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Term Effective:
Fall 2010
Description:
The Dental Hygiene Associate Degree program at Santa Rosa Junior College is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association. The Commission is a specialized accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of Education.
Students receive a comprehensive education in the health sciences and in clinical dental hygiene and are prepared for entry into the practice of dental hygiene. Upon successful completion of the program, the graduate will be able to apply knowledge and scientific concepts to assess needs, recognize problems, establish oral health goals and provide appropriate dental health care services and evaluate outcomes. The graduate will receive an Associate Degree from Santa Rosa Junior College, and will be eligible to take the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination and the California Dental Hygiene Board Examination.
The dental hygienist is a licensed professional oral health educator with specialized clinical and educational skills. The dental hygienist works as a co-therapist with the dentist in the prevention, recognition and treatment of dental and oral disease. The practicing dental hygienist may be expose to environmental hazards and infectious diseases including, but not limited to, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV (AIDS). Dental hygienist are obligated to provide patient care with compassion and respect for human dignity and the rights of privacy and confidentiality of patients with infectious diseases.
Nationwide, employment of Dental Hygienists is expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations through 2008.
Program Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this major, the student will be able to:
- Discern and manage the ethical issues of dental hygiene practice in a rapidly changing health environment;
- advance the profession through active participation and affiliation with professional and community service, and display lifelong professional growth and development;
- initiate and assume responsibility for health promotion and disease prevention activities for diverse populations;
- formulate comprehensive dental hygiene care plans that are patient centered and based on current scientific evidence;
- provide treatment that includes preventive and therapeutic procedures to promote and maintain oral health and assist the patient in achieving oral health goals; and
- evaluate the effectiveness of patient treatment, patient education, planned clinical and community educational services and make necessary modifications.
Students interested in a suggested order for taking classes in this program, can view the recommended course sequence. Click here for more information about the program, or contact the Health Sciences Department.
Licensure Note: The California Dental Board (CDB) may deny licensure for crimes substantially related to the practice of dental hygiene. This includes convictions involving sex crimes, drug crimes (including DUI), and crimes of violence. It is the responsibility of the applicant to present sufficient evidence of rehabilitation to the CDB prior to licensure application.
Program Requirements:
The requirements for the Dental Hygiene (AS) program are:
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Complete 97.5 units from
- Dental Hygiene Prerequisites
- Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Assoc. Requirements
- Dental Hygiene Core Requirements
| Dental Hygiene Prerequisites - complete 29.00 units |
| ANAT 1 | General Human Anatomy | 5.00 |
| PHYSIO 1 | Human Physiology | 5.00 |
Complete a combination totaling at least 5.00 units from the following:
| | Course | Description | Units |
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| CHEM 60 | Chemistry for the Allied Health Sciences | 5.00 |
CHEM 1A AND
| General Chemistry | 5.00 |
| CHEM 8 | Introductory Organic Chemistry | 5.00 |
Complete any combination totaling at least 4.00 units from the following:
| | Course | Description | Units |
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| ENGL 1A | Reading & Composition | 4.00 |
| ENGL 100 | College Reading and Writing | 4.00 |
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Complete any combination totaling at least 4.00 units from the following:
| | Course | Description | Units |
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| HLC 55 | Medical Microbiology | 4.00 |
| MICRO 5 | General Microbiology | 5.00 |
| MICRO 60 | Fundamentals of Microbiology | 4.00 |
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Complete any combination totaling at least 3.00 units from the following:
| | Course | Description | Units |
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| FDNT 10 | Elementary Nutrition | 3.00 |
| FDNT 62 | Nutrition & Diet Therapy | 3.00 |
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Complete any combination totaling at least 3.00 units from the following:
| | Course | Description | Units |
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| ENGL 5 | Advanced Composition and Critical Thinking | 3.00 |
| PHIL 3 | Critical Thinking | 3.00 |
| PHIL 5 | Critical Thinking/Writing | 3.00 |
| SPCH 3A | Introduction to Argumentation | 3.00 |
| SPCH 9 | Critical Thinking and Argumentation | 3.00 |
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| Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Assoc. Requirements - complete 9.00 units |
Complete any combination totaling at least 3.00 units from the following:
| | Course | Description | Units |
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| COMM 5 | Group Discussion & Problem Solving | 3.00 |
| COMM 6 | Interpersonal Communication | 3.00 |
| SPCH 1A | Introduction to Public Speaking | 3.00 |
| SPCH 60 | Communication Skills | 3.00 |
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Complete any combination totaling at least 3.00 units from the following:
| | Course | Description | Units |
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| PSYCH 1A | General Psychology | 3.00 |
| PSYCH 4 | Child and Adolescent Psychology | 3.00 |
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Complete any combination totaling at least 3.00 units from the following:
| | Course | Description | Units |
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| SOC 1 | Introduction to Sociology | 3.00 |
| SOC 2 | Modern Social Problems | 3.00 |
| SOC 10 | Marriage & the Family | 3.00 |
| SOC 30 | Race & Ethnic Relations | 3.00 |
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| Dental Hygiene Core Requirements - complete 59.50 units |
| DE 50 | Introduction to the Dental Profession | 2.00 |
| DE 51 | Occupational Health & Safety | 2.00 |
| DE 55A | Introduction to Dental Radiology 1 | 2.00 |
| DE 55B | Dental Radiology 2 | 2.00 |
| DH 69 | Medical Emergencies | 1.00 |
| DH 70 | Dental Anatomy and Tooth Morphology | 2.50 |
| DH 71A | Clinical Dental Hygiene Care and Theory 1 | 5.00 |
| DH 71B | Clinical Dental Hygiene Care and Theory 2 | 5.00 |
| DH 71C | Clinical Dental Hygiene Care and Theory 3 | 2.00 |
| DH 71D | Clinical Dental Hygiene Care and Theory 4 | 7.00 |
| DH 71E | Clinical Dental Hygiene Care and Theory 5 | 7.00 |
| DH 72 | Oral Health Education | 2.00 |
| DH 74 | Head & Neck Anatomy, Histology and Embryology | 3.00 |
| DH 75 | Pharmacology for the Dental Hygienist | 2.00 |
| DH 76 | Dental Materials for the Dental Hygienist | 2.00 |
| DH 78 | Local Anesthesia/Nitrous Oxide Conscious Sedation | 1.00 |
| DH 79 | Periodontics for the Dental Hygienist | 2.00 |
| DH 80 | Oral Pathology for the Dental Hygienist | 2.00 |
| DH 81 | Community Dental Health | 2.00 |
| DH 83 | Ethics, Jurisprudence & Practice Mgmt for Dental Hygienist | 2.00 |
| DH 85 | Advanced Periodontal Dental Hygiene Care | 2.00 |
| DH 86 | Integration of Dental Hygiene and Dentistry | 2.00 |
Term Effective:
Fall 2010
The requirements for this program of study are effective beginning the semester shown above. If you began working on this program before the effective semester, you may not be affected by the changes. Consult with the program contact person or the department chair to determine your eligibility to complete the program under previous requirements.
Term Inactive:
Summer 2012
Program Requirements Notes:
The following Dental Hygiene major prerequisites must be completed within the past five years prior to the fall semester of the application period:
ANAT 1, PHYSIO 1, MICRO 5 or MICRO 60 or HLC 55, and CHEM 60 or CHEM 1A and CHEM 8.
Note: The 5-year recency requirement for science courses will be eliminated beginning with the Fall 2012 application period.
Beginning with the class of 2011, only college transferable reading and composition courses (English 1A or equivalent) will be accepted to fulfill the English prerequisite requirement. English 100 and ESL 100 will no longer be accepted. This change is effective for students who apply Fall 2010 for the Fall 2011 Dental Hygiene program and beyond.
Associate Degree Requirements:
The major is one of several requirements students need to fulfill in order to be awarded the Associate Degree, the highest level of academic achievement recognized by Santa Rosa Junior College. Please note that all of the following requirements must be met in order for the degree to be conferred:
For all students admitted for the Fall 2009 term or any term thereafter,
a grade of "C" or better, or "P" if the course is taken on a pass/no pass basis,
is required for each course applied toward the major.
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