The curriculum for the Northern Virginia/Germanna Community College requires students to have clinical experience working with live patients. The Dental Hygiene Clinic of Germanna Community College offers student-provided oral hygiene care to the public. This service is offered so that dental hygiene students may fulfill the clinical requirements of their college degree program. In our clinical locations, student hygienists work with patients under the supervision of a registered dental hygienist and/or dentists. All work is checked carefully and frequently by instructors who are registered dental hygienists or licensed dentists.
The clinic addreses are as follows:
Spotsylvania Career and Technical Center, 6713 Smith Station Road, Spotsylvania, VA 22553.
Lloyd F. Moss Free Clinic, 1301 Sam Perry Boulevard, Fredericksburg, VA 22401.
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Anyone may take advantage of the services provided by the GCC Dental Hygiene Program. Adults are encouraged to be patients. Children may receive care in the clinic but are encouraged to use the local DMax Program operated by the Rappahannock Area Health District. Child care is not provided and children who do not have appointments will not be allowed in the clinic.
The following routine preventive dental hygiene services are available: routine examination of teeth and soft tissue, scaling and polishing, home care instruction, fluoride applications, diagnostic radiographs, blood pressure screening, oral cancer screenings, sealants, nutritional counseling, and periodontal screening and therapy. Currently, services by the student hygienists at Germanna Community College are provided at no charge to the patient. Several visits may be necessary to complete patient care.
The clinic is normally open Monday - Thursday and some Saturdays. Evening appointments are available at our Spotsylvania Clinic. For an appointment, please call 540-423-9823 to be placed on the treatment request list. Should you get the voicemail, please leave your name, address, and phone number. A student will call you to schedule an appointment. Please make cancellations 24 - 48 hours in advance so that students have time to schedule another patient and fulfill their academic requirements.
Expect to spend 3 hours for your initial and subsequent appointments. Remember that the student's work must be checked at each step by an instructor and that students may tend to work more slowly and more thoroughly because they are being graded. Complete treatment may involve more than one appointment.
Contact Information
Misty Mesimer
Phone (540) 423-9823
Fax (540) 423-9865
E-mail: mmesimer@germanna.edu
Patient Satisfaction Survey - Please click here if you are a patient who has completed treatment in either of our clinics and was not given the opportunity to complete our Patient Satisfaction Survey. We would like to hear from you. The results are anonymous and are used only to improve the program and patient care.
