DH 200 - Oral Health Services IV

Credit Hours: 6

Students will receive continued clinical experiences utilizing the dental hygiene process of care during patient management. The course consists of four modules and each module must be passed in order to pass DH 200. The clinic module includes practice in patient assessment, dental radiography, recording of vital signs, patient education and motivation, application of sealants, treatment planning, management of the child patient, developing a dental hygiene diagnosis, intra-oral imaging, ultrasonic instrumentation, risk assessment, implementation and evaluation of treatment. Students must recruit patients for treatment and recall maintenance patients to evaluate treatment outcomes. A second module will include clinically related topics such as management and prevention of dental caries, nutritional counseling, tooth whitening agents, smoking cessation, recognition and management of patients with HIV infection, recognition and reporting of child abuse and neglect. A third module covers advanced topics in periodontology including assessment and management of periodontal disease through instrumentation techniques, ultrasonics, soft tissue management protocols, care and maintenance of dental implants, systemic and locally applied chemotherapeutic agents and dentinal hypersensitivity. A fourth module will provide a comprehensive overview of patients with special needs and the factors which may complicate the management and delivery of dental hygiene services. A service learning experience will give students an opportunity to interact, self-reflect and critically think about providing dental hygiene services for a person with special needs. Minimum passing grade for the clinic module is “C-” (80%) for competency assessments plus completion of specific clinical requirements. Minimum passing grade for each lecture module is “C-“ (80%).
Prerequisites: All required first-year courses in the Dental Hygiene curriculum and DH 175 must be passed.
Corequisites: All required fall semester, second-year courses in the Dental Hygiene curriculum and current BLS certification.
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