My first literature review explored the differences between Baccalaureate and Diploma education for the Dental Hygienist. At the time, not a lot of literature was available on the topic, but fortunately articles published by professors in my school allowed me to learn from this topic. My partner and I synthesized information and this further emphasized to us why it is important that we are in our current program. As dental hygiene is a dynamic field with growing evidence, the education level must increase as well to ensure future hygienists have adequate knowledge to become competent professionals.DHYG 210 Lit Review