Pre-Clinical Dental Hygiene

Catalog description

Experimental Laboratory Credit 3 This course prepares students to perform the specific skills outlined in the Dental Hygiene Process of Care. Emphasis is on professionalism, infection control, basic instrumentation skills and patient assessment processes. Patient assessment include conducting a medical history interview, documentation of vital signs, head and neck cancer screening exams, caries detection, assessment of deposits and an evaluation of the periodontium. This is accomplished through