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Posted: 02/25/08

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DHY 104 - Preclinical Dental Hygiene Lecture

Course Description

Provides fundamental skills to be utilized in the delivery of optimum patient care by the dental hygienist. Topics include: patient assessment, instrumentation, charting, oral health education, occlusion, and caries.     

Competency Areas	Hours
Patient Assessment	Class	2
Instrumentation	D. Lab	0
Charting	P. Lab/O.B.I.	0
Oral Health Education	Credit	2
Occlusion
Caries

Prerequisite:	DHY 100, DHY 106
Corequisite:	DHY 105

Course Guide

Competency	After completing this section, the student will be able to:	Hours
		Class	D.Lab	P.Lab/ O.B.I.

Patient Assessment		4	0	0
	Describe intra/extra-oral examination.
Instrumentation		8	0	0
	Describe periodontal probing and charting.
	Describe fulcrum use.
	Describe instruments and their implementation.
Charting		3	0	0
	Describe oral charting.
	Describe the rationale for proper documentation.
Oral Health Education		2	0	0
	Describe oral biofilm development.
	Describe oral biofilm, stain, and calcareous deposits.
Occlusion		1	0	0
	Describe occlusal classification of patients.
Caries		2	0	0
	Describe the etiology of caries.
	Describe caries detection and classification.

Suggested Resources

Cooper, M. & Weichmann, L. (2005). Essentials of Dental Hygiene: Preclinical Skills. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.

Darby, M. & Walsh, M. (2003). Dental Hygiene Theory and Practice. St. Louis, MO: Saunders.

Nield-Gehrig, J. (2007). Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation & Advanced Root Instrumentation. (6^thed.). Baltimore, MD: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

Nield-Gehrig, J. (2007). Patient Assessment Tutorials: A Step-by-Step Guide for the Dental Hygienist. Baltimore, MD: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

Wilkins, E. (2005). Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist (9^th ed.). Baltimore, MD: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.