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May 05, 2024
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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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DHYG 224 - Dental Hygiene Clinic II
PREREQUISITES: DHYG 204 - Pain Management , DHYG 228 - Dental Hygiene Clinical Procedures
COREQUISITES: DHYG 201 - Community and Public Health Dentistry , DHYG 222 - Oral Pathology
PROGRAM: Dental Hygiene
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 5
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 1
CLINICAL - NURSING HOURS MIN: 12
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2018
This course is a continuation of DHYG 228 - Dental Hygiene Clinical Procedures , with emphasis on the dental hygiene process of care. Students will incorporate advanced instrumentation techniques, radiographic procedures and pain management into dental hygiene care plans to provide comprehensive dental hygiene treatment for patients with advanced periodontal disease and special needs.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:
- Identify the various instrument grasps and positions necessary for accurate technique.
- Develop basic instrumentation skills using the following
- Stabilization
- Fulcrum
- Adaptation
- Angulation
- Lateral pressure
- Stroke
- Differentiate between the types of instruments used and at which stage of treatment they are utilized.
- Use auxiliary aids to assist with patient care.
- Develop basic treatment plans of care for patients in treatment and at various levels of disease.
- Utilize power scaling.
- Accurately expose the radiographs required for the course.
- Accurately mount/organize radiographs for viewing.
- Identify and interpret radiographs for normal and disease states.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -
- Instrumentation skills
- Power scaling
- Polishing
- Treatment planning for a patient with special needs
- Air polishing
- Use of auxiliary aids
- Fluoride application
- Periodontal debridement
- Treatment planning
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)
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