Dental Hygiene
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
- ART111 — Art Appreciation
- ART114 — Art History Survey I
- ART115 — Art History Survey II
- BIO163 — Basic Anat & Physiology
- BIO168 — Anatomy and Physiology I
- BIO275 — Microbiology
- CHM130 — Gen, Org, & Biochemistry
- CHM130A — Gen, Org, & Biochem Lab
- COM231 — Public Speaking
- 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
- ENG111 — Writing and Inquiry
- HUM115 — Critical Thinking
- HUM120 — Cultural Studies
- HUM130 — Myth in Human Culture
- HUM170 — The Holocaust
- HUM230 — Leadership Development
- MUS110 — Music Appreciation
- MUS112 — Introduction to Jazz
- PHI215 — Philosophical Issues
- PHI240 — Introduction to Ethics
- PSY150 — General Psychology
- REL110 — World Religions
- REL211 — Intro to Old Testament
- REL212 — Intro to New Testament
- SOC210 — Introduction to Sociology