DHY 256 - Community Dentistry
Last Date of Approval: spring 2020
2 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 30
Total Lab Hours: 0
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0
Course Description:
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.
Corequisites: DHY 293
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 and describe the importance of water fluoridation.
Design a public health project including objectives, needs assessment, planning, implementing, evaluating and basic biostatistics.
Describe dental health historically; compare current components of public health, including - school, hospital, nursing home, institutional and military based programs.
Promote the values of oral and general health and wellness to the public and organizations within and outside of the profession.
Identify individual and population risk factors, and develop strategies that promote health-related quality of life.
Assess the oral health needs of the community and the quality and availability of resources of the health care system.
Provide screening, referral and educational services that allow clients to access the resources of the health care system.
Provide community oral health services in a variety of settings.
Facilitate client access to oral health services by influencing individuals and organizations for the provision of oral health care.
Evaluate reimbursement mechanisms and their impact on the patient or client’s access to oral health care.
Identify the roles of the dental professional within a community setting.
Describe the characteristics of community delivery systems.
Identify the major issues with current health care.
Understand the following subject matter as they relate to these community-based needs: a. Oral epidemiology b. Dental health education c. Health promotion strategies d. Prevention, control and treatment of oral diseases e. Program planning and evaluation
Compare the effectiveness, efficiency, practicality and economic feasibility of the preventive measures when applied to community-based dental programs.
Identify the needs of a target population group by gathering and analyzing appropriate assessment data.
Establish channels of communication to promote community cooperation.
Differentiate and compute basic biostatistics.
Evaluate and critique scientific information.
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