Dental Hygiene (B.S.)
A registered dental hygienist is a preventive oral health professional licensed in dental hygiene who provides educational, clinical, and therapeutic services supporting total health through the promotion of optimal oral health. They often work in collaboration with other health care providers combining knowledge of social, biomedical, and dental sciences to assist in this endeavor.
Courses
- AP 150 — Introduction to Human Anatomy
- AP 151 — Introduction to Human Physiology
- AP 200 — Human Anatomy
- AP 201 — Human Physiology
- CHEM 100 — Introductory Chemistry
- CHEM 110 — Elementary Chemistry
- COMM 100 — Introduction to Communications Studies
- COMM 120 — Interpersonal Communication
- COMM 125 — Organizational Communication
- COMM 132 — Small Group Communication
- COMM 320 — Intercultural Communication: Contexts and Dialogue
- DH 310 — Preventive Dentistry I
- DH 311 — Infection Control and Dental Office Emergencies
- DH 312 — Dental Hygiene Radiology
- DH 315 — Dental Hygiene Clinical Science I
- DH 315C — Pre-Clinical Dental Hygiene I
- DH 316 — Head and Neck Anatomy
- DH 319 — Dental Embryology, Histology & Anatomy
- DH 320 — Preventive Dentistry II
- DH 325 — Dental Hygiene Clinical Science II
- DH 325C — Clinical Dental Hygiene II
- DH 326 — General and Oral Pathology
- DH 328 — Management of Pain
- DH 329 — Applied Periodontics
- DH 350C — Clinical Dental Hygiene IA
- DH 432L — Dental Materials and Expanded Function Laboratory
- DH 434 — Dental Care for Patients with Special Needs
- DH 435 — Dental Hygiene Clinical Science III
- DH 435C — Clinical Dental Hygiene III
- DH 438L — Community Outreach I
- DH 439 — Biostatistics and Research Methodology
- DH 444 — Ethics, Law and Practice Management
- DH 445 — Dental Hygiene Clinical Science IV
- DH 445C — Clinical Dental Hygiene IV
- DH 448L — Community Outreach II
- DH 449 — Principles of Community Oral Health
- ECON 210 — Applied Introductory Statistics for Economics
- HO 152 — Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition
- MATH 112S — Enhanced Elementary Statistics
- MICR 200 — Principles and Applications of Microbiology
- PHAR 327 — Principles of Pharmacology
- PSYC 210 — Elementary Statistics
- PSYC 410 — Advanced Statistics
- SOC 101 — Introductory Sociology Principles