Associate's Degree in Dental Hygiene

Dental Hygiene: The Path to a Brighter Future Is Open Wide

	Train for one of the nation’s fastest-growing occupations!(1) Prepare to take the National Board Dental Hygiene Exam (NBDHE) and any required state or regional clinical exams. Practice your skills in Remington College’s Dental Hygiene Clinic! Dental Hygienists Expected to Have Excellent Job Opportunities

 

Earn you Dental Hygiene degree and Prepare for Dental Hygiene Exam

Dental hygiene is among the fastest-growing occupations in the nation, and job prospects through 2016 are expected to remain excellent.⁽¹⁾ Now, you can learn the skills for this growing career field by completing Remington College’s associate’s degree program in Dental Hygiene. In as few as 24 months you can earn your degree and prepare to take the NBDHE Exam as well as any state or regional exams. Remington College covers the NBDHE exam costs, which can save graduates over $1200 in fees.⁽²⁾-(certain restrictions apply)

	While our Associate's Degree in Dental Hygiene is offered only at our Nashville Campus, Remington College offers a Diploma in Dental Assisting at the following campuses: Cleveland West, Fort Worth, Houston, North Houston, Nashville and Tampa. read more>>

Learn About Skills Practiced by Dental Hygienists

Licensed dental hygienists provide preventive oral health care services for dental patients. This care includes teaching patients the fundamentals of oral hygiene self-care as well as some periodontal treatment procedures. Remington College’s associate’s degree program in Dental Hygiene features modern classrooms and equipment and our very own dental clinic, directly on Campus!  In the classroom, you’ll learn about the following skills often used by dental hygienists:

• Oral health, hygiene, and nutrition basics
• Dental Hygiene instrumentation skills
• Head, neck, and dental anatomy
• Oral radiology
• Oral cancer screening
• Local anesthesia techniques
• Management of dental emergencies
• Anxiety and pain control
• Prevention practices

Dental Hygiene: A Career Possibility You Can Smile About!

As a dental hygienist, your work can be very rewarding, because you are helping dental patients to recognize that good oral hygiene should play an important role in their daily efforts to maintain a more health-conscious lifestyle. Part analyst, practitioner, and coach, you are often relied on to assist dentists in assessing patients’ oral health and instructing them in the proper methods for brushing, flossing, and caring for their teeth and gums. As a dental hygienist, you may also periodically evaluate those results and help patients manage their overall plan of dental care.

The Dental Hygiene program is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation. The commission is a specialized accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of Education.

Prior to acceptance into the Dental Hygiene Program, applicants must have completed the following prerequisite courses with a grade of “C” or better:

1. Anatomy and Physiology I with lab (4 semester hours/6 quarter hours)
2. Anatomy and Physiology II with lab (4 semester hours/6 quarter hours)
3. Introduction to Chemistry or Fundamentals of Chemistry (4 semester hours/6 quarter hours)

 
Those interested in applying for admission into the Dental Hygiene Program may do so if one of the above prerequisite courses has been completed with a grade of “C” or better and an acceptable plan has been provided to demonstrate that the applicant will complete the remaining two prerequisite courses prior to the beginning of class.

It’s a great time to start down a path toward earning a dental hygienist degree at Remington College – Nashville Campus. Our Admissions Representatives are standing by to help you get started in our Dental Hygiene Program.

To take advantage of this opportunity, you can request more information about this program by calling 1-800-560-6192 to start the admissions process, or click one of our Request Info buttons and submit the information form to our dental hygienist college program.

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