Dental Hygiene - South Florida Community College

Dental Hygiene from South Florida Community College is a Campus Associate Dentistry degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Description of Program: The A.A.S. degree in Dental Hygiene prepares you for licensure as a dental hygienist so you may provide quality oral health care to the public. Our four program goals are to provide an environment that fosters respect for the ADHA Professional Code of Ethics and Conduct that supports state laws governing the practice of dental hygiene, provide high quality didactic instruction that precipitates critical thinking, teaching responsibility for evidence based decision making and creates a desire for lifelong learning, educates you in precision instrumentation that integrates didactic theory with oral hygiene therapy, and prepares you to deliver education and therapeutic services in your communities, while recognizing dental hygiene as a dynamic profession. Once accepted into the program, the dental hygiene curriculum will prepare you for employment as a licensed dental hygienist. You will be expected to master competencies of the dental profession such as patient assessment, dental hygiene instrumentation, direct patient care services including debridement, taking and interpreting diagnostic radiographs, oral hygiene education, special population dental care, expanded functions, office management, infection control, ethics and jurisprudence. Upon successful completion of the program, you will be eligible to sit for the National Dental Hygiene Board Examination and the Florida State Clinical Licensure Examination. FIRST YEAR Fall Term DEH 1002 - Introduction to Dental Hygiene - 2 DEH 1002L - Dental Hygiene Pre-Clinic - 2 DES 1020 - Orofacial Anatomy - 2 DES 1020L - Orofacial Anatomy Lab - 1 DES 1200 - Dental Radiology - 2 DES 1200L - Dental Radiology Lab - 2 SPC 2608 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication - (G.E.) - 3 14 Spring Term DEH 1130 - Oral Embryology and Histology - 3 DES 1100C - Dental Materials and Expanded Duties - 3 DEH 1600 - Medical Emergencies - 2 DEH 1800 - Dental Hygiene Theory I - 2 DEH 1800L - Dental Hygiene Clinic I - 3 13 Summer Term DEH 1802 - Dental Hygiene Theory II - 2 DEH 1802L - Dental Hygiene Clinic II - 3 DEH 2400 - General and Oral Pathology - 3 8 SECOND YEAR Fall Term DEH 2602 - Periodontology - 2 DEH 2300 - Pharmacology and Pain Control - 3 PSY 2012 - General Psychology - (G.E.) - 3 DEH 2804 - Dental Hygiene Theory III - 2 DEH 2804L - Dental Hygiene Clinic III - 4 DEH 2710 - Nutritional and Dental Health - 2 16 Spring Term DEH 2702 - Community Dental Health - 2 DEH 2702L - Community Dental Health Lab - 1 DEH 2806 - Professional Development and Ethical Principles - 2 DEH 2806L - Dental Hygiene Clinic IV - 4 Humanities Elective - (G.E.) - 3 SYG 2000 - General Sociology - (G.E.) - 3 15 Computer Competency Required View more details on South Florida Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Dentistry courses.