DHY 302 - Clinical Dental Hygiene IV
Last Date of Approval: fall 2020
5 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 0
Total Lab Hours: 0
Total Clinical Hours: 225
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0
Course Description:
This course provides continued development of comprehensive care with emphasis placed on the ability to synthesize the instruction and techniques gained from the previous courses while providing comprehensive program exit-level competency for clients. Research principles are applied to facilitate growth as a professional and enhance clinical skills. This course is only offered to students who are accepted into the dental hygiene program. This course is the fourth of four DHY courses in clinical dental hygiene. This course will help students develop knowledge of clinical dental hygiene and instrumentation skills. Students will use these skills to critically think as they evaluate and treat dental hygiene patients. This knowledge will be beneficial to the career of dental hygiene.
Corequisites: DHY 303
Prerequisites: DHY 292
Mode(s) of Instruction: face to face
Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.
Course Fees: Course Materials: $850.00
Common Course Assessment(s): competencies
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
- Demonstrate continued competency in previously mastered skills.
- Complete thorough assessment of patients with early to advanced periodontitis.
- Complete a treatment plan
- Identify patients in need of radiographic assessment
- Identify patients in need of referral.
- Demonstrate professional behavior and judgment in all clinical sessions.
- Demonstrate patient rapport building and communication skills
- Demonstrate Intermediate Skill Level of dental hygiene care
DHY 302 Objectives:
Specified Process (Formative) Evaluation - (Graded)
- Power scaling (1) (AAP III- Calculus 2 or greater)
- Impressions (1) Not graded
- Instrumentation: Refer to Clinic Grade sheet
- Sharpening: Refer to Clinic Grade sheet
- Periodontal Re-evaluation (Part of case study)
Specified Treatment Procedure Requirements for Competency Evaluations.
(Graded Requirements) see individual competency requirements
- Case patient: Self-care Education, Care Planning, Intra-oral camera use
- Caries counseling (1 case)
- EIO
- Performances: 1 each for Child, Adolescent, Adult, Geriatric, and Alternative Care Client
- Periodontal Assessment (1) AAP II or greater
- Calculus Detection: Must be passed before attempting quad debride. (CRDTS Bumps and Jumps)
- Periodontal Quad Debridement (3)
- Two Full Mouth Radiographic Surveys (one with advanced interpretation with D.D.S.)
- One panoramic survey
- BWX series: 4 sets of four (one must be vertical)
- Two Class I sealants
- One set of study models/bite registration (to be graded as part of case patient)
- Chemotherapeutic
- Chart Audit
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