Curriculum

The Lone Star College System (LSCS) offers an associate of applied science in dental hygiene at LSC-Kingwood. The dental hygiene curriculum offered at LSC-Kingwood is a structured intense program with didactic and clinical practice taking place in the health science building on the LSC-Kingwood campus. External rotations are integrated into the second year curriculum for experiences outside of the school setting. This program is designed for those interested in becoming a registered dental hygienist. Graduates are prepared to function in a variety of settings including private dental offices, dental clinics or public dental health care clinics. The AAS in dental hygiene program includes general education courses as a foundation for dental hygiene courses. Prerequisite courses are designed to allow the student an opportunity to experience the type of coursework that will be involved in the study of dental hygiene.

Students may be required to successfully pass a background check and drug screen. Also, regulations require that students complete the Hepatitis B immunization series prior to the first day of class. This immunization series takes 6 months to complete.