Dental Hygiene, A.A.S.
Dental hygienists help prevent, detect and treat diseases of the mouth, playing a key role in the pursuit of optimal patient health via education and treatment planning. Hygienists work independently with patients.
Courses
- BCA 189 — Microcomputer Literacy
- BIO 168 — Human Anatomy and Physiology I
- BIO 173 — Human Anatomy and Physiology II
- BIO 186 — Microbiology
- CHM 110 — Introduction to Chemistry
- CHM 111 — Introduction to Chemistry Lab
- CHM 132 — Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry
- COM 222 — Communication for Health Care Professionals
- CSC 116 — Information Computing
- DEN 100 — Fundamentals of Dentistry
- DEN 120 — Dental Anatomy
- DEN 130 — Head and Neck Anatomy
- DEN 200 — Preventive Dentistry
- DEN 220 — Dental Nutrition
- DEN 300 — Dental Radiography
- DHY 134 — Therapeutics and Pain Control
- DHY 140 — General and Oral Pathology
- DHY 173 — Dental Hygiene I
- DHY 186 — Dental Hygiene II
- DHY 211 — Periodontology
- DHY 220 — Dental Materials
- DHY 250 — Community Dental Health
- DHY 274 — Local Anesthesia for the Dental Hygienist
- DHY 285 — Dental Hygiene III
- DHY 296 — Dental Hygiene IV
- DHY 306 — Dental Hygiene V
- DHY 910 — Dental Hygiene Clinical Enrichment
- ENG 105 — Composition I
- HSC 103 — Studies in Health Sciences
- HSC 107 — Professionals in Health
- MAT 772 — Applied Math
- PSY 111 — Introduction to Psychology
- SOC 110 — Introduction to Sociology
- SPC 101 — Fundamentals of Oral Communication
- SPC 112 — Public Speaking