Dental Hygiene Curriculum
DENTAL HYGIENE CURRICULUM
First Year
Description: Preventive Dentistry I
Units: 2
Description: Infection Control & Dental Office Emergencies
Units: 2
Description: Dental Hygiene Radiology
Units: 2
Description: Dental Hygiene Clinical Sciences I
Units: 2
Description: Pre-Clinical Dental Hygiene I
Units: 2
Description: Head & Neck Anatomy
Units: 2
Description: Dental Embryology, Histology & Anatomy
Units: 2
Description: Preventive Dentistry II
Units: 2
Description: Dental Hygiene Clinical Sciences II
Units: 2
Description: Clinical Dental Hygiene II
Units: 3
Description: General & Oral Pathology
Units: 2
Description: Pharmacology
Units: 2
Description: Management of Pain
Units: 2
Description: Applied Periodontics
Units: 2
Description: Clinical Dental Hygiene IIA
Units: 1
Second Year:
Description: Dental Materials
Units: 1
Description: Dental Care for the Special Patient
Units: 2
Description: Dental Hygiene Clinical Sciences III
Units: 2
Description: Clinical Dental Hygiene III
Units: 4
Description: Community Outreach I
Units: 1
Description: Dental Hygiene Biostats & Research
Units: 2
Description: Ethical and Legal Practices
Units: 2
Description: Dental Hygiene Clinical Sciences IV
Units: 2
Description: Clinical Dental Hygiene IV
Units: 4
Description: Community Outreach II
Units: 1
Description: Principles of Community Oral Health
Units: 2
The following requirements also must be completed to qualify for the A.A. Degree:
General Introductory Psychology (PSYC 101)
Freshman Composition (ENGL 100)
Speech (SPCH 100, 120, 130, 132, 150 or 235)
Introductory Sociology (SOC 101, 210, 215, PHIL 104, ANTH 100 or 101)
History (HIST 101, 102, 103, 220 or 221) OR American Political Institutions (POL
101 or POL 201)
* Humanities OR Fine Arts (3 units)
*See Cerritos College General Education Requirement for the appropriate lists of courses
acceptable for meeting the Humanities and Fine Arts Requirements.
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