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Revised: 10/06/06

DHY 105 – Preclinical Dental Hygiene Lab

 

Course Description

Provides fundamental skills to be utilized in the delivery of optimum patient care by the dental hygienist.  Topics include:  asepsis, patient examination, emergencies, instrumentation, charting, patient positioning, ethics, and oral health.

 

Competency Areas

Hours

Asepsis                       

Class

0

Patient Assessment

D. Lab

0

Emergencies    

P. Lab/O.B.I.

6

Instrumentation

Credit

2

Charting

 

 

Patient / Clinician Positioning

 

 

Ethics

 

 

Oral Health Education

 

 

 

Prerequisite:

DHY 100

Corequisite:

none

 

Course Guide

 

Competency

After completing this section, the student will:

Hours

Class

D.Lab

P.Lab/

O.B.I.

ASEPSIS

     

     

6

Infection control

Demonstrate infection control

 

 

 

PATIENT ASSESSMENT

 

 

10

Histories and vital signs

Take medical, dental, and personal histories, and vital signs

 

 

 

Examinations

Perform intraoral and extraoral examinations

 

 

 

EMERGENCIES

 

 

3

Medical treatment

Execute medical emergency treatment

 

 

 

INSTRUMENTATION

 

 

18

Identification

Identify instruments

 

 

 

Instrument use

Demonstrate instrumentation use

 

 

 

 

Identify plaque, stain, and calcareous deposits

 

 

 

 

Remove plaque, stain, and calcareous deposits

 

 

 

CHARTING

 

 

9

Charting

Demonstrate dental charting

 

 

 

Documentation

Demonstrate proper documentation

 

 

 

PATIENT / CLINICIAN POSITIONING

 

 

2

Positioning

Describe correct patient / clinician positioning

 

 

 

ETHICS

 

 

3

Professionalism

Maintain professional appearance and conduct

 

 

 

ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION

 

 

 

Plaque control

Demonstrate plaque control program for self and patients

 

 

9

 

Demonstrate caries detection

 

 

 

 

Demonstrate periodontal probing and charting

 

 

 

 

Use a fulcrum

 

 

 

 

Suggested Resources

 

Bricker, S., Langlais, R. & Miller, C. (1994). Oral Diagnosis, Oral Medicine, and Treatment Planning. PA: Williams & Wilkins.

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

Crossley, H., Meiller, T., Mewland, M. & Wynn, R. (2001). Oral Soft Tissue Diseases. Hudson: Lexi-Comp.

Cottone, J., Terezhalony G. & Moinaei, J. (1996). Practice Infection Control in Dentistry. PA: Williams & Wilkins.

Daniel, S. & Harfst, S. (2002). Dental Hygiene Concepts, Cases, and Competencies. MO: Mosby.

Darby, M. (2002). Comprehensive Review of Dental Hygiene. (5th ed.). MO: Mosby.

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

Malamed, S. & Robbins, K. (2000). Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office. (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby, Inc.

Mueller-Joseph, L. & Peterson, M. (1995). Dental Hygiene Process: Diagnosis and Care Planning. NY: Delmar

Nield-Gehrig, J. (2003). Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Nield-Gehrig, J. (2004). Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation & Advanced Root Instrumentation. (5th ed.). MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Nield, J. & Whitten, N. Video: Periodontal Probes. UTHSCSA 12 minutes. nd.

Nield, J. & Whitten, N. Video: Periodontal Explorers. UTHSCSA 11 minutes. nd.

Pyramid Media: Bloodborne Pathogens. (19min.) VHS (1998)

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

 

Posted: 11/13/06