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DHY 256 - Community Dentistry


2 credits
The course relates the concepts of dental public health and preventative dentistry, including principles of biostatistics, epidemiology, educational instruction, dental manpower, and delivery systems. Students plan, implement and evaluate a community dental health project. Community Dentistry may include community service to be performed by the students. This course is only offered to students who are accepted into the dental hygiene program. This course will help students develop knowledge of public health education principles and use these skills to critically think as they evaluate dental hygiene patients and complete a community project. The knowledge learned in this course and the community project developed in this course will be completed in DHY 253 Community Oral Health Rotations . This knowledge and the skills learned will be beneficial to the career of dental hygiene. 

Prerequisites
DHY 280  

Fees
None







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