After Acceptance into the Dental Hygiene Program, each student must:
- Take a physical examination and update any necessary immunizations annually
- Keep Red Cross or American Heart Association Health Care Provider C.P.R. Card active.
- Show evidence of health insurance
Program Prerequisite Requirements
- Chemistry 51 (must include a lab)
- Microbiology 20 (must include a lab
- Anatomy 1 (must include a lab)
- Physiology 1 (must include a lab
- English 1
- Psychology 1
- Sociology 1
- Speech 101
First Semester - Fall
- DH 100 Principles of Clinical Dental Hygiene
- DH 101 Intro to Clinical Dental Hygiene
- DH 102 Radiology 1 - Introduction to Radiology
- DH 103 Radiology 1 - Laboratory
- DH 104 Tooth Morphology
- DH 105 General Pathology
- DH 106 Head & Neck Anatomy
- DH 109 Infection Control
- DH 150 Preventive Dentistry
Winter
- DH 207A Pain Control
- DH 96
Second Semester - Spring
- DH 108 Introduction to Perio
- DH 152 Special Patient Care
- DH 151 Clinical Dental Hygiene II
- DH 153 Radiology II- Interpretation
- DH 154 Oral Pathology
- DH 156 Head and Neck Anatomy
- DH 207B Pain Control
- DH 256 Biochemical Nutrition
Summer
- DH 160 Clinical Dental Hygiene
Third Semester-Fall
- DH 155 Dental Materials
- DH 200 Cariology and Occulsion
- DH 201 Clinical Dental Hygiene III
- DH 203 Expanded Funtions Laboratory
- DH 204 Dental Health Education
- DH 205 Dental Health Education-Practicum
- DH 208 Pharmacology
- DH 88 Developmental Clinic
Fourth Semester-Spring
- DH 88 Development Clinic
- DH 210 Emergencies in Dental Practice
- DH 250 Advanced Periodontal Seminar
- DH 251 Clinical Dental Hygiene IV
- DH 252 Essentials of Dental Hygiene
- DH 253 Community Dental Health
- DH 254 Community Dental Health-Practicum
Prior to graduation from the Dental Hygiene program each student must fulfill the Math, PE, Humanities and American History or Political Science 1 Requirements
Qualified men and minority group members are encouraged to apply.
Dental Hygiene Home Page
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Location: A-9 Building
Hours: Monday-Friday
9:00AM-4:30PM
Phone: (310)-287-4464
Fax: (310)-287-4461
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