Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene Program


March 17, 2021

UAMS Clinics for Dental Hygiene, Speech and Hearing Education Move to New Locations

Ben Boulden

Chancellor Cam Patterson, right, tours the new UAMS Dental Hygiene Clinic in the Freeway Medical Tower.

LITTLE ROCK — The Dental Hygiene Clinic and the Speech and Hearing Education Clinic have moved to new locations and are accepting appointments. Both clinics are part of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Health Professions. The Dental Hygiene Clinic in the college’s Department of Dental Hygiene is on the fifth…


March 12, 2021

UAMS Dental Hygiene Program Offers Free Sealant Clinic for Children on March 20 at Freeway Medical Tower

Ben Boulden

Two dental hygiene students help a patient in a operatory in the new UAMS Dental Hygiene Clinic. All students are supervised by faculty and instructors in the clinic.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Dental Hygiene is offering a free Sealant Clinic from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 20 at Freeway Medical Tower, 5800 W. 10th St., Suite 501. The clinic is for children 5-17 years old. A free dental examination is a part of…


May 18, 2019

UAMS Graduates 864 Health Care Professionals

Ben Boulden

Degrees or certificates were awarded to 864 graduates of the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) five colleges and graduate school May 18 during a commencement ceremony at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock.


March 8, 2016

Delta Dental Foundation Awards $30,000 to UAMS 12th Street Center

Ben Boulden

March 8, 2016 | Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation recently presented a $30,000 grant to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) 12th Street Health & Wellness Center to help pay for additional dental care for patients seen first at the center. Some of center patients are referred for the next level of care to…


September 11, 2013

UAMS Names Efurd Chair of Department of Dental Hygiene

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Melissa Efurd, Ed.D., M.S., an experienced dental hygiene program director, has been chosen to lead the program in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Health Professions.



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