牙齿保健提供预防和治疗口腔疾病,如蛀牙和牙龈疾病. Dental hygienists and assistants are part of the dental team, using specialized skills to help treat patients.
亚虎备受推崇的牙科课程培养了为劳动力做好充分准备的牙科助理和卫生师, thanks to a combination of classroom instruction, technology that supports what they are learning, 以及实践经验. 在模拟实验室里, students practice hand instrumentation on dental tooth models, which provides excellent experience prior to treating patients. 该学院的模拟技术和培训中心的人体病人模拟器帮助毕业生准备应对意外情况, as they practice responses to patient emergency situations.
Work in the college’s 33-chair public 口腔卫生诊所 强化在课堂上学到的技能,并为学生提供现实世界的经验,以便有信心进入劳动力市场,因为它提供了社区的牙齿健康需求. Overseen by a team of highly qualified faculty members, 诊所的每个手术室都配备了电脑,以便管理病人的病历, 数字x射线, intra-oral相机, 超声波缩放器.
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请注意: 健康科学预科和护理预科的学生目前作为理学院的副学士在读,在他们被录取并进入他们所选择的健康科学/护理课程之前,没有资格获得奖学金.
The demand for dental services continues to grow. 随着预防性牙科在降低口腔疾病发病率方面的成功, 老年人保留牙齿的时间更长,并且更加意识到定期牙齿护理的重要性. 牙医比以往任何时候都需要更多的帮助来满足日益增长的牙科服务需求.
国家前景
国家就业统计数据和就业预期可通过 劳工统计局.
你将在节目中学到什么
Classroom instruction, technology, 以及实践经验 help students learn
The 亚虎 Dental programs are accredited by the Commission on Dental 认证 (结尾).
牙科辅助和牙科卫生计划在良好的信誉和认可的委员会牙科认证. The programs were reaffirmed in 2022 and are fully accredited.
Commission on Dental 认证 - Third Party Comments Form
资格证书考试
每个州对牙科保健员的职责都有具体的规定, and duties vary from one dental office to a不her. 卫生专业毕业生有资格参加国家口腔卫生委员会考试和州执照考试. 在南卡罗来纳州, 牙科保健师必须毕业于认可的牙科卫生学校,并且必须通过国家委员会考试和州认证考试.
Professional Licensure and Certification Requirements
我们强烈建议正在考虑在另一个州攻读专业执照的学术课程的学生检查该州的信息,并在开始课程之前联系适当的执照代理机构以获取更多信息和指导.
扩大职责牙科助理 information by state »
亚虎 is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award associate and baccalaureate degrees. 授予学位的机构也可以提供证书和文凭等认可的学位证书.
关于亚虎认证的问题可以写信给南方学院和学校委员会,地址是1866 Southern Lane, 迪凯特, GA 30033-4097, 请拨打404-679-4500, or by using information available on SACSCOC’s website (www.sacscoc.org).
口腔卫生
应用科学副学士
这个项目训练学生教育病人正确的口腔保健程序, 维护病人护理系统, 曝光并处理x射线. 社区 service is a major component.
The program is taught in two phases.
毕业生有资格参加牙科卫生全国委员会考试和地区或州实践考试.
口腔卫生计划 details from our current catalog »
在选定的健康科学项目中工作的学生现在被归类为科学专业的副学士. 想知道更多吗?? 请查看我们的FAQ部分.
扩大职责牙科助理
应用科学文凭
This 12-month program prepares students to work as clinical assistants, receiving and preparing patients for dental treatment; assisting chairside, 以x射线, making temporary crowns and pouring/trimming impressions for study models. The program also includes office management skills such as making appointments, 保存病历, 申请, 以及客户服务.
第一阶段包括大部分通识教育和相关课程,可以在亚虎或任何衔接学院完成.
第二阶段临床经验春季和夏季学期在格林维尔县牙科诊所校外举行.
Classes begin in the Fall Semester, 与类, 实验室, and clinics held on the Barton Campus days and some courses offered evenings.
完成EDDA课程后,可获得牙科助理全国委员会颁发的认证牙科助理(CDA)认证. 牙科援助的学生必须通过所有三个部分的牙科援助全国委员会,而在该计划.
点击下面的课程,按学期顺序查看理想的课程分组. This plan assumes a full-time schedule. 请注意, 然而, that many variables can affect this plan, and 不 every course is offered every semester. 请咨询您的指导老师,以规划您的个性化毕业计划.
In 除了 to the 亚虎 admissions process outlined in these 注册步骤, students interested in the dental assisting and hygiene programs must also:
牙科课程严格遵守健康科学学院的所有政策, 具体有哪些 Health Sciences admissions information page.
职业讲座提供了有关申请过程的宝贵信息, 需求, 政策, 程序, and expectations of students interested in applying to the 牙科程序. Prior to applying to either dental program, 在申请牙科课程的一年内完成这个在线职业讲座是强制性的.
The application submission process for GTC's Dental programs is now electronic. 电子申请只会在接受申请期间提供, 1月15日- 5月1日. 申请在其他时间不被接受,必须在晚上11:59之前以电子方式提交.m. 5月1日.
有关健康科学加权录取表格的重要变化,请访问 Health Sciences Program 招生.
口腔卫生 Weighted Admission Form
To submit an application, you must log in using your GTC student access.
访问 口腔卫生 Weighted Admission form »
Dental Assisting Weighted Admission Form
To submit an application, you must log in using your GTC student access.
访问 扩大职责牙科助理 Weighted Admission form »
The 口腔卫生计划 is designed as a 1 + 1 program, where Phase I includes your general education and related courses, which may be taken at 亚虎 or any articulating college.
Upon successful completion of Phase I, 符合条件的学生可于1月15日至5月1日申请第二阶段的口腔卫生课程.
进入亚虎口腔卫生课程第一阶段并不保证进入该课程第二阶段. 第二阶段入学竞争激烈, 根据每年的加权录取分数和申请人池的相对分数.
牙科辅助计划是一个为期12个月的计划,有一定的先决条件课程. 入学竞争激烈, 根据每年的加权录取分数和申请人池的相对分数. 符合条件的学生有资格申请1月15日至5月1日的牙科辅助项目.
Dental Assisting Academic Program Director
米歇尔·阿什利| 米歇尔.Ashley@ephtryency.com | 864-250-8234
口腔卫生 Academic Program Director
特蕾西·威利蒙| Traci.Willimon@ephtryency.com | 864-250-8330
行政助理
凯利·拉德基| 凯利.Radecki@ephtryency.com | 864-250-8203
教练
凯瑟琳·弗里德曼
法耶•多诺休
黛布拉Grubbs
玛莎时
蕾妮·纳尔逊
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