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DEA 134
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Title: | Prevent/Nutrition Dentistry |
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Long Title: | Prevention and Nutrition in Dentistry |
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Course Description: | Emphasizes techniques in preventive dentistry to include application of fluoride, pit and fissure sealants, oral home care instruction, diet counseling and nutrition as it applies to dental health. Covers techniques for coronal polishing, extra-oral and intra-oral examination, and dental charting. |
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Min Credit: | 3 |
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Origin Notes: | FRCC |
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General Notes: | revised-crdts,dscrptn,cmptncs,outln 10/5/13 |
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STANDARD COMPETENCIES:
1. Discuss the role and importance of Preventive Dentistry.
2. Identify and discuss the various oral diseases.
3. Discuss the prevention of oral diseases.
4. Demonstrate the ability to provide oral health instruction.
5. State the rationale for the use of preventive agents and techniques.
6. Demonstrate the use of preventive agents and techniques.
7. Discuss the role of nutrition in oral health.
8. Demonstrate the ability to provide nutrition counseling.
9. State the rationale for selective polishing
10. Demonstrate the ability to perform a thorough coronal polishing
11. Demonstrate the ability to conduct intra-oral and extra-oral examinations
12. Demonstrate the ability to accurately chart oral conditions detected in intra-oral and extra-oral examinations and maintain accurate treatment records.
13. Demonstrate the ability to clean and polish removable appliances and prostheses.
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
I. Preventive Dentistry
II. Nutrition
III. Coronal Polishing
IV. Patient Education
V. Community Health Education
VI. Dental Charting
VII. Extra-oral and Intraoral examinations
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Front Range Community College |
FRCC |
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Red Rocks Community College |
RRCC |
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