Dental Hygiene - Hudson Valley Community College

Dental Hygiene from Hudson Valley Community College is a Campus Associate Dentistry degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. The Dental Hygiene major prepares the student to become a qualified Dental Hygiene practitioner, whose primary responsibility is to promote optimal health through the provision of preventive and educational services. Course material and time are functionally divided between theory and technique in dental sciences. Individualized instruction is optimized by modern, professional equipment in the clinical and laboratory areas. Instruction in functions permitted by the New York State Dental Practice Act is provided at the Dental Hygiene Clinic on campus and various dental affiliations within the communities in the Capital District. All clinical settings comply with state and federal health and safety regulations. The major is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association, 211 East Chicago Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60611-2678. Graduates are eligible to sit for the National Board Exam (July) for Dental Hygiene and the Clinical Board Exam (May). All dental hygiene students are required to be members of their professional organization - Student American Dental Hygienists' Association (SADHA). Professional activities are a requirement for each of the four terms as a dental hygiene student. New York State Dental Hygiene licensure requires the applicant be of good moral character. An applicant for licensure who has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor, or has committed an act which raises a reasonable question as to their moral character, will be subject to review by the state prior to licensure. Special required expenses for uniforms and supplies for the first year are approximately $2500 and $1500 for senior year. Please note that these are approximate fees and are subject to change. There will be additional expenses for national and state exams and application for licensure in the final semester of the senior year. Transportation for off-campus affiliation assignments is the responsibility of the student. Part-time study is not available in this program once accepted into the Dental Hygiene Program. Unsatisfactory pre-clinical, clinical, and academic performance will result in students being dismissed from the dental hygiene program. The dental hygiene faculty will make all decisions regarding recommendations for re-admission. All decisions will be based upon an individual student review process. Re-admission will require students to repeat previous clinical courses and/or academic courses. In addition, if a student is dismissed from the program for academic reasons, they will be required to provide evidence of growth in necessary areas as identified by the faculty at the time of dismissal, and must reapply under the program's admission procedure. Once a student has been admitted to Preventive Dentistry I, courses must be completed in term sequence, without interruption. Any student who misses a term will not be permitted to continue in the program. Certification in Basic Life Support through the American Heart Association is required and must be maintained while in the program. View more details on Hudson Valley Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Dentistry courses.