2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

DHYG 3330 - Dental Hygiene Concepts III with Laboratory


Prerequisites: DHYG 2215 DHYG 2240 DHYG 3327 .  This course is a continuation of the lecture and clinical course sequence. Clinically, students treat patients with a broader scope of oral and systemic disease, while incorporating patient radiographs into individualized dental hygiene treatment plans. Content emphasis is placed on power instrumentation; periodontal instrumentation and application; clinical introduction of adjunctive therapies; application of desensitizing agents, topical and subgingival anesthesia, and delivery of subgingival irrigation agents; in-depth application of medical history questionnaire; and nutrition and its impact on the oral cavity. Clinical laboratory fee. 3 credits.