DHY-111 Head and Neck Anatomy for Dental Hygiene
2 credits—This course familiarizes the student with the anatomy of the head and neck, oral structures. Knowledge of the anatomy of the head and neck and oral structures is an essential prerequisite of such courses as clinical dental hygiene.
Lecture Hours: 32
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Dental Hygiene program.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $468.00
DHY-116 Tooth Morphology
1 credits—This course will teach the anatomy and structure of each individual tooth crown and root. Permanent and primary dentitions will be studied with emphasis on identification, numbering systems, function, and application of instrumentation skills to each tooth surface.
Lab Hours: 32
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Dental Hygiene program.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $334.00
DHY-121 Oral Histology and Embryology
2 credits—This course presents the anatomy of the tooth and its surrounding tissues on a microscopic level. The formation of the face before birth is studied and is followed by an examination of each part of the tooth and its surrounding structures during formation, eruption and function of both the primary and permanent dentitions.
Lecture Hours: 32
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Dental Hygiene program.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $468.00
DHY-131 Pharmacology
2 credits—This course will provide the student with an academic background in the area of pharmacology with relation to the drugs used in the dental practice. The metric system, terminology, drugs and their specific reactions will be presented.
Lecture Hours: 32
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in BIO-173 and CHM-132.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $468.00
DHY-141 General and Oral Pathology
3 credits—This lecture course addresses concepts of both General and Oral Pathology. General Pathology content provides information regarding human disease and reviews major diseases of the human body, discussed by system. Oral Pathology content emphasizes pathological conditions of the head, neck and oral structures and relates this information to the Dental Hygiene Model
Lecture Hours: 48
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in DHY-121.
Pre/Co-requisite(s): Minimum grade of C in BIO-173.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $702.00
DHY-160 Oral Radiology
3 credits—Oral Radiology teaches the basic techniques of exposure of common types of dental radiographs, radiograph processing procedures, the science of the x-ray beam, digital radiography and operation of standard and panoramic x-ray equipment. Lifelike mannequins for student practice are utilized, and emphasis is placed on radiation safety procedures for both patient and operator.
Admission to the Dental Hygiene program required.
Lecture Hours: 32 Clinic Hours: 48
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $862.00
DHY-175 Fundamentals of Clinical Dental Hygiene
6 credits—This course serves as a foundation to Clinical Dental Hygiene II, III, and IV. The student will learn the skills of dental hygiene practice and client management through simulated clinical situations as well as in lecture/discussion sessions.
Lecture Hours: 48 Lab Hours: 96
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Dental Hygiene program.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $5,608.00
DHY-187 Clinical Dental Hygiene II
3 credits—This course is the first of three in a sequence that provides clinical experience. The student applies the Dental Hygiene Process of Care while working with actual clinic clients. The emphasis of this course is to achieve competency in basic assessment and preventative dental hygiene treatment skills.
Clinic Hours: 144
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in DHY-175 and DHY-160.
Co-requisite(s): DHY-188
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $1,502.00
DHY-188 Clinical Dental Hygiene II Seminar
1 credits—Dental Hygiene Practicum II complements Clinical Dental Hygiene II by supplying the theory behind the Dental Hygiene Process of Care. This course also introduces the theory behind basic procedures needed to provide comprehensive dental hygiene care.
Lecture Hours: 16
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in DHY-160 and DHY-175.
Co-requisite(s): DHY-187
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $234.00
DHY-210 Introduction To Periodontology
1 credits—This course will provide first year students the basic concepts and fundamentals of periodontal health and disease. The student will be able to relate this knowledge to the clinical setting.
Lecture Hours: 16
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in DHY-121.
Co-requisite(s): Minimum grade of C in DHY-141.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $234.00
DHY-211 Periodontology
2 credits—An in-depth study of the healthy and diseased periodontium is covered in this course. The student will be able to relate this knowledge to the clinical setting.
Lecture Hours: 32
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in DHY-141 and DHY-210.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $468.00
DHY-227 Biomaterials for the Dental Hygienist
2 credits—This course introduces the dental hygiene student to the materials commonly employed in the practice of dentistry and, in particular, to those materials utilized by the dental hygienist. Through lecture sessions, the makeup and properties of the various materials such as plaster and stone, impression material, amalgam and cements are presented, as well as their relationship to one another. Through laboratory experience, the student learns techniques in preparation, mixing, handling and storage of these materials.
Lecture Hours: 16 Lab Hours: 32
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in CHM-122.
Co-requisite(s): Minimum grade of C in CHM-132.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $668.00
DHY-240 Ethics and Jurisprudence
1 credits—This course presents background on the theory, philosophy and ethics for dental hygiene and the profession. Legal aspects of practice are presented as well as aspects of entry into practice and job seeking skills.
Lecture Hours: 16
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in DHY-175.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $234.00
DHY-254 Community Oral Health I
2 credits—The purpose of this course is to provide the student with a background in the development and functions of federal, state and local health systems, and to prepare the student to participate in community health activities.
Lecture Hours: 32
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in DHY-188 and SOC-110.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $468.00
DHY-259 Community Oral Health Service Learning Experience
1 credits—This course is designed to provide the students with experience developing and evaluating community oral health programs.
Lab Hours: 32
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in DHY-254.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $234.00
DHY-264 Special Needs Patient Education
2 credits—This course provides basic concepts of learning for behavioral change and the dental hygiene care of patients with special needs.
Lecture Hours: 32
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in DHY-175.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $468.00
DHY-271 Pain Control
2 credits—This course provides the knowledge and skills necessary for the student to perform pain control techniques competently. The course will discuss both the content needed to perform local anesthesia and to perform nitrous oxide/oxygen administration and monitoring.
Lecture Hours: 32
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in DHY-113 and DHY-185.
Co-requisite(s): Minimum grade of C in DHY-131.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $468.00
DHY-272 Interdisciplinary Health Care
2 credits—This course will use specialists in the varied health fields to make the student aware of the interrelationships between these specialties and dental hygiene. Additionally, the course promotes an understanding of the potential dental hygiene practice settings through observations made in rotation in the community.
Lecture Hours: 16 Lab Hours: 32
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in DHY-254 and DHY-297.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $468.00
DHY-297 Clinical Dental Hygiene III
4 credits—This course enables the students to provide comprehensive dental hygiene care to meet the total oral health needs of each client, including referrals for treatment. Students will progressively increase their clinical abilities toward levels of proficiency required for entry level as measured by fulfillment of the clinic competencies for the semester.
Clinic Hours: 192
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in DHY-187 and DHY-188.
Co-requisite(s): DHY-211 and DHY-298
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $2,889.00
DHY-298 Clinical Dental Hygiene III Seminar
2 credits—This course will: Introduce adjunctive dental hygiene procedures/techniques and disease control theory along with research methodology. The course also expands on instrumentation techniques, case-based problem solving and radiographic interpretation.
Lecture Hours: 16 Lab Hours: 32
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in DHY-187 and DHY-188.
Co-requisite(s): DHY-271 and DHY-297
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $538.00
DHY-307 Clinical Dental Hygiene IV
4 credits—This course is the final preparation for the students in clinical practice. When the course is completed, the student will have the proficiency and skill to maintain the ideals of the dental hygiene profession.
Clinic Hours: 192
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in DHY-271, DHY-197, and DHY-298.
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $3,221.00
DHY-308 Clinical Dental Hygiene Seminar IV
1 credits—This course will incorporate dental hygiene care with critical thinking and case studies for the students as they prepare for dental hygiene licensure.
Lecture Hours: 16
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of C in DHY-271, DHY-297, and DHY-298.
Co-requisite(s): DHY-307
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $874.00
DHY-901 Independent Study Clinical Dental Hygiene
1 credits—This course is designed to remediate the skills of exploring, calculus detection and removal, and patient evaluation skills previously learned in the clinical portion of the dental hygiene program in preparation of the student retaking the clinical dental hygiene board exam. This course can be taken for 1–3 credit hours.
Lab Hours: 32
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $234.00
DHY-924 Honors Project
1 credits—This course involves in-depth independent research on an approved topic under supervision of a faculty member. Upon project's completion, results will be shared with community of peers and faculty. This course can be repeated with different content for credit.
May be taken for up to 3 credits.
Lecture Hours: 16
Course Type: General Education / Transfer
2025–2026 Course Cost: $234.00
DHY-928 Independent Study
1 credits—This course provides opportunity for a student to focus previous course work and knowledge on a special issue as well as provide for individualized exploration of topics pertinent to the student's projected objectives within any recognized discipline. Faculty consultation is required prior to registration for this course
May be taken for up to 5 credits.
Lecture Hours: 16
Course Type: Technical
2025–2026 Course Cost: $234.00
