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 understand the eruption process.
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 in this course. In this final Pre-Clinic course, students will demonstrate the application of the dental hygiee process of care on a peer.
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.
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 for client treatment.
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 nitrous, prosthetic services, endodontic services, surgical services, services, and geriatric clients.
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 following the scope of practice standards set by the CDHO and CDHA.
Course Description: The anatomy of the head and neck will be taught in this course. The composition of muscles, nerves, and bones will be explained. Students will understand the importance of head and neck anatomy related to dental hygiene.
Course Description: This course will allow students to develop their clinical skills and apply the knowledge they have acquired from their theory courses. Students will begin to practice instrumentation technqies in this course.
Course Description: This course is designed to deliver the information necessary to prevent, recognize and manage medical emergencies that may occur in the dental hygiene setting.
Course Description: This course will teach and enable students to apply their management skills in a variety of dental settings. This consists of administrative office procedures, employment policies long with communication and marketing skills.
