Provides opportunity for students to achieve clinical skill competency with individuals presenting themselves with mild to moderate periodontal disease. Surveys the various alternative dental hygiene practice settings available to clinicians. Generally overviews the role the dental hygienist has in providing dental hygiene services within various health care systems. Graduated from an ADA accredited dental hygiene program, or graduated from an ADA accredited dental hygiene program and licensed as a dental hygienist. Current CPR certification.
Students integrate and apply dental hygiene techniques through direct patient care.
Synthesis of knowledge and skill competencies essential to dental hygiene practice are stressed. Emphasis is placed on comprehensive dental hygiene treatment. May be repeated for credit. In various dental hygiene practice settings, the student participates in community health care planning and becomes acquainted with patterns for delivery of comprehensive health care services and the role of dental team members. Students spend one hour per week in lecture and six hours per week participating in the initiation, presentation and evaluation of a research project.