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Dental Hygiene Courses
Fall Semester, Year I


DEH 1002 Dental Hygiene Instrumentation
1 credit

DEH 1002L Dental Hygiene Instrumentation Lab
2 credits

DES 1020C Oral, Head, & Neck Anatomy
2 credits

DES 1200 Dental Radiology
2 credits

DES 1200L Dental Radiology Lab
1 credits

DEH 1720 Preventive Dentistry
1 credits

DES 1800 Introduction to Clinical Procedures
2 credits

DES 1800L Introduction to Clinical Procedures Lab
1 credits


Total 12 credits




Spring Semester, Year I

DEH 1130 Oral Embryology & Histology
1 credits

DEH 1800C Clinical Dental Hygiene I
5 credits

DEH 2400 General and Oral Pathology
3 credits

DEH 2602 Periodontology
2 credits

HUN 2201 Fundamentals of Human Nutrition
3 credits


Total 14 credits



Summer Semester, 1st Year

DES 1100 Dental Materials
2 credits

DES 1100L Dental Materials Lab
1 credits

DEH 1802C Clinical Dental Hygiene II
3 credits

DEH 1830C Expanded Duties for Dental Hygienists
2 credits

Total 8 credits



Fall Semester, Year II


DEH 2300 Pharmacology and Oral Medicine
2 credits

DEH 2604 Periodontology II 
1 credit

DEH 2702 Community Dental Health
2 credits

DEH 2804C Clinical Dental Hygiene III
5 credits

DES 2934 Advanced Clinical Procedures
1 credits

Total 10 credits



Spring Semester, Year II

DEH 1811 Dental Ethics, Jurisprudence
1 credit

DES 2502 Office Management
1 credit

DEH 2702L Community Dental Health Practicum
1 credit

DEH 2806C Clinical Dental Hygiene IV
6 credits

Total 9 credits



Credit Totals:

General Education: 34 Total Semester Hours

Dental Hygiene Education: 54 Total Semester Hours

Total Semester Hours: 88