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May 06, 2024
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DHY 303 - Dental Hygiene IV Theory
Last Date of Approval: fall 2020
2 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 30
Total Lab Hours: 0
Total Clinical Hours: 0
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 the students’ comprehension and ability to critique professional and scientific literature to continue to learn and grow as a professional and enhance clinical practice. This course is only offered to students who are accepted into the dental hygiene program. This course is the fourth of four DHY theory courses. This course will help students develop knowledge of clinical skills and use these skills to critically think as they evaluate dental hygiene patients and apply research principles. This knowledge will be beneficial to the career of dental hygiene.
Corequisites: DHY 302
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: None
Common Course Assessment(s): comprehensive final
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
- Demonstrate how to complete a professional portfolio
- Demonstrate competency in regard to periodontal assessment.
- Solve problems and make decisions based on accepted scientific principles.
- Critically analyze published reports of oral health research and apply this information to the practice of dental hygiene.
- Evaluate the safety and efficacy of oral health products and treatments.
- Communicate professional knowledge verbally and in writing to clients, colleagues and other professionals.
- Employ the principles of scientific writing.
- Commit to self- assessment and life- long learning in order to provide contemporary clinical care.
- Students will be able to identify clients’ special needs and provide necessary care to the client.
- Become familiar with instruments that are not used on the clinic floor at ICCC.
- Discuss specific treatment options and ways to incorporate smoking cessation to their clients.
- Present different options to the client in regard to esthetic dentistry
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