16 courses with the subject DH, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
DH 100Introduction to Dental Hygiene3
This course introduces students to dental hygiene as a health care profession and their future role as an important members of the dental team. Major topics to be identified and discussed include the history of dental hygiene, Evidence Based Decision Making (EBDM), the principles of infection and exposure control, the CDC Bloodborne Pathogens Standard and safety, and emergency procedures. Additionally, students will be introduced to critical thinking and problem solving, the dental hygiene process of care/ADPIED -- Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation, and Documentation, and the Dental Hygiene Diagnosis processes. The dental hygiene care environment and appointment process (assessments, carries risk assessment process) will be identified and discussed. Students will explore the dental hygiene licensure process - testing, licensing, and scope of practice along with an introduction to legal, ethical issues, and cultural competence as related to the dental hygiene profession.
This course prepares the entry level dental hygiene student to quickly and proactively identify and manage medical emergencies that may occur in DH215 Clinic I and Seminar, DH225 Clinic II and Periodontology, and DH235 Clinic III and Advanced Periodontology, along with future practice post-graduation. The student will learn and understand how to anticipate and utilize the resources and personnel necessary to handle medical emergencies in the dental setting. The basic physiology and pathophysiology that occurs with common medical emergencies will be discussed with algorithms to provide step-by-step instructions to stimulate critical thinking with the decision making process necessary to address medical emergent situations. Students will be introduced to the concept of legal considerations regarding the dental practitioner and emergency situations. Diligent assessment and documentation measures will be emphasized and reinforced in conjunction with clinical practice. Students will be required to research and present a medical emergent condition that presents in the dental office to their peers through a role playing exercise. 76
This course provides lecture and laboratory-based instruction on the exposure and processing techniques of dental films and prepares the student for patient care for DH215 Clinic I & Seminar, DH225 Clinic II & Periodontology, and Clinic III & Advanced Periodontology. Radiographic instruction includes intraoral conventional and panoramic x-rays, and an overview of digital x-ray systems. Students will define and discuss the basic principles of radiographic equipment, including the components and maintenance, radiation physics and the concepts of radiation safety in the dental office. Students will understand the special needs and pediatric patient and prepare for clinical exposure to such populations. Technique errors, pathology, normal and abnormal anatomy, the detection of dental caries and periodontal disease will be discussed and interpreted in clinical experiences. Using radiology simulator typodonts, students will take and develop required radiographs as per course instruction to demonstrate competence in exposing, processing and mounting intra and extra-oral radiographs and digital panoramic radiographs. Students will demonstrate professionalism through self-assessment in clinical experiences.
DH200 Dental Materials is a course that integrates both lecture and laboratory to introduce students to the dental laboratory environment and prepare them for clinical use. This course focuses on the nature, qualities, composition, and manipulation of materials used in dentistry. The student will understand evidence-based dental hygiene decision-making and use this information to formulate judgments as to application. Lecture topics include dental material standards, dental material properties, and impression materials. Classifications for restorative dentistry, direct restorative materials, indirect restorative materials, removable dental prostheses, sealants and implants are also covered in this course. Students will engage in hands-on laboratory experience in the proper manipulation of dental materials commonly employed in dentistry and must prove proficient with prescribed lab competencies.
DH 230Law, Ethics, & Jurisprudence in Dental Hygiene3
This course prepares the dental hygiene student to manage the moral and legal challenges encountered in dental clinical and non-clinical settings. Principles and standards of conduct are presented as well as ethical issues and challenges associated with a professional health care career. The ethical values presented provide a basis for an appropriate decision-making model. Case-based discussion of ethical issues will provide training for appropriate decision-making. Students will participate in an Ethical Dilemma Video Presentation project to demonstrate applied knowledge and critical thinking skills and evaluate utilizing a provided ethical decision making model.
Building on DH240 Oral Health Education and Promotion, DH245 Community Dental Health introduces the history and principles of community dental health and health care delivery systems to the dental hygiene student. Topics include the prevention of oral disease, development of public policy, and implementation of community projects. Issues such as access to care, the role of the government in public health and dental public health. In addition, students will gain insight into research design, statistical methods and evaluation, and utilize critical thinking skills to critique scientific journal articles. Utilizing a community health program planning process, participate in a team based capstone community based dental hygiene program demonstrating understanding, application, evaluation and conceptualization of an intervention for a community in need.
This course provides the student with the knowledge and understanding of basic pharmacology specific to the clinical practice of the dental hygienist. This course examines medications routinely prescribed for medical and dental conditions and the role of the dental hygienist in patient assessment and treatment planning. Systemic medications, anesthesia, oral pharmacotherapy, and complementary medicine will be included. Local anesthetic agents and nitrous oxide sedation will be emphasized in preparation for DH255 Dental Anesthesia. The student will, through research and presentation, reinforce knowledge of the top 100 drugs encountered in the dental practice to prepare the student for chairside practice and the National Board Dental Hygiene exam.
This course is designed for the advanced dental hygiene student to understand the physiology, interactions and the effects of drugs used in pain control and the administration of local anesthesia and nitrous oxide-oxygen sedation. The student will gain the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively treatment plan and properly administer local anesthesia and nitrous oxide- oxygen sedation to patients who require pain management/anxiety control during the course of dental hygiene treatment. The pharmacology of pain control via local anesthetic injection, injection fundamentals, along with proper administration of nitrous oxide-oxygen sedation and the safe administration of both modalities will be emphasized and made to prove competent. The student will understand local and systemic complications that may arise from anesthetic administration and nitrous oxide-oxygen sedation and any legal considerations that could result from administration in dental hygiene treatment. The didactic and clinical content of this course meets requirements for the New York State Restricted Anesthesia Certification for Dental Hygienists. UPPER DIVISION DENTAL SCIENCES COURSES
