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This study compared averages of opening credits and opening hours according to the educational system as to the national examination subjects such as conservative dentistry, dental prosthetics, periodontal studies, oral and maxillofacial surgery, dental materials, pediatric dentistry, orthodontics belonging to clinical dental hygiene fields on the target of 75 colleges (91.5%) carrying the curriculum in the homepages among 82 colleges with a dental hygiene department. As for the curriculum of clinical subjects opened as integrated subjects, by dividing dental clinics into I to VI, compared averages of credits and hours for integrated subjects according to the educational system, and investigated the current state of name usages of integrated subjects. Following are the results of this study. Firstly, the distribution of credits for clinical subjects with three year based schools was between 2.09 and 2.30, and the distribution of credits with four year based schools was between 2.00 and 2.55, from which periodontal studies was shown to be the highest credit among every educational system. Secondly, with a look at the current state of operation for integrated curriculum of clinical subjects, 13 schools (26.5%) with three year based system and 21 schools (80.8%) with four year based system ran the operation of integrated curriculum. Thirdly, in the curriculum of integrated subjects, dental clinics 1 in three year based system was shown to be the highest with 2.73 credits and 2.90 hours, and dental clinics 1 in four year based system was also shown to be the highest with 2.67 credits and 2.86 hours. Fourthly, in terms of the titles of integrated subjects, there were 17 schools (50%) that used the subject name of clinical dentistry, 10 schools (29.4%) using dental clinics, and 3 schools (8.8%) using clinical dental hygiene, etc., and there were diverse titles for integrated subjects that were in use. Accordingly, it is necessary to derive a consented curriculum plan through constant researches for clinical subjects of integrated curriculum more systemic and consistent in order to reinforce and improve professionalism of dental hygienists.