How can you become a dental hygienist?

How would I get a bachelors degree to become a dental hygienist?

• I have to start at a community college, but the one in my town only has dental assistant classes. Are those the same classes for dental hygienists? Well i'm planning on moving in two years to chicago so I will continue my education there. Basically what classes do I take if I want a Bachelors degree to become a dental hygienist.

• Answer:

  i went through to be a dental assistant, and it isnt the same thing. hygienists tend to make a little more and do more then assistants (like scaling) there are many community colleges that are starting to offer this. most of them just started offering it within the last couple of years. so you can either wait for one to open up near you, or think about a different career path. just a for warning, i attended Medix school(a community college) and if you have those near you, they do offer dental hygienist coarse, but please don't go there, the coarse is awesome, but the way they run things there is horrible.