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Posted: 05/05/05

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: Professionalism, asepsis, patient assessment, emergencies, instrumentation, charting, patient and clinician positioning, ethics, and oral health education.

Competency Areas	Hours
Professionalism	Class	2
Asepsis	D. Lab	0
Patient Assessment	P. Lab/O.B.I.	0
Emergencies	Credit	2
Instrumentation
Charting
Patient /Clinician Positioning
Ethics
Oral Health Education

Prerequisite:	DHY 100
Corequisite:

Course Guide

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

Professionalism		1	0	0
History and scope	Describe history and scope of dental hygiene as a profession.
Asepsis		2	0	0
Disease transmission and infection control	Define disease transmission and infection control
Patient Assessment		3	0	0
Histories and vital signs	Describe medical, dental, and personal histories, and vital signs
Examinations	Describe medical, dental, and personal histories, and vital signs
Emergencies		2	0	0
Medical treatment	Describe medical emergency treatment
Instrumentation		5	0	0
Probing and charting Describe periodontal probing and charting
Fulcrum	Describe fulcrum use
Deposits	Describe plaque, stain, and calcareous deposits
Charting		3	0	0
Oral charting	Describe oral charting
Documentation	Describe rationale for proper documentation
Patient / Clinician Positioning		1	0	0
Positioning	Describe correct patient / clinician positioning
Ethics		1	0	0
Professionalism	Describe rationale for professional appearance and conduct
Oral Health Education		2	0	0
Plaque control program	Describe a plaque control program
Implementation	Describe instruments and their implementation
Caries	Describe caries detection and classification

Suggested Resources

Books

Klein, R. S. (1988). Occupational Transmission of HIV. Littleton: PSG Publishing.

Malamed, S. F. (1986). Handbook of Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office (3rd Ed.). St. Louis: Mosby.

Nield, J. S., & Houseman, G. (1988). Fundamentals of Dental Hygiene Instrumentation (2nd Ed.). Malvern, PA: Lea & Febiger.

Nield, J. S., & Houseman, G. (2000). Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation (4th Ed.). Malvern, PA: Lea & Febiger.

Wilkins, E. M. (1999). Clinical practice of the Dental Hygienist (8th Ed.). Malvern, PA: Lea & Febiger.

Woodall, et al. (1989). Comprehensive Dental Hygiene Care (3rd Ed.). St. Louis: Mosby.

Pattison & Pattison. (1992). Periodontal instrumentation (2nd Ed.). East Norwalk, CT: Appleton & Lange.

Audiovisuals

ADA Slide Series. Developmental anomalies, regressive alterations and stained teeth (Slide). X-908.

Ohman, S. M. Medical emergency management (Audiocassette). ADHA self-study course.

American Dental Association. Intraoral and extraoral examination (Video).

Nield, J., & Whitten, N. Explanatory work and root planing (Video). UTHSCSA.

Nield, J., & Whitten, N. Periodontal explorers (Video). UTHSCSA.

Nield, J., & Whitten, N. Periodontal probes (Video). UTHSCSA.

Videolinc. Infection control: Dental hepatitis & AIDS (Video).