I Seminar is a lecture course offering the student an opportunity to gain knowledge and understanding in the foundation of the clinic practice of dental hygiene.
Emphasis is placed on concepts of radiation safety and patient management.
Through lecture and laboratory sessions the student will gain practical experience in exposing, processing, and mounting dental radiographs of diagnostic quality. Formal acceptance into the Dental Hygiene Program Dental Anatomy is a first semester course for the first-year dental hygiene student. Instructional aids for the lecture series include dental typodonts, oversized tooth models, color slides, cross-sectioned models, and extracted teeth. This course presents the study of anatomy, physiology, histology and embryology of the head, neck, and oral cavity. Introductory lectures of general histology are presented.