Dental Hygiene | AAS
A dental hygienist is a licensed healthcare professional who is skilled and an essential member of the dental health care team in the delivery of preventive dentistry. In the traditional role in the state of Colorado, a dental hygienist performs procedures such as:
Courses
- ANT 1001 — Cultural Anthropology: GT-SS3
- BIO 2101 — Human Anatomy and Physiology I with Lab: GT-SC1
- BIO 2102 — Human Anatomy and Physiology II with Lab: GT-SC1
- BIO 2104 — Microbiology with Lab: GT-SC1
- CHE 1009 — General, Organic, and Biochemistry
- CHE 1011 — Introduction to Chemistry I with Lab: GT-SC1
- CHE 1012 — Introduction to Chemistry II with Lab: GT-SC1
- COM 1150 — Public Speaking
- COM 1250 — Interpersonal Communication: GT-SS3
- COM 1260 — Communication in Healthcare
- COM 2300 — Intercultural Communication: GT-SS3
- DEH 1001 — Preclinical Dental Hygiene
- DEH 1002 — Preclinical Dental Hygiene Lab
- DEH 1003 — Dental Anatomy and Histology
- DEH 1004 — Dental Radiology
- DEH 1005 — Introduction to Dental Hygiene
- DEH 1011 — Dental and Medical Emergencies
- DEH 1022 — Periodontics I
- DEH 1023 — Head and Neck Anatomy
- DEH 1026 — Dental Materials
- DEH 1032 — Applied Dental Pharmacology
- DEH 1035 — Pain and Anxiety Control for the Dental Hygienist
- DEH 1050 — Dental Lasers: Theory and Practice
- DEH 1053 — Clinical Theory of Dental Hygiene I
- DEH 1070 — Clinical Practice of Dental Hygiene I
- DEH 1071 — Clinical Practice of Dental Hygiene I-A
- DEH 2004 — Community Dental Health I
- DEH 2013 — General and Oral Pathology
- DEH 2021 — Ethics and Practice Management
- DEH 2025 — Community Dental Health II: Field Experience
- DEH 2042 — Periodontics II
- DEH 2068 — Clinical Theory of Dental Hygiene II
- DEH 2070 — Clinical Practice of Dental Hygiene II
- DEH 2071 — Clinical Practice of Dental Hygiene III
- DEH 2082 — Periodontics III
- DEH 2085 — Clinical Theory of Dental Hygiene III
- ENG 1021 — English Composition I : GT-CO1
- HWE 1050 — Human Nutrition
- PSY 1001 — General Psychology I: GT-SS3
- PSY 1002 — General Psychology II: GT-SS3
- PSY 2221 — Social Psychology: GT-SS3
- PSY 2333 — Health Psychology: GT-SS3
- PSY 2440 — Human Growth and Development: GT-SS3
- SOC 1001 — Principles of Sociology: GT-SS3
- SOC 1002 — Sociology of Institutions & Change: GT-SS3
- SOC 2018 — Sociology of Diversity: GT-SS3