DH 160 - Pain and Anxiety Control

Credit Hours: 2

Effective pain and anxiety control are essential components of the management of dental patients. This course will present the didactic material required by the State of new York for a restricted certificate to administer local infiltration anesthesia and nitrous oxide analgesia during dental hygiene treatment procedures. The clinical requirements for this certificate will begin in Oral Health Services III. Topics include a review of dental neuroanatomy, respiratory anatomy and physiology, pharmacology of local anesthetic drugs and nitrous oxide, proper administration techniques, patient assessment, legal and ethical issues.
Prerequisites: All required first semester courses in the dental hygiene curriculum must be passed.
Corequisites: All required second semester courses in the dental hygiene curriculum.