Major Sheet
General Education Requirements for AS Degree 2010 - 2012
New Application Requirements!!!
Fall semester program schedules
Spring semester program schedules
Program Overview
Registered Dental Hygienists provide dental health education, perform oral cancer examinations, promote and encourage the preventive aspects of dental care, remove deposits and stains from teeth, expose and process dental radiographs, and assume responsibility for patient care in the dental office.
Completion of the program leads to an Associate in Science degree. After completion of the program and a passing score on the National Board Examination, graduates are eligible to apply for and take the clinical licensing boards for dental hygienists.
Dental hygiene students are required, as part of the total dental hygiene program, to participate in extra-mural activities. Activities include, but are not limited to, community dental health projects, hospital clinical practice, and other field excursions of educational value.
| Full Time Dental Hygiene Faculty |
Adjunct Dental Hygiene Faculty |
| Monta Denver, RDH, MS, Clinical Chair |
Luisa Bransford, RDH, BS |
| Jean Kulbeth, RDH, MS, Academic Chair |
Mary Claire Ewing, BS, RDH |
| Judith A. Crooks-Cheney, BA, RDH |
Jeanice Howard, MA,RDHAP |
| Joanne Pacheco, RDH, MA |
Sandra LaMattina, BS, RDH |
| Heidi Caetano, MA,RDHAP |
Susan McLearan, MS,RDHAP |
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Mun Takeda, BS, RDH |
| Department Secretary |
Fred Thomas, RDH, BS |
| Vivian Hardwick |
Arlene Vianello, AS, RDH |
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Marva White, RDH, MS |
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Alice Piacente, BA, RDH |
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Mimi Myers, BA, RDH |
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Judy Mann, RDH, MS, RDHAP |
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Susan Cousyns, RDH, BS |
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Consulting Dentists
Monica Lourido-Ali, RDH, DDS
Paul S. Cheney, BS, DDS
Linda Glassman, DDS,MA
Ray Doumanian, DDS
Admission Prerequisites
Enrollment is limited in the dental hygiene program. Minimum qualifications for selection must be met. There are no restrictions as to age, race, gender, or marital status. Minimum prerequisite requirements for application to the program are as follows:
Program Application Prerequisites
- Graduation from high school or GED standard score of 45
- College cumulative GPA 2.7 or higher
- Anatomy & Physiology, Biology 24, with a grade of “C” or better OR Biology 20 & 22, each with a grade of “C” or better (the latter option is strongly suggested)
- English 1A
- Chemistry 2A or 3A, Intro to General Chemistry, with a grade of “C” or better
- Biology 31, Microbiology, with a grade of “C” or better
- Math 103, Intermediate Algebra or higher math course with a grade of “C” or better
- Chemistry 3B, Organic & Biological Chemistry, with a grade of “C” or better
- Food and Nutrition 40, with a grade of “C” or better
- Have completed an Academic Summary Form for the Dental Hygiene Program
- Have no physical impairment that would preclude the performance of all dental hygiene duties
- Be in good physical and mental health
Major Requirements
- Speech 1 or 2 with a "C" or better grade
- Psy 2, General Psychology with a "C" or better grade
- Soc 1A , Introduction to Sociology with a "C" or better grade
Note: All major requirements must be completed before starting the Dental Hygiene Program.
Safe professional practice is necessary for retention of students in the program. If a student demonstrates that he/she is unsuited to the profession or is not progressing satisfactorily, based on the professional judgment of the faculty, he/she will be asked to withdraw from the program.
The FCC Dental Hygiene Program selects 30 students for each entering class. These students take all classes together for two years. They take a National Dental Hygiene Board examination in the last semester and are eligible to apply for clinical licensing examinations upon successful graduation from the Dental Hygiene Program and a passing score on the National Board.
Dental Hygiene Courses