MGTC Dental Hygiene Class Hosts Special Clients

Warner Robins - Consumers from Johnson County Support and Services and Laurens County Products and Services visited the Dental Hygiene lab at Middle Georgia Technical College in Warner Robins recently. Consumers from these service centers visited the campus receive dental services.

Students in the Dental Hygiene program at MGTC provide preventative dental care services at reduced rates for the community. In order to complete the program, Dental Hygiene students must complete a number of clinical lab hours performing the skills they have learned in the classroom. Visits from community groups such as these are mutually beneficial allowing students to apply their skills and providing the consumers with essential dental services.

The Dental Hygiene program at MGTC offers cleanings, fluoride treatments, sealants, and x-rays at competitive rates. Other services include mouth guards, bleaching trays and supplies, and other dental hygiene products. A dentist and registered dental hygienists are on staff to assist and advise both the patient and the students.

Services and appointments are available based on school quarter. For more information or to make an appointment, call 478.988.6800, ext. 4028, Monday through Thursday, 7:45 am to 4:45 pm and Friday 7:45 am to 3:30 pm.

Middle Georgia Technical College, with campuses in Warner Robins and Hawkinsville, serves Dooly, Houston, Peach, and Pulaski counties and offers over 100 associate degree, diploma, and technical certificate programs of study. A unit of the Technical College System of Georgia, Middle Georgia Tech served over 40,000 people during FY 08 in the areas of credit enrollment, adult education, ESL classes, continuing education, and business and industry training. Additionally, MGTC was ranked as the 28th fastest growing community college in the nation by Community College Week Magazine.

For more information about Middle Georgia Technical College's programs and services, call 478.988.6800 or log on to www.middlegatech.edu. Summer quarter classes start July 7 and new student registration begins May 26. Apply now.

A client from the Johnson County Support and Services Center receives dental cleaning services from an MGTC Dental Hygiene student.

A client from the Johnson County Support and Services Center receives dental cleaning services from an MGTC Dental Hygiene student.