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Dental Hygiene AAS

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Note: A minimum grade of C+ / 2.3 is required in all prerequisite courses. A minimum grade of B / 3.0 is required in all DENT courses, BIOL-207 and PHAR-150.

Semester 1

Credits

DENT-105

Dental Hygiene Pre-Clinic

4

DENT-110

Head, Neck, Oral, and Dental Anatomy

4

DENT-115

Oral Health Education

2

DENT-120

Oral Radiography

3

 

Credits

13

Semester 2

DENT-125

Embryology, Histology, and Morphology

2

DENT-130

Periodontology I

2

DENT-150

Dental Hygiene Clinic I

3

DENT-151

Dental Hygiene Theory I

3

PHAR-150

Introduction to Pharmacology

3

 

Credits

13

Semester 3

DENT-200

Dental Hygiene Clinic II

4

DENT-201

Dental Hygiene Theory II

1

DENT-215

Oral Pathology/Immunology

2

DENT-230

Periodontology II

2

DENT-235

Pain Management

3

BIOL-207

Concepts in Human Nutrition

3

 

Credits

15

Semester 4

DENT-240

Community Dental Health

3

DENT-245

Advanced Instrumentation

1

DENT-250

Dental Hygiene Clinic III

4

DENT-260

Dental Materials

3

DENT-270

Dental Hygiene Review/Ethics and Law

2

 

Credits

13

Prerequisites

BACT-250

General Microbiology

4

BIOL-227

Human Anatomy and Physiology I

4

CHEM-102

Essentials of Organic and Biochemistry

4

COMM-101

Fundamentals of Oral Communication

3

ENGL-101

Writing and Rhetoric I

3

PSYC-101

Introduction to Psychology

3

SOC-101

Introduction to Sociology

3

GEM 3 - Mathematical Ways of Knowing

3-5

 

Credits

27-29

 

Total Credits

81-83