Competencies
Upon completion of the Dental Hygiene Program, graduates will be able to:
- Practice ethically and professionally dental hygiene services that are legally delegated in the state of North Carolina, to include possessing employability skills (interpersonal skills and teamwork, communications, integrity and professionalism, problem solving and decision making, initiative and dependability, information processing, adaptability and lifelong learning, entrepreneurship).
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate comprehensive dental hygiene care for individuals at a variety of levels of periodontal health.
- Initiate and assume responsibility for health promotion and disease prevention activities for diverse community-based populations through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation.