PCC/ CCOG / DH

Course Content and Outcome Guide for DH 204

Date:
18-AUG-2009
Posted by:
Josette Beach
Course Number:
DH 204
Course Title:
Dental Hygiene Practice IV
Credit Hours:
5
Lecture hours:
0
Lecture/Lab hours:
0
Lab hours:
150
Special Fee:
$45

Course Description

Dental Hygiene Practice IV A continuation of clinical activities to include treating periodontal patients and patients with heavy deposits; activities will correlate to theory lecture course DH 201. Co-requisite: DH 201

Addendum to Course Description

Competency Skill Levels:  DH Program basic skill competencies #'s 1-12 are addressed at the introductory and developing skill levels.

Intended Outcomes for the course

  • Provide assessment, periodontal diagnosis, care planning, implementation of treatment and treatment evaluation techniques for the patient with oral disease

Outcome Assessment Strategies

 

  • Create a dental hygiene treatment care plan appropriate for non-surgical periodontal therapy.
  • Create a nutritional diet for a periodontally involved patient.
  • Midterm and final exams
  • Complete clinical requirements at 75% or greater accuracy.
  • Satisfactorily complete a clinical test case.
  • Attend all clinic bay meetings, documentation meetings and clinical sessions unless excused.
  • Using reflective learning techniques, maintain a weekly journal.

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

     
    The periodontal patient
    Assessment and care planning
    Treatment options and sequencing
    Non-surgical periodontal therapy
    Self-care
    Nutritional analysis for dental health
    New treatments, products and innovations.
    Ultrasonic/sonic instrumentation
    Irrigation therapy
    Evaluation and maintenance care
    COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:
    • Describe treatment sequencing for optimum patient care.
    • Explain the medical emergency protocols for the PCC clinic.
    • Recognize and assess the value of various new developments in dental hygiene care.
    • Explain the factors and considerations that must go into treatment planning for the periodontal patient.
    • Discuss the theory, operation, maintenance and precautions associated with use of ultrasonic/sonic instruments.
    • Compare and contrast hand-instrumentation and sonic/ultrasonic scaling.
    • Compare and contrast irrigation therapy products and systems.
    • Discuss nutritional concepts and their relationship to dental health.
    • Develop a food survey plan for use by a clinic patient.
    • Discuss patient management principles and problems associated with the periodontal patient.
    • Discuss possible reasons for modifying an established treatment plan.
    • Participate in classroom discussions of clinic problems, concern and share cases for peer review
    • Provide safe, effective clinical care for periodontally involved patients at a introductory level.
    • Demonstrate the ability to collect data for assessment, synthesize the data to form a dental hygiene diagnosis, plan, implement and evaluate treatment for a variety of clinic patients at the developmental level.