General nutrition and nutritional biochemistry emphasizing the effect nutrition has on oral health.
Grade Basis: L
Lecture hours: 2.0
Credit hours: 2.0
Physical and chemical properties of dental materials including the application and manipulation of the various materials used in dentistry.
Grade Basis: L
Lecture hours: 1.0
Lab or Clinical hours: 4.0
Credit hours: 2.0
The role of the dental hygienist as a therapeutic oral health care provider with emphasis on concepts of disease management, health promotion, communication, and behavior modification.
Grade Basis: L
Lecture hours: 1.0
Lab or Clinical hours: 3.0
Credit hours: 2.0
Classification of drugs and their uses, actions, interactions, side effects, contraindications, with emphasis on dental applications.
Grade Basis: L
Lecture hours: 2.0
Credit hours: 2.0
A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional.
Grade Basis: L
Lab or Clinical hours: 12.0
Credit hours: 2.0
The histology and embryology of oral tissues, gross anatomy of the head and neck, tooth morphology, and individual tooth identification.
Grade Basis: L
Lecture hours: 2.0
Lab or Clinical hours: 4.0
Credit hours: 3.0
Fundamentals of oral radiography, including techniques, interpretation, quality assurance, and ethics.
Grade Basis: L
Lecture hours: 1.0
Lab or Clinical hours: 6.0
Credit hours: 3.0
Normal and diseased periodontium including the structural, functional, and environmental factors. Emphasis on etiology, pathology, treatment modalities, and therapeutic and preventive periodontics.
Grade Basis: L
Lecture hours: 3.0
Credit hours: 3.0
The principles and concepts of community public health and dental health education emphasizing community assessment, educational planning, implementation, and evaluation including methods and materials used in teaching dental health education in various community settings.
Grade Basis: L
Lecture hours: 2.0
Lab or Clinical hours: 4.0
Credit hours: 3.0
Disturbances in human body development, diseases of the body, and disease prevention measures with emphasis on the oral cavity and associated structures.
Grade Basis: L
Lecture hours: 3.0
Lab or Clinical hours: 1.0
Credit hours: 3.0
Foundational knowledge for performing clinical skills and management of medical emergencies for patients with emphasison procedures and rationale for performing dental hygiene care. Introduction to ethical principles as they apply to dental hygiene care.
Grade Basis: L
Lecture hours: 2.0
Lab or Clinical hours: 8.0
Credit hours: 4.0
Emphasis on the laws governing the practice of dentistry and dental hygiene, moral standards, and the ethical standards established by the dental hygiene profession. Practice settings for the dental hygienist, office operations, and preparation for employment, and introduction to the dental team.
Grade Basis: L
Lab or Clinical hours: 2.0
Credit hours: 1.0
Dental hygiene care for the medically or dentally compromised patient including supportive treatment options.
Grade Basis: L
Lecture hours: 2.0
Lab or Clinical hours: 1.0
Credit hours: 2.0
A continuation of Dental Hygiene Care I. Dental hygiene care for the medically or dentally compromised patient including supportive treatment.
Grade Basis: L
Lecture hours: 1.0
Lab or Clinical hours: 3.0
Credit hours: 2.0
A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional.
Grade Basis: L
Lab or Clinical hours: 18.0
Credit hours: 3.0
A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional.
Grade Basis: L
Lab or Clinical hours: 18.0
Credit hours: 3.0
This course focuses on learning to adapt and change in emerging practice areas for dental hygienists that provide care to population groups challenged by access to oral health care, particularly those of diverse cultural backgrounds. The course emphasizes strategies for the delivery of culturally competent care to pediatric, geriatric, medically compromised and special needs patients. Ethical issues are emphasized regarding care for vulnerable client population groups.
Grade Basis: L
Lecture hours: 3.0
Lab or Clinical hours: 3.0
Credit hours: 3.0
This course focuses on issues faced by health care professionals, including ethical and legal issues related to the practice of dental hygiene. Utilizes ethical theories of justice to address difficult questions that face the treatment of dental patients. Students will apply material to real-life situations using case-study format.
Grade Basis: L
Lecture hours: 3.0
Credit hours: 3.0
This course provides the dental hygienist with the background to become an effective classroom and clinical instructor. Students will discuss the current philosophy of dental hygiene education and the American Dental Association’s accreditation requirements regarding course syllabi, instructional objectives, learning experiences, evaluation procedures and remediation policies. Students will explore the various learning styles and classroom techniques that can be utilized to incorporate all learning styles, motivate the learner and enhance the learning process.
Grade Basis: L
Lecture hours: 3.0
Credit hours: 3.0
Involves the learning and implementing of evidence-based decision-making principles. The dental hygiene practitioner will value the integration of clinical expertise and available external evidence from research. Emphasis on strategy, methodology, research design with clinical focus on dental hygiene standards of care and process of care and dental hygiene diagnosis, as related to a collaborative dental hygiene practice.
Grade Basis: L
Lecture hours: 3.0
Credit hours: 3.0
Explores a critical approach to the components involved in developing advanced care plans. Involves the application of the process of care to address issues such as patient education, prescribed care, and insurance-based care as they related to advanced care plans. Learning activities will include the development of an advanced dental hygiene care plan utilizing evidence-based research.
Grade Basis: L
Lecture hours: 2.0
Credit hours: 2.0
This course explores the transformation of dental hygiene from a vocation to a profession and follows the track into the future. Leadership development is emphasized for professional growth and the potential impact on advancing the profession.
Grade Basis: L
Lecture hours: 3.0
Credit hours: 3.0
This course examines the benefits of interprofessional collaboration between oral health care practitioners and other health care providers. Students will have the opportunity to work in groups to identify and address a variety of simulated health problems which link oral health risks to systemic health risks. This course will include observation in a health care setting outside of a dental office.
Grade Basis: L
Lecture hours: 3.0
Credit hours: 3.0
This course will explore current studies in periodontology and related disciplines to identify factors which modify theory or practice. Focus will be placed on the relationship of periodontal health to systemic health, current concepts in etiology, risk factors, assessment, and treatment.
Grade Basis: L
Lecture hours: 3.0
Credit hours: 3.0
This course is a study and application of contemporary theory, concepts and practices of effective organizational leadership appropriate to the dental hygiene professional. Emphasis will be on the development of leadership skills related to personal attributes, communication strategies and self-examination.
Grade Basis: L
Lecture hours: 3.0
Credit hours: 3.0
This course provides a survey of alternate practice settings for the dental hygienist and allows the student to participate in active learning in an alternate setting of choice. It includes 80 hours of internship in a dental hygiene educational setting, an oral health community health setting, a dental office management setting, or any approved alternate dental hygiene setting of choice. It requires written evaluation of learning as assigned by the professor.
Grade Basis: L
Lecture hours: 2.0
Lab or Clinical hours: 5.0
Credit hours: 4.0