Tennessee Dental Hygienists’ Association
Student Member of the American Dental Hygienists' Association Student Member of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association, or SADHA, 
is a category of membership within the American Dental Hygienists’ Association. 
ADHA is an association dedicated to the advancement and promotion 
of dental hygiene. ADHA is the association of your profession. You have taken a significant step in your future and have chosen to enter
an important role in the oral health care profession. Whether you have 
just started school, or are close to graduation, SADHA is your critical 
ink to the dental hygiene profession. You are the primary driving force in your association and the 
essential foundation upon which the future of dental hygiene is based.
(taken from www.adha.org) More Information
  Tennessee Dental Hygiene Schools Chattanooga State College 
Allied Health Division
Dental Hygiene Program
4501 Amnicola Hwy.
Chattanooga, TN 37406-0000
Dr. Hartly Varnell — Program Director
Phone: (423) 697-4768 Ext.: Fax: (423) 634-3071
Email Address: Hartly.varnell@chattanoogastate.edu
Web Site: www.chattanoogastate.edu
Degrees Awarded
Certificate: N/A
Associate: AAS
Baccalaureate: N/A
Map this Location Concorde Career College - Memphis 
Dental Hygiene Program
5100 Poplar Avenue – Suite 132
Memphis, TN 38137-0000
Lynn Russell, RDH, BS — Program Director
Phone: (901) 746-1358 Ext.: Fax: (901) 761-3293
Email Address: lrussell@concorde.edu
Web Site: www.concorde.edu/memphis/
Degrees Awarded
Certificate: N/A
Associate: AAS
Baccalaureate: N/A
Map this Location East Tennessee State University 
College of Public & Allied Health
Dental Hygiene Program
ETSU P.O.Box 70690
Johnson City, TN 37614-0690
Charles C. Faust, RDH, EdD — Dental Hygiene Program Director
Phone: (423) 439-4499 Ext.: Fax: (423) 439-4050
Email Address: faust@etsu.edu
Web Site: www.etsu.edu
Degrees Awarded
Certificate: N/A
Associate: N/A
Baccalaureate: BS-DH
Map this Location Remington College – Nashville Campus
Dental Hygiene Program
441 Donelson Pike – Suite 150
Nashville, TN 37214-0000
Ann O. Dickenson, RDH, MS — Program Director
Phone: (615) 493-9356 Ext.: Fax: (615) 493-9385
Email Address: ann.dickerson@remingtoncollege.edu
Web Site: www.remingtoncollege.edu/nashville/
Degrees Awarded
Certificate: N/A
Associate: AAS
Baccalaureate: N/A
Map this Location Roane State Community College 
Health Sciences Department
Dental Hygiene Program
701 Briarcliff Avenue
Oak Ridge, TN 37830-8795
Michael Curran, DDS — Program Director
Phone: (865) 481-2000 Ext.: 2127 Fax: (865) 481-2019
Email Address: curranm@roanestate.edu
Web Site: www.roanestate.edu
Degrees Awarded
Certificate: N/A
Associate: AAS
Baccalaureate: N/A
Map this Location Tennessee State University 
College of Health Sciences
Department of Dental Hygiene
3500 John A. Merritt Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37209-1561
Marian Williams Patton, RDH, EdD — Department Head
Phone: (615) 963-5801 Ext.: Fax: (615) 963-5836
Email Address: N/A
Web Site: www.tnstate.edu
Degrees Awarded
Certificate: N/A
Associate: AAS
Baccalaureate: N/A
Map this Location University of Tennessee Health Science Center 
College of Allied Health Sciences
Dental Hygiene Department
930 Madison - Suite 653
Memphis, TN 38163-0000
Cassandra Holder-Ballard, RDH, MPA, EdD — Assoc. Professor, Interim Chair & Program Director
Phone: (901) 448-6230 Ext.: Fax: (901) 448-7545
Email Address: Cballard@utmem.edu
Web Site: www.utmem.edu/denthyg
Degrees Awarded
Certificate: N/A
Associate: N/A
Baccalaureate: BS-DH
Masters: MDH
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