Dental Hygiene; AAS
This program prepares students for a career as a Registered Dental Hygienist by combining classroom instruction with laboratory and clinical experience. It is a rigorous and demanding program, both physically and academically, providing students with a knowledge base to integrate manual skills with the delivery of high-quality oral health care services. The program emphasizes skills in communication, critical thinking, personal integrity, assessment and evaluation of a variety of treatment options. It prepares students to interact with patients as clinician, health educator, prevention specialist, and counselor in order to deliver a total health maintenance package. The New Jersey Board of D
Courses
- BIO-110 — Fund Anatomy & Phys I
- BIO-111 — Fund Anat & Phys I Lab
- BIO-112 — Fund. of Microbiology
- BIO-113 — Fund. of Microbiology Lab
- BIO-114 — Fund Anatomy & Phys II
- BIO-115 — Fund Anat & Phys II Lab
- CHE-107 — Chemistry
- CHE-108 — Chemistry Laboratory
- CHE-210 — Nutrition
- DHY-101 — Preclinical Dental Hygiene
- DHY-102 — Principles of Dental Hygiene I
- DHY-110 — Dental Head & Neck Anatomy
- DHY-120 — Dental Radiology
- DHY-130 — Medical & Dental Emergencies
- DHY-140 — Oral Embryology/Histology
- DHY-151 — Clinical Services I
- DHY-152 — Prin. of Dental Hygiene II
- DHY-160 — Periodontology I
- DHY-200 — Den Pharmacology/Pain Control
- DHY-201 — Clinical Services II
- DHY-202 — Prin of Dental Hygiene III
- DHY-210 — Periodontology II
- DHY-220 — Oral Pathology
- DHY-222 — Local Anesthesia
- DHY-240 — Dental Public Health
- DHY-241 — Supportive Therapies
- DHY-251 — Clinical Services III
- DHY-252 — Prin of Dental Hygiene IV
- ENG-101 — College Composition I
- MTH-107 — Introduction to Statistics
- PSY-101 — Intro to Psychology
- SOC-101 — Principles of Sociology
- SPE-102 — Public Speaking