Dental Hygiene AAS Degree

Purpose

Graduates of the dental hygiene degree are eligible to take national and regional board examinations which are required to become a Registered Dental Hygienist (R.D.H.) An R.D.H. license is required in order to practice in a dental office or clinic.

Note: This degree is available at Hastings

Suggested Sequence of Courses  

PreRequisite Requirements

• BIOS 2250 - General Anatomy & Physiology I 4 credit(s)
• BIOS 2260 - General Anatomy & Physiology II 4 credit(s)

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• BIOS 2460 - Microbiology 4 credit(s) *
• ENGL 1010 - English Composition I 3 credit(s)
• PSYC 1810 - Introduction to Psychology 3 credit(s)
• SOCI 1010 - Introduction to Sociology 3 credit(s) *

• *BIOS 2460 and SOCI 1010 will count for 7 of the 15 credit(s) in the General Education Core Requirement total listed below. The remaining 14 prerequisite credit(s) are counted in the AAS Degree total.

Required Courses

• DENH 1250 - Preclinical Dental Hygiene 5 credit(s)
• DENH 1260 - Oral Anatomy I 2 credit(s)
• DENH 1270 - Oral Anatomy II 1 credit(s)
• DENH 1290 - Periodontics 2 credit(s)
• DENH 1310 - Head & Neck Anatomy 2 credit(s)
• DENH 1460 - Radiology 3 credit(s)
• DENH 1470 - Dental Materials 3 credit(s)
• DENH 1650 - Clinical Dental Hygiene I 4 credit(s)
• DENH 1660 - Pharmacology 2 credit(s)
• DENH 1800 - Local Anesthesia/Nitrous Oxide 2 credit(s)
• DENH 2000 - Clinical Interim 3 credit(s)
• DENH 2250 - Clinical Dental Hygiene II 5 credit(s)
• DENH 2270 - Dental Health Education 2 credit(s)
• DENH 2320 - Oral Pathology 2 credit(s)
• DENH 2330 - Nutrition 2 credit(s)
• DENH 2470 - Community Health I 1 credit(s)
• DENH 2480 - Community Health II 2 credit(s)
• DENH 2650 - Clinical Dental Hygiene III 5 credit(s)
• DENH 2660 - Community Practicum 2 credit(s)
• DENH 2680 - Jurisprudence 1 credit(s)
• DENH 2700 - Preventive Dentistry 1 credit(s)

General Education Core Requirements

All graduates with an AA, AS, AAS or ADN will complete a minimum of 15 credits of General Education. To complete General Education requirements Dental Hygiene students must take the following:

• GEN ED Group A: Communications 3 credit(s)
  (Required:
  SPCH 1110
    OR
  SPCH 1400
   )
• GEN ED Group B: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving 5 credit(s)
  (Required:
  BIOS 1280
   ,
  CHEM 1050
    OR
  CHEM 1090
    AND
  CHEM 1100
   )
• GEN ED Group C: Life and Career Skills, D: Information & Technology Literacy or E: Global Awareness 3 credit(s)
  (met with SOCI 1010  from prerequisite requirements)
• GEN ED Group A, B, C, D or E 4 credit(s)
  (met with BIOS 2460  from prerequisite requirements)

Total Credits for AAS Degree: 81