Archive for May, 2009

  • Status: Currently finishing her final semester in our Dental Hygiene Program Hometown: Corner Brook, Newfoundland 1. You came from Newfoundland to study at Oxford College. How has this transition been...

    Carolyn

    Status: Currently finishing her final semester in our Dental Hygiene Program Hometown: Corner Brook, Newfoundland 1. You came from Newfoundland to study at Oxford College. How has this transition been...

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  • Led by Dr. Miriam Rosin, the British Columbia Oral Cancer Prevention Program (BC OCPP) is a multi-disciplinary team of clinicians and scientists with a broad range of skills, experience and...

    B.C. Oral Cancer Prevention Program

    Led by Dr. Miriam Rosin, the British Columbia Oral Cancer Prevention Program (BC OCPP) is a multi-disciplinary team of clinicians and scientists with a broad range of skills, experience and...

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  • Students and members of the public will be interested in checking out the following website: www.thedentalinsider.com.   Developed by a group of American dentists and dental hygienists, the site offers...

    TheDentalInsider.com

    Students and members of the public will be interested in checking out the following website: www.thedentalinsider.com.   Developed by a group of American dentists and dental hygienists, the site offers...

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  • Your mother always told you to floss. And like it or not, she was right, says dental hygienist Heather Mayhew. “Floss, floss, floss,” Mayhew said when asked for her three...

    Dental hygienist opens unique clinic

    Your mother always told you to floss. And like it or not, she was right, says dental hygienist Heather Mayhew. “Floss, floss, floss,” Mayhew said when asked for her three...

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  • Course Description: Students will study histology and embryology as it relates to dental hygiene. Components and development of tissue, teeth, membranes and the oro-facial complex will be explained. Students will...

    Histology and Embryology

    Course Description: Students will study histology and embryology as it relates to dental hygiene. Components and development of tissue, teeth, membranes and the oro-facial complex will be explained. Students will...

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  • Course Description: This course will allow students to develop their didactic skills and apply the knowledge they have acquired from their theory courses.  Students will begin to practice instrumentation technqiues...

    Dental Hygiene Pre-Clinic III

    Course Description: This course will allow students to develop their didactic skills and apply the knowledge they have acquired from their theory courses.  Students will begin to practice instrumentation technqiues...

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  • Course Description: Students will study the importance of plaque control for the periodontal client. Therapy options, including surgical and non-surgical periodontal therapy, are explained.

    Periodontology II

    Course Description: Students will study the importance of plaque control for the periodontal client. Therapy options, including surgical and non-surgical periodontal therapy, are explained.

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  • Course Description: Students will study the etiology and progression of periodontal disease in this course. Stages of periodontal disease play a large role in the clinical assessment and treatment planning...

    Periodontology I

    Course Description: Students will study the etiology and progression of periodontal disease in this course. Stages of periodontal disease play a large role in the clinical assessment and treatment planning...

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  • Course Description: The theoretical background for the techniques used in clinical practice will be provided in this course. The areas that will be covered are restorative services, local anesthesia, administering...

    Dental Hygiene Theory IV

    Course Description: The theoretical background for the techniques used in clinical practice will be provided in this course. The areas that will be covered are restorative services, local anesthesia, administering...

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  • Course Description: This course will allow stuents to continue to implement and perfect the skills they learned in their pre-clinic and Clinic I courses. Students will provide dental hygiene interventions...

    Dental Hygiene Clinic II

    Course Description: This course will allow stuents to continue to implement and perfect the skills they learned in their pre-clinic and Clinic I courses. Students will provide dental hygiene interventions...

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