Dental Hygiene AAS
The Dental Hygiene curriculum provides individuals with the knowledge and skills to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate dental hygiene care for the individual and the community. Students will learn to prepare the operatory, take patient histories, note abnormalities, plan care, teach oral hygiene, clean teeth, take x-rays, apply preventive agents, complete necessary chart entries, and perform other procedures related to dental hygiene care. Graduates of this program may be eligible to take national and state/regional examinations for licensure which are required to practice dental hygiene. Employment opportunities include dental offices, clinics, schools, public health agencies, industry,
Courses
- ACA122 — Transfer & Career Success
- ANT210 — General Anthropology
- ANT220 — Cultural Anthropology
- ART111 — Art Appreciation
- ART114 — Art History Survey I
- ART115 — Art History Survey II
- BIO163 — Basic Anat & Physiology
- BIO175 — General Microbiology
- CHM130 — Gen, Org, & Biochemistry
- CHM130A — Gen, Org, & Biochem Lab
- COM120 — Intro Interpersonal Com
- DEN110 — Orofacial Anatomy
- DEN111 — Infection/Hazard Control
- DEN112 — Dental Radiography
- DEN120 — Dental Hyg Preclinic Lec
- DEN121 — Dental Hygiene Precl Lab
- DEN123 — Nutrition/Dental Health
- DEN124 — Periodontology
- DEN125 — Dental Office Emergencies
- DEN130 — Dental Hygiene Theory I
- DEN131 — Dental Hygiene Clinic I
- DEN140 — Dental Hygiene Theory II
- DEN141 — Dental Hygiene Clinic II
- DEN220 — Dental Hygiene Theory III
- DEN221 — Dental Hygiene Clinic III
- DEN222 — General & Oral Pathology
- DEN223 — Dental Pharmacology
- DEN224 — Materials and Procedures
- DEN230 — Dental Hygiene Theory IV
- DEN231 — Dental Hygiene Clinic IV
- DEN232 — Community Dental Health
- DEN233 — Professional Development
- DRA111 — Theatre Appreciation
- ECO151 — Survey of Economics
- ECO251 — Prin of Microeconomics
- ECO252 — Prin of Macroeconomics
- ENG111 — Writing and Inquiry
- ENG125 — Creative Writing I
- ENG231 — American Literature I
- ENG232 — American Literature II
- ENG241 — British Literature I
- ENG242 — British Literature II
- HIS111 — World Civilizations I
- HIS112 — World Civilizations II
- HIS131 — American History I
- HIS132 — American History II
- HIS222 — African-American Hist I
- HIS223 — African-American Hist II
- HIS226 — The Civil War
- HIS236 — North Carolina History
- HUM110 — Technology and Society
- HUM115 — Critical Thinking
- HUM120 — Cultural Studies
- HUM122 — Southern Culture
- HUM150 — American Women's Studies
- HUM160 — Introduction to Film
- MAT110 — Math Measurement & Literacy
- MUS110 — Music Appreciation
- MUS112 — Introduction to Jazz
- PHI240 — Introduction to Ethics
- POL120 — American Government
- PSY150 — General Psychology
- PSY237 — Social Psychology
- PSY241 — Developmental Psych
- PSY246 — Adolescent Psychology
- PSY281 — Abnormal Psychology
- REL110 — World Religions
- REL211 — Intro to Old Testament
- REL212 — Intro to New Testament
- SOC210 — Introduction to Sociology
- SOC213 — Sociology of the Family
- SOC220 — Social Problems
- SOC225 — Social Diversity
- SOC232 — Social Context of Aging
- SOC240 — Social Psychology