Dental Hygiene - Brevard Community College - Cocoa FL

Dental Hygiene from Brevard Community College - Cocoa FL is a Campus Associate Dentistry degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Dental Hygiene program prepares students for careers as dental hygienists . Dental hygienists focus on preventing and treating oral diseases - both to protect teeth and gums and also to protect patients' total health. The primary career setting is private dental practice; however, careers in public health sales, management and education are available. Graduates are prepared for national, state, or regional board exams required for a license to practice. Graduates are eligible to receive certification in expanded functions recognized by the Florida Board of Dentistry. The dental hygienist is a licensed preventive oral health professional who provides education, clinical, and therapeutic services to the public. In order to become prepared to perform these services, the dental hygienist requires an extensive educational background. Dental hygiene courses include oral health eduvation and preventive counseling, patient management, clinical dental hygiene , community dental heath, ethical aspects of dental hygiene practice and the dental sciences. Students have extensive supervised instruction in pre-clinical and clinical practice providing services to patients. Services inlcude evaluation of patients' dental health, removal of deposits from above and below the gum line, application of preventative agents such as clorhexidine and antibiotics, instruction of patients on oral health matters inlcuding nutrition counseling, exposure and development of dental radiographs. View more details on Brevard Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Dentistry courses.