Program Manager:
Annie Capener, Instructor
701-858-3184
annie.capener@dakotacollege.edu
Program Advisor:
Rikki Hill, Instructor
701-858-3183
ricki.hoffman@dakotacollege.edu
The Dental Hygiene program prepares students to become licensed oral health care professionals who provide preventative oral health care by assessing patient risk for oral diseases and providing appropriate patient-centered education and treatment. The dental hygienist works independently, and under the supervision of a dentist and is an essential member of the dental team. Besides providing clinical dental hygiene services, a dental hygienist may choose from several career paths, such as corporate, public health, researcher, educator, administrator or entrepreneur.
First Year Experience
All new freshman students at Dakota College are required to enroll in UNIV 105 First Year Experience. An exception to this requirement will be made for transfer students who have earned 24 college-level credits prior to attending or who have successfully completed a similar freshman orientation course for credit at another higher education institution. The course orients students to college and examines topics that are important for student success and positive student outcomes.
Digital Literacy Requirement
All associate degrees offered by Dakota College at Bottineau (DCB) require students to meet the digital literacy standard as identified in SBHE Policy 461. Students may accomplish this requirement through any of the following instructional methods: successful completion of one of the courses outlined in the DCB Digital Literacy policy, or successful completion of a non-credit self-paced module, or successful completion of an approved course through the Dakota Digital Academy, or successful completion of this requirement at another North Dakota University System (NDUS) institution.
Prerequisite General Education Courses (35-36 credits)
Fall
Spring
Required Dental Hygiene Courses (64 credits)