SUPERVISED COMMUNITY PRACTICUM.

Catalog description

Pre-requisites: admission to the PB Dental Hygiene Practitioner program. This practicum and seminar based course offers in-depth dental hygiene practitioner clinical practice experiences of the oral health care practitioner student’s choosing. Emphasis is on providing primary and preventive oral health care dental services under the guidance of a dentist preceptor to one of the following underserved populations: pediatric; geriatric; medically; mentally; or psychologically compromised patients; financially and/or motivationally impaired patients. Competent, professional dental treatment requiring consideration outside routine patient methodology and comprehensive management of patient-centered dental problems within the context of advanced dental therapy practice is the course focus.