Community Oral Health Education and Promotion.

Catalog description

Semester course; 2 lecture hours. 2 credits. Prerequisite: DENH 301 . Enrollment is restricted to students in the dental hygiene program. Introduces preventive oral health strategies, methods, materials and principles of instruction in health education and communication. Emphasizes oral health promotion as related to individual patients and community groups as well as professional peer-group presentations. Introduction to evidence-based decision-making in dental hygiene practice.