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Course Criteria
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12.00 Credits
(Prerequisite: 107, DHY 111) (Corequisite: DHY 201) Continues the development of student knowledge in treating patients and preventing oral disease. Topics include instrument sharpening, patient assessment, treatment planning, antimicrobial use, pulp vitality testing, whitening, implant care, tobacco cessation, pit and fissure sealants, applied techniques, and treatment of hypersensitivity.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces oral pathology, including etiology, pathogenesis and recognition of various pathological conditions. Emphasis is placed on oral and paraoral pathology and systemic conditions affecting the head and neck. Topics include terminology, biopsy procedures, inflammation and repair, dental and mucosal anomalies, caries and pulpal pathology, odontogenic cysts, developmental cysts, odontogenic tumors, other tumors of oral structures, systemic diseases affecting the oral structures infectious diseases, salivary gland pathology, disease of bone blood dyscrasias, vesiculo-erosive and autoimmune diseases and syndromes and genetic diseases of the head and neck.
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4.00 Credits
(Prerequisite: Program admission) Introduces principles of basic pharmacology as they pertain to the practice of dentistry and dental hygiene. Emphasizes action and reactions of medications commonly used in the dental office or taken by dental patients. Topics include terminology, pharmaceutical references, prescriptions and abbreviations, pharmacokinetics, drugs used in dentistry and their pharmacokinetics, drugs that may alter dental treatment and their pharmacokinetics, pain control, emergency drugs and drug abuse.
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4.00 Credits
(Prerequisite: DHY 110) Provides students with a broad understanding of the health care system and an objective view of the significant social, political, psychological, and economic forces directing the system. Prepares students to promote oral health and prevent oral disease in a community by meeting specific dental health needs of community groups. Topics include epidemiology, community dental care assessment, community dental care provision, preventative counseling for groups, group oral health education, terminology, dental care systems, biostatistics, and concepts of dental research.
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2.00 Credits
(Prerequisite: DHY 201) (Corequisite: DHY 209) Continues the development of student know ledge necessary for treatment and prevention of oral disease. Topics include ultrasonic/air polishing, scaling, debridement and root planning, oral irrigation and antimicrobial agents, dental health education, special needs patients.
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12.00 Credits
(Prerequisite: DHY 202) (Corequisite: DHY 208) Continues the development of student skills necessary for treatment and prevention of oral disease. Topics include scaling, debridement and root planning, oral irrigation and antimicrobial agents, applied techniques, special needs patients and ultrasonic and air polishing.
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3.00 Credits
(Prerequisite: CHM 1111) Provides a basic introduction to organic chemistry and biochemistry. Familiarizes students with the role of nutrition in the human body with an emphasis on the dental hygienist's role as a nutritional educator. Topics include: molecular structure, carbohydrates, proteins, nutrition and digestion, bioenergetics, nutritional aspects, nutritional disorders, and diet assessment.
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2.00 Credits
(Prerequisite: DHY 208) (Corequisite: DHY 214) Continues the development of the student knowledge necessary for treatment and prevention of oral disease. Topics include recare systems, special needs, and dietary assessment.
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12.00 Credits
(Prerequisite: DHY 209) (Corequisite: DHY 213) Continues the development of student skills necessary for treatment and prevention of oral disease. Topics include recare systems, special needs, dietary assessment, applied techniques, and time management.
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2.00 Credits
(Prerequisite: DHY 213) (Corequisite: 221) Focuses on the dental hygiene field and presents the fundamental concepts and principles necessary for successful participation in the dental profession. Topics include employability skills, State of Georgia Dental Practice Act, office management, expanded duties, legal aspects of dental hygiene, dental ethical considerations, dental hygiene practice settings, and dentistry and dental hygiene regulation.
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