Dental Hygiene - DENT/HYGNE.AAS

Summer Session

• ENGL 131 - First-Year English I 3 credit hours

First Semester

• BIOL 141 - Anatomy-Physiology I 4 credit hours *
• BIOL 241 - Microbiology 4 credit hours *
• DENT 232 - Pathology II 2 credit hours
• DENT 234 - Preclinical Dental Hygiene I 5 credit hours

• *If the student completes BIOL 141, BIOL 142, and/or BIOL 241 prior to admission to the Dental Hygiene Program, then the student must have completed the course no more than five years prior to the fall semester when the student is admitted to the program.

Second Semester

• BIOL 142 - Anatomy-Physiology II 4 credit hours *
• DENT 231 - Pharmacology 2 credit hours
• DENT 248 - Periodontology 2 credit hours
• DENT 250 - Dental Hygiene Clinic Seminar I 3.5 credit hours
• DENT 252 - Community Oral Health 2.5 credit hours
• DENT 254 - Dental Hygiene Practice II 4 credit hours

Third Semester

• DENT 251 - Dental Hygiene Clinic Seminar II 2 credit hours
• DENT 255 - Dental Hygiene Practice III 6 credit hours

Fourth Semester

• DENT 233 - Nutrition And Oral Health 2 credit hours
• DENT 253 - Dental Hygiene Clinic Seminar III 2 credit hours
• DENT 256 - Dental Hygiene Practice IV 6 credit hours
• Humanities/Fine Arts Elective 3 credit hours
• SOCI 131 - Introduction to Sociology 3 credit hours

Optional Electives:

• DENT 257 - Local Anesthesia In Dentistry 2 credit hours
• DENT 295 - National Board Exam Review 3 credit hours

Total credit hours required for the A.A.S in Dental Hygiene: 60