牙齿卫生学学士

牙科卫生学士学位课程是在大学规定的三个学期的专业预备年之后，开设为期五个学期的课程，该课程每年春季学期开始。在暑假期间，还将在牙齿卫生课程的初中和高年级之间安排一次额外的短期培训。设施限制每个班级最多容纳24名学生。除了学费，住房，书本和其他普通学校费用外，口腔卫生科还发行了学生仪器套件，费用为学生约4,000.00每年，另外约2,000.00的额外费用包括牙科用品，诊所和实验室，制服，毕业费和美国学生牙科卫生师协会会员。费用可能会在获得UNM卫生科学中心校长批准后更改。学生负责校外场地往返接送的交通费。
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.<br><br>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.