Introduction to Principles and Procedures of Dental Hygiene

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This course examines dental hygiene procedures as well as basic instrumentation. Coursework addresses history and scope of the dental hygiene and dental assisting professions and provides a perspective on these professionals’ role on the dental team. In clinical sessions, students gain proficiency in using dental hygiene instruments, dental charting, and total patient care. Additional topics include professionalism, ethics, infection control, equipment maintenance, patient assessment, dental emergencies, patient/clinician positioning, oral health, preventive dentistry theory, retraction, four-handed dentistry, tobacco cessation and oral prophylactic procedures.