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Dental Hygiene | | Graduates of this program work directly with dental patients to promote optimum oral health. The dental hygiene profession is primarily educational and preventative in nature and offers opportunities to work in a variety of health care settings, including general and specialty dental practices, community health agencies, and public schools. In addition, graduates may wish to pursue a bachelor’s degree, which will provide opportunities to work in alternative settings such as public health, education, research, and dental sales.
All dental hygiene professional courses must be taken in the prescribed four semester sequence. The curriculum is time intensive and the required courses are rigorous. Complete dedication to coursework is required for successful completion of the program.
All students completing the program will be eligible to apply to participate in licensing examinations.
Students with an Associate of Science in Dental Hygiene will be able to:
- Competently perform the role of a dental hygienist in varied situations and settings
- Have the functional acuity and rationale for performing dental hygiene clinical techniques
- Continually promote the most current concepts of disease control and prevention
- Emphasize and promote ethical and responsible considerations in patient care
- Make an essential and unique contribution as an integral member of a health care team
- Have a basic knowledge of legal responsibilities and ethical considerations of patient care
- Develop a commitment to continuous and lifelong learning
The minimum number of credits for the associate’s degree is 72.
Two-Year CurriculumFirst YearFirst Year Fall Courses
| Credits
| First Year Spring Courses
| Credits
| BIO 1030 - Nutrition
| 3
| BIO 2012 - Hum Anat/Physio II
| 4
| BIO 2011 - Hum Anat/Physio I
| 4
| DHY 1012 - Clinical Dental Hygiene I
| 5
| DHY 1011 - Pre-clinical DH
| 4
| DHY 1022 - Oral Tiss II/ Med Emerg
| 3
| DHY 1021 - Oral Tissues I
| 3
| DHY 1030 - Dental Radiograghy
| 3
| ENG 10XX - English
| 3-4
| PSY 1010 - Intro to Psychology
| 3
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| 17-18
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| 18
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Second YearSecond Year Fall Courses
| Credits
| Second Year Spring Courses
| Credits
| BIO 2120 - Elements of Microbio
| 4
| DHY 2210 - Community Oral Health
| 3
| DHY 2010 - Dental Materials
| 3
| DHY 2220 - Oral Pathology
| 2
| DHY 2020 – Pathology/Pharmo
| 3
| DHY 2722 - Clinical DH III
| 6
| DHY 2030 - Periodontics
| 3
| ENG 2080 - Tech Comm
| 3
| DHY 2721 - Clinical DH II
| 5
| MAT 1040 - Math for Allied Health
| 2
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| 18
| ELE XXXX - AH elective
| 3
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| 19
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All DHY/BIO courses must be completed with a grade of “C” or better to continue in the program
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