Risk Assessment and Preventive Dentistry

Catalog description

DH 3222. Risk Assessment and Preventive Dentistry. Oral disease risk factors and relationship to individualized oral health education, introduction to preventive dentistry, dental health education, and health promotion, psychology of human behavior, and other factors influencing dental health behavior. Course content may include sensitive health-related material. This course is part of the degree plan for the major of dental hygiene. As with all required dental hygiene courses, this course is contextualized in and compliant with the Commission on Dental Accreditation requirements. The content prepares BSDH students for success on the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination. Co-requisite: DH 3221 . Two lecture hours a week. Credit: Two hours.