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May 05, 2024
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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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DHYG 209 - Preventive Dentistry
PREREQUISITES: DHYG 204 - Pain Management , DHYG 228 - Dental Hygiene Clinical Procedures
COREQUISITES: DHYG 201 - Community and Public Health Dentistry , DHYG 203 - Dental Materials , DHYG 222 - Oral Pathology , DHYG 224 - Dental Hygiene Clinic II
PROGRAM: Dental Hygiene
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 1
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 1
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2019
Oral diseases and preventable conditions will be reviewed and evaluated in terms of their causes, assessment of individual risk factors, epidemiological distributions in populations, clinical detection, and evidence-based approaches to prevention. Preventive methods, including fluoride, sealants, mouth guards, and plaque control measures, will be discussed in terms of their utilization, effectiveness, method of delivery, and cost.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:
- Describe the multifactorial process of dental decay and relate each element to individual risk factors that should be assessed for each individual patient.
- Describe and recognize clinical signs of incipient coronal decay and root decay.
- Given the age, gender and race of a patient, relate that information to epidemiological patterns of coronal decay, root decay and determine the relative disease prevalence in their population group comparable to other groups.
- Discuss the risk factors for each of the conditions above and identify strategies for assessing the presence of these factors during the patient assessment.
- Based on the clinical signs of decay or identification of significant risk factors, design a preventive treatment plan for a patient.
- Evaluate the evidence supporting the efficacy and effectiveness of selected preventive products, including antimicrobial mouth rinses, fluoride products, dentifrices, and products for alleviation of xerostomia.
- Discuss the clinical signs, causes, and prevention of dental fluorosis.
- Discuss the uses for and criteria utilized for the following indices:
- Evaluate the toxic potential of consumed fluoride and recommend appropriate measures for managing a potentially toxic exposure.
- Discuss the effectiveness of dental sealants and current utilization patterns in the U.S.
- Given a description of a dental emergency involving trauma to the mouth, provide instructions on how to deal with that emergency until professional treatment can be obtained.
- Discuss the use of mouth guards as a measure of preventing sport-related injuries and identify the advantages and disadvantages of different types of mouthguards.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -
- Preventive dentistry
- Mouth guards and injury prevention
- Remineralization/Demineralization
- The Caries Process
- Caries diagnosis/recognition
- DMF Index
- Assessing fluoride and supplements
- Fluoride therapies
- Fluoride toxicity
- The role of chlorhexidine as a caries preventive agent
- Fluoride varnishes
- Pit and fissure sealants as a caries preventive measure
- Caries epidemiology
- Healthy People 2030
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)
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