Dental Hygiene, Associate in Applied Science Print Options Apply Now Request Information College(s): Malcolm X Program Code: 0222
The Dental Hygiene AAS degree program educates students to provide preventive oral health care services to patients. Major responsibilities include assessing a patient’s health history, examining the teeth and oral structures, removing plaque biofilm, calculus and stain from the teeth, taking intraoral radiographs and educating patients in oral self-care practices. Graduates are prepared to pass national, regional and state board licensing exams required for dental hygiene licensure.
Courses
- BIOLOGY 120 — Terminology For Medical Careers
- BIOLOGY 121 — Biology I
- BIOLOGY 226 — Human Structure and Function I
- BIOLOGY 227 — Human Structure and Function II
- CHEM 121 — Basic Chemistry I
- DENTHYG 112 — Dental Hygiene Theory I
- DENTHYG 113 — Introduction to Pre-Clinical Dental Hygiene
- DENTHYG 119 — Introduction to Dental Radiography
- DENTHYG 120 — Intro to Periodontics
- DENTHYG 121 — Dental Hygiene Theory II
- DENTHYG 122 — Dental Hygiene Theory III
- DENTHYG 123 — Pre-Clinical Dental Hygiene
- DENTHYG 124 — Clinical Dental Hygiene I
- DENTHYG 125 — Diet and Nutrition in Oral Health
- DENTHYG 126 — Dental Radiology
- DENTHYG 130 — Dental Materials
- DENTHYG 131 — Oral Structures & Function
- DENTHYG 132 — General/Oral Pathology and Diagnosis
- DENTHYG 133 — Head And Neck Anatomy
- DENTHYG 135 — Medical Emergencies in the Dental Setting
- DENTHYG 202 — Critique of Dental Literature
- DENTHYG 203 — Dental Hygiene Theory IV
- DENTHYG 204 — Clinical Dental Hygiene II
- DENTHYG 220 — Periodontics II
- DENTHYG 233 — Expanded Functions
- DENTHYG 235 — Community Dental Health I
- DENTHYG 241 — Dental Pharmacology
- DENTHYG 253 — Dental Hygiene Theory V
- DENTHYG 255 — Clinical Dental Hygiene III
- DENTHYG 256 — Community Dental Health II
- DENTHYG 257 — Dental Hygiene Theory VI
- DENTHYG 258 — Ethics And Jurisprudence
- DENTHYG 259 — Clinical Dental Hygiene IV
- DENTHYG 260 — Senior Seminar
- ENGLISH 101 — Composition
- MATH 118 — General Education Math
- MCROBIO 233 — General Microbiology
- PSYCH 201 — General Psychology
- SOC 201 — Intro To the Study Of Society
- SPEECH 101 — Fundamentals of Speech Communication