Dental Hygiene
Classes
DEN102: Oral Tissues II
DEN103: Principles of Oral Radiology
DEN105: Community Dental Health
DEN121: Dental Hygiene I
DEN123: Dental Hygiene II
DEN126: Clinical Dental Hygiene I
DEN128: Clinical Dental Hygiene II
DEN200: Pharmacology for Dental Hygiene
DEN206: Oral Pathology
This course incorporates important aspects of general pathology and their relationship to the oral cavity. This course stresses comprehensive oral examination procedures, recognition of deviations from the normal and clinical aspects of pathological processes affecting the patient as a whole and the oral cavity.
DEN209: Dental Materials
DEN212: Periodontics
This course is an advanced study of the periodontium and its relationship to clinical practice. Incorporating current research, emphasis will be placed on the pathogenesis of periodontal disease, the relationship between periodontal health and systemic health, risk factors, methods of assessment, and current therapies for treatment and maintenance of the periodontal patient.
DEN230: Dental Hygiene III
DEN232: Dental Hygiene IV
DEN236: Clinical Dental Hygiene III
DEN237: Pain Management in Dental Hygiene Practice
This course is intended to provide a comprehensive study of local dental anesthetics utilized in the dental hygiene profession. Utilizing lecture and lab components, the student will learn to safely administer topical and local dental anesthetics. This course covers Massachusetts Rules and Regulations 234CMR3.09-3.14, and the requirements in the administration of local dental anesthetics.