DHY131
FUND DENTAL HYGIENE PRAC
4 Credit Hours
An introduction to dentistry, the dental hygiene profession, and ethical and professional patient care, terminology and basic skills utilized in the contemporary practice of dental hygiene, including infection control procedures and patient assessment and treatment are covered. Concepts are applied in a preclinical setting with manikins and student partners.
DHY132
DENTAL HYGIENE THEORY I
2 Credit Hours
Builds upon fundamentals to provide further study of dental hygiene practices including, but not limited to, dental specialties, treatment planning and management of medical/dental emergencies.
Corequisites: DHY131, DHY133
DHY133
CLINICAL DENTAL HYG I
2 Credit Hours
Supervised clinical patient care experiences which reinforce fundamentals, correlate with, and allow the application of, dental procedures and concepts presented in Dental Hygiene Theory I. Emphasis on application of basic skills and professionalism.
Prerequisites: DHY131, DHY123
Corequisites: DHY132
DHY134
CLINICAL DENTAL HYG IA
1 Credit Hours
Supervised clinical patient care experiences which allow further development of clinical skills and application of concepts. Emphasis on patient management and effective communications.
Prerequisites: DHY133
DHY221
NUTRITION IN DENTISTRY
1 Credit Hours
Basic concepts of nutrition and the effects on general as well as oral health are presented. The role of nutrition in dentistry for disease prevention and health promotion is emphasized.
Prerequisites: DHY132
DHY222
DENTAL PHARMACOLOGY
2 Credit Hours
General principles of drug regulation and prescribing, action and handling and adverse reactions is covered. Body systems, medical histories and their impact on drugs used in dentistry and their potential to alter dental treatment is discussed. Drugs used to manage medical emergencies and control pain and anxiety is emphasized.
Prerequisites: BIO221, DHY126
DHY223
COMMUNITY ORAL HEALTH II
1 Credit Hours
Concepts of assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating oral health programs for community groups is presented. This course focuses on program planning models, incorporation of research methods into programs development and evaluation and offers practical application of community health concepts. Field experience required.
Prerequisites: DHY134, DHY127
DHY224
PERIODONTICS II
1 Credit Hours
This course builds upon and reinforces fundamentals of periodontics with clinical case applications. Periodontal evaluation and surgical and chemotherapeutic treatment modalities are discussed and experienced through a required field observation. Current advances in periodontic research and therapy is presented.
Prerequisites: DHY124
DHY225
ANESTHESIA AND PAIN CONTROL
2 Credit Hours
This course will teach the basic concepts of anesthesia and pain control as they relate to patient management in the provision of comprehensive dental hygiene care. Lecture will focus on theory of pain control, selection of pain control modalities and implications of local anesthesia. Topics will utilize knowledge and review of anatomy, physiology and pharmacology. Lab includes competency based practice of the administration of pain control modalities.
Prerequisites: DHY121, BIO122, DHY132
DHY226
EXPANDING DENTAL ASSISTING I
1 Credit Hours
This course will cover basic concepts in head, neck and dental anatomy, terminology and basic tooth physiology that supports the restorative dental auxiliary functions.
Corequisites: DHY227
DHY227
EXPANDED DENTAL ASSISTING II
2 Credit Hours
This course will serve to teach competency in the basic restorative procedures allowed to expanded function dental auxiliary incorporating tooth anatomy and function
Corequisites: DHY226
DHY228
DIRECTIVE CLINICAL PRACTICE
4 Credit Hours
This course is a directive practice course, where under the supervision of a faculty dentist, expanded functions auxiliary students will provide restorative patient care as allowed by the EFDA certification. Students will be required to participate in onsite and offsite clinical rotations.
Prerequisites: DHY227, DHY226
DHY231
DENTAL HYGIENE THEORY II
2 Credit Hours
Designed to further explore treatment modalities and dental hygiene services such as dietary analysis and counseling, oral hygiene indices, and tobacco use and cessation education and supplemental care procedures, this course focuses on the development of more dental hygiene treatment plans and working with patients with special needs.
Prerequisites: DHY132
Corequisites: DHY232
DHY232
CLINICAL DENTAL HYG II
4 Credit Hours
Supervised patient care experiences which refine fundamentals, correlate with, and allow application of, dental hygiene procedures and lecture concepts presented in Dental Hygiene Theory II. Emphasis on total patient car and treatment planning, including judgment and decision-making.
Prerequisites: DHY134
DHY233
DENTAL HYGIENE THEO III
2 Credit Hours
Further exploration of treatment modalities and adjunct procedures is covered. The course focuses on transitions to practice, including principles of office management, jurisprudence, ethics and current issues in dental hygiene.
Prerequisites: DHY231
Corequisites: DHY234
DHY234
CLINICAL DENTAL HYG III
5 Credit Hours
Supervised clinical patient care experiences that correlate with, and allow application of, dental hygiene procedures and lecture concepts presented in Dental Hygiene Theory III. Development of proficiency in implementing treatment plans to meet individual patient's oral health needs. Emphasis on self-evaluation and quality assurance.
Prerequisites: DHY232
