instruction for assigned courses; including didactic, laboratory and clinical instruction.

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Jocelyn Weinhagen, RDH, MSDH, faculty in the Dental Hygiene Program, recently earned her Masters’ degree in Dental Hygiene from Old Dominion University. Her non-thesis paper, was accepted to be presented at the DentsplySirona/American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) Graduate Student Clinician’s Research Program in Long Beach, Ca. on Friday October 3. The paper is titled An Update on Clinical Competency Exams for Dental Hygiene Licensure. She has also submitted the paper for publication to the Journal of Dental Hygiene is awaiting a reply.

Job Opening - Wake Tech Dental Hygiene - Clinic Technician. Ms. Ridgeway is retiring and we need a CDA or RDH to take her place. The position is due to begin July 1.

Here is the link - look for Clinic Technician - Dental Hygiene.
https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/waketechedu?

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We held a Dental Assisting and Dental Hygiene Boot Camp on campus yesterday and here is one of our attendees! He volunteered to demonstrate the aerosols that occur in the dental environment and PPE needed. He had extra protection on to make a point and was a great sport! Boot camps are 4 hours long and allow participants a chance to get hands-on experience to see what the dental environment is like - polish on a typodont, see how to take an x-ray, take an impression on a typodont, use the iTero scanner, scale a tooth on a manikin, etc. We offer one camp each semester (approximately mid-October, mid-March, mid-June).

Follow this link for more information:
https://www.waketech.edu/programs-courses/credit/dental-hygiene/boot-camp

Whoop Whoop! Check out Karen Maasch, RDH, BS, Assistant Professor, Dental Hygiene is in the faculty spotlight!
https://www.waketech.edu/post/faculty-spotlight/823394 #

Anecdotes Put Teeth Into Dental Hygiene Lessons | Wake Tech Dental Hygiene Assistant Professor Karen Maasch often has students' tongues wagging as she shares tales from her years in dental offices to demonstrate what to do and what not to do around patients.

This week is National Dental Assistants Recognition Week (March 3-7) and we have one of the best in Debbie Ridgeway! She has been dedicated to the profession for 40 years and serves as the Clinic Technician in the Wake Tech Dental Hygiene Clinic currently. We are proud to have her and she keeps our clinic running. Thanks Debbie!