Dental Hygiene Process 2
Credits: 4
Course Number: 10-508-106
Course Description
10-508-106 DENTAL HYGIENE PROCESS 2...this clinical course builds on and expands the technical/clinical skills student dental hygienists began developing in Dental Hygiene Process I. Under the direct supervision of an instructor, students apply patient care assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation skills to provide comprehensive care for perio case type 0, I, and II patients. (Prerequisite: 10-508-103, Dental Radiography; 10-508-105, DH-Dental Hygiene Process 1; 10-508-109, Cariology)
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What will I learn?
- Apply fluoride agents
- Employ psychological pain control strategies
- Apply desensitizing agents
- Develop a dental hygiene care plan
- Perform whole mouth assessment on a patient
- Perform primary assessment on a patient
- Differentiate dental accretions according to extent and location
- Perform comprehensive periodontal examinations
- Determine appropriate patient classifications
- Counsel patients to reduce health risks
- Implement adjunctive home care aids into the dental hygiene care plan
- Remove supragingival stain and dental biofilm
- Remove calcified accretions
- Remove deposits with power scalers
- Apply dental sealants
- Expose dental images
- Provide comprehensive care for calculus case type 1 and 2
- Provide comprehensive care for patients with a variety of periodontal stages
- Determine tobacco use risks
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