Admission

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Freshman Students: Graduation from a regionally accredited secondary school. A high school background that includes four years of English, two years of Math, one year of College Prep Chemistry with a laboratory, one year of College Prep Biology with a laboratory and courses in social studies. An overall B is recommended.  All students who are applying as a full time freshman must take the SAT or the ACT.  Scores should be sent directly to the Office of Admissions.

Transfer Students: A student who has taken 12 or more semester hours at a regionally accredited institution is considered a transfer applicant. A College Biology course with a laboratory, a College Chemistry course with a laboratory, and a College Math course are academic prerequisites for transfer students. A minimum grade of C or higher in all pre-requisite courses and a QPR of a 2.5 or above is required.

Students without science prerequisites may begin at the Fones School in a pre-dental hygiene curriculum upon recommendation of the Director. Clinical students must begin in the fall semester of an academic year and attend full time.

Request for Dental Hygiene Information

Financial Aid (UB Financial Aid)

Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

Physical Qualifications for Admission

The following physical qualifications are required for participation in the Associate degree program at the UB Fones School of Dental Hygiene. These qualifications are essential for the preparation of the AS Degree in Dental Hygiene. Students at the School must be able to perform at a high level of competency in all phases of classroom, clinic, and laboratory activities as they will ultimately use the knowledge attained as dental hygienists.

The applicant and student must possess:

1. critical thinking ability sufficient for judgment during clinical activities.
2. communication abilities for effective interaction verbally and in written form with patients and other members of the health care team.
3. coordination and use of both upper and lower limbs as required for, among other skills, the performance of dental hygiene clinical procedures and emergency skills such as cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.
4. manual dexterity necessary for performance in the various clinical, dental laboratory, and basic science laboratories without posing a threat to her/himself, patients, or her/his fellow students’ safety and well-being.
5. hearing and visual abilities, appropriately assisted, acute enough to allow the individual recordation of patient histories, to provide routine safety instructions, and perform stethoscopic and other ausucultatory examinations, and to read all forms of diagnostic imaging so that she/he can adequately interpret normal, abnormal, and pathologic changes.
6. freedom from communicable diseases sufficient for rendering safe and effective dental hygiene care.
7. ability to obtain a dental hygiene license as some states deny licenses for certain prior felony convictions.

Applicants with disabilities will neither be summarily denied admission, nor will higher scholastic requirements be demanded of them.  All persons to be eligible for acceptance to the School must be capable of demonstrating upon request their ability to perform classroom, laboratory, and clinical assignments, including microscopic work, x-ray interpretation and techniques, or the equivalent, pass written, oral, and practical examinations and meet all of the requirements of the School as they evolve.

It is the responsibility of the applicant/student to assess compliance with these requirements. By submitting an application to the University of Bridgeport, Fones School of Dental Hygiene, the applicant is confirming their ability to meet qualifications for entrance into the Fones School of Dental Hygiene program.