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Course Criteria
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2.00 Credits
2 credit hours Co requisite: DEH 124 Gives students a fundamental understanding of general nutrition with an emphasis on the interrelationship between nutrition and dental health. Focuses on recognizing nutritional deficiencies and how to conduct and evaluate nutritional surveys on patients.
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2.00 Credits
2 credit hours Prerequisite: First-semester DEH courses Co requisite: Third-semester DEH courses Provides instruction in the concepts, methods and issues of dental public health. Emphasis is placed on evidence-based criteria for effective promotion and prevention of dental disease in the public health setting. Concepts of dental health education and program planning in the community setting are reinforced through case based materials, including methods of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of effectiveness. Course activities will reinforce skills in speaking and writing effectively in preparation for the subsequent community dental health field experience course.
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3.00 Credits
3 credit hours Prerequisite: DEH 101, DEH 102, DEH 103, DEH 104, DEH 123 Co requisite: Second-semester DEH courses Focuses on the fundamentals of general pathology and the disease process. Covers oral pathology with emphasis on recognition and identification of pathologic conditions that most frequently occur around the oral cavity. Helps students identify appropriate referral mechanisms to render a definitive diagnosis.
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2.00 Credits
2 credit hours Prerequisite: Third-semester DEH courses Co requisite: Fourth-semester DEH courses Focuses on the transition from an educational environment to a working dental business. Enables the student to learn management skills of operating a dental office. Emphasizes opportunities for self-exploration in development of personal and professional goals. Examines professional ethics, legal issues, and the relationship to the licensed practice of dental hygiene.
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1.00 Credits
1 credit hours Prerequisite: All 100 level courses, DEH 204, 242 Co requisite: Fourth-semester DEH courses Provides practical application of community dental health theory and opportunities to conduct needs assessments on a variety of populations. Emphasizes meeting the educational needs of specific populations through program planning, implementation and evaluation. Incorporates supervised field experiences in low-income, school and other public health facilities, as well as private health and education oriented organizations.
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2.00 Credits
2 credit hours Prerequisite: All DEH 100 Level Co requisite: DEH 264 Continues to explore theoretical/clinical preparations with emphasis on dental hygiene process of care, treatment planning, non-surgical treatment, evaluation of treatment, and maintenance needs of the periodontal patient. Develops research and decision making skills with use of library and Internet resources relating to risk factors, etiologic agents, and treatment modalities. Includes comprehensive periodontal assessment, supplemental diagnostics, periodontal pharmacology, and evidence based treatment planning.
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2.00 Credits
2 credit hours Prerequisite: Third-semester DEH course work Co requisite: Fourth-semester DEH course work Provides formal review sessions for second year dental hygiene students preparing to sit for the National Board Examination in March.
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2.00 Credits
2 credit hours Prerequisite: All 100 Level DEH course Co requisite: DEH 264 Provides the didactic theory for clinical practice of dental hygiene skills at the beginning of the second year of dental hygiene curriculum. Builds on clinic theory from first year curriculum to provide the knowledge base needed for treatment of patients with more advanced periodontal disease and medical/ health factors. Focuses on: periodontal charting and documentation, interpretation of periodontal factors on radiographs, use of treatment planning in the dental hygiene process of care, legal parameters of record keeping and informed consent, use of oral photography, application of sealants, treatment of dental hypersensitivity, application of chemotherapeutics and professional oral irrigation, application of ergonomics in dentistry, clinical dental hygiene treatment considerations for patients with history of cardiac complications and diabetes.
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1.00 - 8.00 Credits
1 - 8 credit hours Covers patient care sessions for the performance of traditional dental hygiene treatment. Continues and expands periodontal patient care and special patient care sessions. Focuses on clinical competence in margination and polishing of restorations, nutrition counseling, oral irrigation, chemotherapeutics and OSHA compliance.
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1.00 - 8.00 Credits
1 - 8 credit hours Prerequisite: DEH 101, DEH 102, DEH 103, DEH 104, DEH 111, DEH 116, DEH 122, DEH 123, DEH 124, DEH 126, DEH 132, DEH 153, DEH 202, DEH 204, DEH 213, DEH 242, DEH 264 Co requisite: DEH 285 Continues patient care session with emphasis on attaining a level of competency and efficiency for successful performance in clinical board exams and private practice. Focuses on clinical skill development in tobacco cessation, product selection, patient communications, curettage and special topics developed patient treatments. Provides elective extra-mural clinical sites for additional practice.
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