Dental Hygiene
Programs available to you...
 PARTNERING INSTITUTIONS:
Missouri Southern State University has created partnerships with the Rolla
Public Schools and Southeast Missouri State University to extend dental hygiene
education to other areas of the state. In Rolla the dental hygiene
program will be housed at Rolla Technical Center, 500 Forum. In Southeast
Missouri the program will be housed on the Southeast Sikeston Campus at 2401
N. Main in Sikeston.
The dental hygiene curriculum mirrors
the main campus. Lecture courses are taught using
Interactive Television, Internet or a combination of these formats. Using
the ITV format students interact live with instructors and fellow students
at all sites. Each site will have a clinic for the clinical instruction
experience. As students in a health care profession, Dental hygiene students
may be exposed to bloodborne
pathogens and infections diseases.
Application and Admission
Dental hygiene applicants must be admitted to Missouri
Southern State University.
Admission to Missouri Southern does not automatically
grant admission to the Dental Hygiene Program. In addition to meeting admission
requirements for the University, candidates must also apply for admission to
the Department of Dental Hygiene. Evidence of satisfactory completion of the
following prerequisites with a "C" or better must be presented:
- Bio 121 Human Anatomy & Physiology I
- Eng 101 English Composition
- Math 030 Intermediate Algebra (or higher)
- Chem 100 Introductory Chemistry
- Bio 231 General & Medical Microbiology
- Bio 221 Human Anatomy & Physiology II
- Comm 100 Oral Communications
- Kine 103 Lifetime Wellness
Application to the Dental Hygiene program:
The deadline for application to the Dental Hygiene program is January 31 each
year. It is advisable to submit all required information together. The
following documents are to be submitted with application:
- Photocopy of ALL college/university transcripts
- Essay stating “Why I want to be a dental hygienist”
The MSSU dental hygiene programs are highly competitive, and have limited enrollment.
Selection of applicants is based on qualifications and determined by a selection
committee. Applicants must have an overall GPA of 2.75 to apply or
a GPA of 2.50 with an ACT composite score of 25 or better. All prerequisite
courses are to be completed with a grade “C” or higher. Applicants
are admitted contingent upon the completion of physical and dental examinations,
and the rendering of an acceptable health status.
All MSSU dental hygiene clinics comply with a communicable disease
and bloodborne pathogens policy. Students are also required
to sign the Communicable
Disease Policy Statement.
Interested individuals are encouraged to contact the Director of Distance
Dental Hygiene Programs for more specific information.
Application
for Admission to Distance Dental Hygiene Program.
The distance site clinics:
Students will NOT be prepared to see patients at the Rolla and Sikeston locations
until summer 2008. Once students begin seeing patients, interested
persons may contact the clinic for an appointment. Services available
to patients in this educational setting will be: oral health education,
dental cleanings, x-rays, screenings, fluoride treatments, dental sealants
and other preventive services. Students will be supervised by licensed
dental hygiene faculty. |
