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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Associate of Science Degree in Dental Hygiene

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Associate of Science Degree in Dental Hygiene Requirements

For a complete list of the required courses, please refer to the program curriculum. Upon successful completion of the course requirements, the student is eligible to take the Dental Hygiene National Board and the Commission on Dental Competency Assessment Examinations and apply for state licensure.

Program Curriculum

First Term

DENHYG 1110 - BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 1
DENHYG 1112 - INTRODUCTION TO DENTAL HYGIENE
DENHYG 1113 - INTRODUCTION TO DENTISTRY
DENHYG 1114 - DENTAL ANATOMY
DENHYG 1116 - DENTAL HYGIENE PRECLINIC

Credits: 17

Second Term

DENHYG 1241 - PRINCIPLES OF MICROBIOLOGY
NUR 0032 - MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY
DENHYG 1242 - BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2
DENHYG 1247 - DENTAL HYGIENE SEMINAR 1
DENHYG 1248 - DENTAL MATERIALS
DENHYG 1249 - DENTAL HYGIENE CLINIC 1

Credits: 14

Third Term

DENHYG 1370 - INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL PERIODONTICS
DENHYG 1373 - BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 3
DENHYG 1375 - ANESTHESIA FOR DENTAL HYGIENIST
DENHYG 1377 - DENTAL HYGIENE SEMINAR 2
DENHYG 1378 - HEALTH PROMOTIONS THROUGH THE LIFE SPAN
DENHYG 1379 - DENTAL HYGIENE CLINIC 2

Credits: 16

Fourth Term

DENHYG 1411 - DENTAL PHARMACOLOGY
DENHYG 1412 - PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY
DENHYG 1417 - DENTAL HYGIENE SEMINAR 3
DENHYG 1419 - DENTAL HYGIENE CLINIC 3
DENHYG 1420 - ETHICS HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
DENHYG 1423 - GENERAL AND ORAL PATHOLOGY

Credits: 17

Fifth Term

DENHYG 1544 - INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH ANALYSIS
DENHYG 1545 - DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION, METHODS AND PRACTICUM
DENHYG 1547 - DENTAL HYGIENE SEMINAR 4
DENHYG 1549 - DENTAL HYGIENE CLINIC 4

Credits: 13

Sixth Term

DENHYG 1689 - ADVANCED CLINICAL DENTAL HYGIENE PRACTICE
ADVANCED DENTAL HYGIENE PRACTICUM - 0 Cr. (Taken within DENHYG 1689)

Credits: 2

Total: 79

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