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College of Allied Health Sciences

Dental Hygiene Curriculum

DEPARTMENT OF DENTAL HYGIENE
CURRICULUM SUMMARY

(Effective for Class entering Fall 2009*)

* Curriculum subject to minor changes for the Class entering in Fall 2010

First Semester (Fall)

410 DH Clinic Theory 1 3
418 DH Clinic Theory I Lab 2
411 DH Head and Neck Anatomy 3
413 DH Dental Embryology, Histology & Anatomy  4
425 DH Biochemistry and Nutrition 3
  15

Second Semester (Winter/Spring)

426 DH Clinic Theory 2 2
421 DH Clinic Practice 2  4
422 DH Oral Disease Prevention     3
424 DH Oral Radiology 3
427 DH General and Oral Pathology 2
437 DH Periodontology 3
  17

Summer

423 DH Transitional Clinic 2
536 DH Anxiety and Pain Control 4
    6

Third Semester (Fall)

434 DH Dental Pharmacology 2
520 DH Clinic Theory 3 3
430 DH Clinic Practice 3 4
436 DH Dental Materials 2
532 DH Special Patient Care 3
  14

Fourth Semester (Winter/Spring)

522 DH Community Dental Health 3
541 DH Clinic Practice 4  (all semester) 4
542 DH Ethics, Jurisprudence, & Practice Management 3
525 DH Clinic Theory 4   2
  12
Total Hours for Curriculum  
64

 

Curriculum