Introduction to Clinical Dental Hygiene

Catalog description

This course introduces students to the dental hygiene process of care, including the principles underlying the phases of patient assessment, problem identification, planning of dental hygiene care, implementation of preventive and therapeutic procedures and evaluation of dental hygiene care and goal attainment. Topics include risk assessment, medical history assessment, the principles of disease transmission, infection control, examination and charting of extraoral and intraoral conditions, prevention and management of common medical emergencies, theory of basic instrumentation procedures and techniques of instrument sharpening, polishing and fluoride application.