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



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