Dental Hygiene, A.S. (2101)

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Program Purpose:
To prepare students for the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination and for licensure as registered dental hygienists. To prepare students to safely and effectively perform all the functions that are legal for dental hygienists to perform in Florida.

This program is accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation.

Employment Types:
Dental hygienist

Program Length:
88 credit hours

Admission Requirements:

Applicants to the Dental Hygiene program must complete all admission requirements to the College and must complete the program’s required prerequisite courses with a minimum unrounded GPA of 2.5 and a minimum cumulative college GPA of 2.5.

Also see GPA for Dental Hygiene .

Program Application:
The Dental Hygiene program begins in the Fall semester and is a limited-access program. Applicants must submit both a general TCC application (www.tcc.fl.edu/apply) and a separate healthcare program application by the published deadline. Applicants may access the healthcare application through their TCC Passport account.

See Additional Healthcare Program Requirements for more important information.

Academic Division:
Healthcare Professions

Contact:
(850) 558-4500 or healthedu@tcc.fl.edu

View Information about Graduation Requirements and Year of Entry .

Course Information

Note:

To satisfy State Board of Education Rule 6A-10.030, students must earn a grade of “C” or better in any Communications, Humanities, Social Sciences or Mathematics course used to fulfill general education requirements.

Prerequisite Courses (15 credit hours)

Not all courses are offered in all semesters. View course description for availability.

BSC2085 Anatomy and Physiology I 3 credit hour(s)
BSC2085L Anatomy and Physiology I Laboratory 1 credit hour(s)
BSC2086 Anatomy and Physiology II 3 credit hour(s)
BSC2086L Anatomy and Physiology II Laboratory 1 credit hour(s)
MCB2004 General Microbiology 3 credit hour(s)
MCB2004L Microbiology Laboratory 1 credit hour(s)
CHM1030 General Chemistry for Allied Health 3 credit hour(s)

After Acceptance into Program (73 credit hours)

Fall Semester I (18 credit hours)

DEH1002 Dental Hygiene Preclinic Theory 2 credit hour(s)
DEH1002L Dental Hygiene Preclinic Lab 3 credit hour(s)
DEH1130 Embryology and Oral Histology 2 credit hour(s)
DES1020 Dental Anatomy 2 credit hour(s)
DES1020L Dental Anatomy Lab 1 credit hour(s)
DES1600 Dental Office Emergencies 2 credit hour(s)
ENC1101 College Composition 3 credit hour(s)
HUN1201 The Science of Nutrition 3 credit hour(s) *

Spring Semester I (16 credit hours)

DEH1800 Dental Hygiene I Theory 2 credit hour(s)
DEH1800L Dental Hygiene I Clinic 3 credit hour(s)
DEH2300 Pharmacology 3 credit hour(s)
DES1200 Dental Radiology 2 credit hour(s)
DES1200L Dental Radiology Lab 1 credit hour(s)
DES1840 Preventive Dentistry 2 credit hour(s)
Any General Education Humanities State Core course 3 credit hour(s)

Summer Semester I (14 credit hours)

DEH1400 General and Oral Pathology 3 credit hour(s)
DEH2602 Periodontology 2 credit hour(s)
DEH2602L Periodontology Lab 3 credit hour(s)
DES2100 Dental Materials Theory 2 credit hour(s)
DES2100L Dental Materials Lab 1 credit hour(s)
Any General Education Mathematics State Core course 3 credit hour(s) *

Fall Semester II (13 credit hours)

DEH1802 Dental Hygiene II Theory 2 credit hour(s)
DEH1802L Dental Hygiene II Clinic 4 credit hour(s)
DEH2701 Community Dental Health 2 credit hour(s)
DES2051 Pain Control 2 credit hour(s)
SYG1000 Principles of Sociology 3 credit hour(s)

Spring Semester II (12 credit hours)

DES2502 Clinic and Office Management 1 credit hour(s)
DEH2504 Dental Specialties 1 credit hour(s)
DEH2701L Community Dental Health Lab 1 credit hour(s)
DEH2804 Dental Hygiene III Theory 2 credit hour(s)
DEH2804L Dental Hygiene III Clinic 4 credit hour(s)
Any General Education psychology course 3 credit hour(s)

Note:

All courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.

* General Education math course and HUN1201 must be completed by the end of the Summer semester in order to continue to the second year. Failure to complete these courses on time will result in dismissal from the program.