Collège de Maisonneuve offers Diploma in Techniques d'hygiène dentaire, a diploma in Dentistry programme in Montréal, Canada. The programme runs for 6 semesters. Teaching is in French. Tuition is CAD 3,740 per year for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Dentistry
Duration: 6 semesters
Language: French
Local tuition: CAD 3,740 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Techniques d'hygiène dentaire is a technical program leading to a Diploma of Collegial Studies (DEC, program 111.B0) over six terms at Collège de Maisonneuve, the only cégep on the island of Montreal to offer it. The program prepares students to apply scientific methods of oral-disease prevention and control, including scaling and polishing, care-plan development, and dental radiography, and to assess patients' oral health, teach oral-hygiene practices, and perform techniques such as digital radiology, orthodontic and prosthodontic procedures (whitening trays, mouthguards), and restorative dentistry. Theoretical coursework covers dental anatomy, biology, oral pathology, nutrition, communication, and practice management. Clinical training is central to the program: students complete two types of placements, including a structured clinical stage in public dental health, using the college's on-site teaching clinic, which is equipped with digital imaging, intraoral cameras, and computerized scheduling systems. Some students may also have the opportunity to complete an international clinical placement, such as in Switzerland or Belgium, or a placement with an Indigenous community in Quebec. Graduates are prepared to practise as dental hygienists, a profession regulated in Quebec by the Ordre des hygiénistes dentaires du Québec (OHDQ). The program suits students drawn to hands-on clinical health care work with a strong scientific foundation.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Techniques d'hygiène dentaire (DEC), 6 sessions. Préalable exigé (l'un des trois): Science et technologie ET Science et technologie de l'environnement de 4e secondaire; ou Applications technologiques et scientifiques ET Sciences et environnement de 4e secondaire; ou Sciences physiques 436. L'admission se fait par le SRAM.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Quebec/Canadian) apply through SRAM (admission.sram.qc.ca): for Fall 2027 entry the first-round deadline is 1 March 2027, with later rounds assessed while seats remain; for Winter 2027 entry SRAM opens 15 September 2026 and the first-round deadline is 1 November 2026. International applicants also apply through SRAM: the Fall 2027 file-completion deadline is 14 March 2027, and Collège de Maisonneuve's own page sets a 31 August deadline for Winter entry — the Winter 2027 occurrence (31 August 2026) has passed, so the next one is 31 August 2027, for Winter 2028 entry. Admission is not open-ended; later applicants are placed only while seats remain. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
