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Mar 29, 2024
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DHY 282 - Clinical Dental Hygiene II Credits: 2 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 0 Practicum Hours: 6 Work Experience: 0 Course Type: Open See DHY 281 . Prerequisite: DHY 181 , DHY 182 . Corequisite: DHY 281 Competencies
- Demonstrate previous practicum competencies with progressive independence and greater efficiency
- Demonstrate actions in accordance with standards of personal and professional accountability
- Develop, implement and evaluate comprehensive preventive treatment based on the assessment of each patient’s needs
- Assess the patient’s
- Identify and discuss with patient
- Reach agreement with faculty and patient on planned treatment and tentative appointment schedule
- Attempt to evaluate treatment outcomes
- Perform local anesthesia when appropriate
- State, prepare and demonstrate optimum infection control protocol and the use of the correct armamentarium for the topical and local anesthetic procedures
- Recite the rational, procedure, and implications for the application of topical anesthetic and demonstrate proper application on a student partner
- Name and locate anatomical sites for specific injection techniques on a skull and student partner
- Identify and demonstrate the correct depth and tissues penetrated by the local anesthetic needle for each injection
- Implement safe, effective, non-traumatic clinical dental hygiene techniques in order to achieve and/or maintain the patient’s optimal oral health
- Detect and remove all supramarginal deposits for deposit classifications
- Detect and remove all submarginal deposits for deposit classification II
- Detect and remove most submarginal deposits for deposit classifications III, IV, and V
- Perform correctly the following additional adjunct services when appropriate
- Practice accurate dental and periodontal charting and record keeping
- Demonstrate basic instrumentation skills with all instruments
- Identify dull instruments and implement the appropriate sharpening procedure
- Modify basic techniques based on patient variables
- Identify patients with special needs related to age group and/or unique health conditions for whom dental hygiene care is modified
- Select appropriate patient education and self-care techniques based on patient need
- Apply current research to patient education and techniques
- Produce diagnostic radiographs and begin to evaluate interpret and utilize films
- Demonstrate increasing proficiency within prescribed error margins
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