BS in Dental Hygiene

University of New Mexico

The Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene degree program follows a required three-semester pre-professional year in college with a five-semester curriculum, which begins each year during the spring semester. An additional short session is also included during the summer between the junior and senior years of the Dental Hygiene curriculum. Facilities limit each class to no more the 24 students. In addition to tuition, housing, books, and other usual school expenses, the Division of Dental Hygiene issue student instrument kits costing the student approximately 4,000.00 Additional fees of approximately 2,000.00 annually cover dental supplies, clinic and laboratory, uniforms, graduation fees and Student American Dental Hygienists' Association membership. Fees are subject to change on approval from the Chancellor for the UNM Health Science Center. Students are responsible for transportation fees to and from rotations at off campus sites.A program that prepares individuals to clean teeth and apply preventive materials, provide oral health education and treatment counseling to patients, identify oral pathologies and injuries, and manage dental hygiene practices. Includes instruction in dental anatomy, microbiology, and pathology dental hygiene theory and techniques cleaning equipment operation and maintenance dental materials radiology patient education and counseling office management supervised clinical training and professional standards.

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