DHYG 2020 Syllabus

Subject Code

DHYG

Course Number

2020

Course Title

Clinical Dental Hygiene II Lab

Prerequisites

DHYG 1070 with a grade of C or higher, DHYG 1090 with a grade of C or higher, DHYG 1110 with a grade of C or higher, DHYG 1111 with a grade of C or higher

Corequisites

DHYG 2010

Terms Offered

Offered Summer

Credit Hours

(0-6-2)

Course Description

This course continues the development of student knowledge in treating patients and preventing oral disease. Topics include instrument sharpening; patient assessment; antimicrobial use; pulp vitality testing; treatment of hypersensitivity; whitening; implant care; tobacco cessation; pit and fissure sealants; scaling, debridement, and root planing; ultrasonics and air polishing; dietary analysis; and applied techniques.

Course Outcomes

  1. Course Introduction; Review emergency and infection control protocol; Clinical Responsibilities; Review rules and requirements

The student should be able to:

  • Discuss emergency care protocol.
  • Discuss infection control policy.
  • Review, discuss, and demonstrate successfully the responsibilities of the clinical/radiology assistant and the clinical receptionist.
  • Integrate policies and procedures into the clinical setting.
  • Maintain documentation for aseptic protocol for dental unit and maintenance notebooks.
  • Discuss Dental Hygiene rules and regulations for academic and clinical performance.

 

 

  1. Continued Application of Skills

The student should be able to:

  • Continue to analyze assessment findings and critically evaluate the significance of the conditions listed in previous clinical objectives.
  • Continue to determine the appropriate goals, interventions, and expected outcomes associated with a dental hygiene diagnosis of the patient conditions as listed in previous clinical objectives.
  • Demonstrate increased clinical ability to accurately assess each patient’s medical history and record vital signs.
  • Continue to identify and attend to individual needs of each patient.
  • Continue to develop a treatment plan for each individual patient after gathering assessments.
  • Demonstrate increased clinical competency to assess and record the status of hard and soft tissues in the oral cavity.
  • Implement continued application of all previously learned clinical skills.
  • Continue to generate a treatment plan for a periodontal patient.
  • Demonstrate increased clinical competency to effectively and safely remove all hard and soft deposits from the teeth of patients seen in clinic.
  • Continue to demonstrate proper root planning techniques on a periodontal patient.
  • Demonstrate further refinement of root planning skills.
  • Demonstrate clinical competence (as established by the clinical competency criteria) to properly assess and educate the patient in the proper types of preventive measures to utilize at home to control dental disease.

 

  • Continue to review and discuss clinical procedures for clinician and patient.
  • Continue to demonstrate professionalism in working with peers, patients, and faculty.
  • Continue to demonstrate and apply proper techniques for instrument sharpening.
  • Continue to demonstrate the modifications of dental hygiene care for patients with implants.
  • Continue to apply antimicrobial agents when necessary.
  • Continue to demonstrate application of oral irrigation when necessary.
  • Continue to demonstrate tobacco cessation methods for select patients.
  • Demonstrate communication skills.

 

  1. Ultrasonics

The student should be able to:

  • Demonstrate proficiency with ultrasonic instrument.
  • Identify indications and contraindications of use.

 

  1. Pulp Vitality Testing

The student should be able to:

  • Recognize clinical and radiographic factors that suggest loss of pulpal vitality.
  • Demonstrate pulp vitality testing.

 

  1. Treatment of Hypersensitivity

The student should be able to:

  • Demonstrate the use of hypersensitivity agents.
  • Identify characteristics and attend to factors that characterize dentinal hypersensitivity in the patient.

 

  1. Whitening

The student should be able to:

  • Demonstrate use of alginate impression, pouring, and trimming of study models for fabrication of custom whitening trays.
  • Demonstrate the types of whitening products and the procedures used for each one.
  1. Sealants

The student should be able to:

  • Assess the patient for application of sealants.
  • Apply pit and fissure sealants.

 

 

 

COMPETENCY AREAS:

 

√ Dental Management Software

√ Sonic/Ultrasonic Debridement

√ Pit and Fissure Sealants

√ Amalgam Polishing: Shofu System

√ Dental Hypersensitivity

√ Pain/Pain Control (Topicals; Local Anesthesia)

√ Pulp Vitality & Testing

√ Professional Demeanor

√ Applied Techniques

 

Core Competencies:

C.1  Apply a professional code of ethics in all endeavors.

C.3  Provide dental hygiene care to promote patient/client health and wellness using critical thinking and problem solving in the provision of evidence-based practice.

C.9  Provide accurate, consistent, and complete documentation for assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation of dental hygiene services.

C.10  Provide care to all clients using an individualized approach that is humane, empathetic, and caring.

HP.2  Respect the goals, values, beliefs, and preferences of the patient or client while promoting optimal oral and general health.

HP.5  Evaluate factors that can be used to promote patient or client adherence to disease prevention or health maintenance strategies.

PC.1  Systematically collect, analyze, and record data on the general, oral, and psychosocial health status of a variety of patients or clients using methods consistent with medicolegal principles.

PC.2  Use critical decision-making skills to reach conclusions about the patient’s or client’s dental hygiene needs based on all available assessment data.

PC.3  Collaborate with the patient or client or other health professionals to formulate a comprehensive dental hygiene care plan that is patient-centered or client-centered and based on current scientific evidence.

PC.4  Provide specialized treatment that includes preventive and therapeutic services designed to achieve and maintain oral health.  Assist in achieving oral health goals formulated in collaboration with the patient/client.

PC.5  Evaluate the effectiveness of the implemented clinical, preventive, and educational services, and modify as needed.