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DHY 209 - Periodontology


Last Date of Approval: Spring 2021

3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 45
Total Lab Hours: 0
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0

Course Description:
This course covers the initiation, development, pathogenesis, mechanism, etiology and process of periodontal disease is fundamental to the clinical hygienist. Periodontology provides an in-depth study of the pathogenesis of periodontal disease. It presents the microscopic oral anatomy of the periodontium, plaque-induced and non-plaque induced diseases and the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) classification of periodontal diseases, clinical characteristics, histopathology, and etiology of periodontal diseases. Special emphasis centers on the role of the immune system and host response to bacteria in the initiation and progression of periodontal disease, including the risk factors associated with periodontal disease.

Corequisites: DHY 183 
Mode(s) of Instruction: face to face

Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.

Course Fees: None

Common Course Assessment(s): Comprehensive final examination

Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
  • Discuss the development of pellicle, plaque and calculus including its microbial make-up at different points of maturation.
  • Describe periodontics as the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of pathologic conditions affecting the supporting and surrounding tissues of teeth: the gingiva, periodontal ligament, alveolar bone and cementum.
  • Correctly identify the clinical, histological, radiological features and function of the normal periodontium.
  • Describe classical and opportunistic infection and how they relate to plaque-induced periodontal disease and list, describe and differentiate various periodontal diseases.
  • Describe the epidemiologic concerns in periodontology and the importance of various indices in the identification of periodontal disease.
  • Discuss the relationship between systematic factors and periodontal disease and the implications to periodontal treatment.
  • Identify the educational and clinical services necessary for the presentation and treatment of periodontal diseases with complete understanding of the rationale, indications and contraindications for nonsurgical therapy.
  • Identify and utilize advanced terminology of Periodontology.
  • Describe the basic principles of periodontal surgery.
  • Discuss wound healing and dressing after non-surgical and surgical therapies.
  • Discuss dental implants and the related periodontal implications.
  • List and describe in detail the most common periodontal surgery procedures.
  • Discus periodontal emergencies and develop treatment plans.
  • Demonstrate decision-making principles in Periodontics.
  • Correlate information from basic dental hygiene courses to data in case studies.

 

 



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