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DEH 105
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Title: | Intro to Dental Hygiene |
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Long Title: | Introduction to Dental Hygiene |
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Course Description: | Provides the first year dental hygiene student with the basic knowledge, theory, and the skill necessary to advance to subsequent clinical dental hygiene courses. Course includes basic principles of instrument recognition, dental terminology, professionalism, expected ethical behaviors, HIPPA compliance, OSHA standards for infection control and introduction to dental software systems. |
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Min Credit: | 1 |
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Standard Competencies:
1. Define the discipline of dental hygiene and the process of care
2. Develop a working knowledge of basic dental terminology and equipment use in the profession
3. Identify, classify and analyze dental instruments according to their function and usage while providing dental hygiene care
4. Identify modes of disease transmission.
5. Apply OSHA standards for infection control
6. Demonstrate an understanding of HIPAA and how it applies to the dental setting
7. Demonstrate basic knowledge of computer software systems used in dentistry
8. Cultivate an awareness of the dental hygiene profession through professional codes and awareness of expected ethical behaviors
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
I. Dental hygiene discipline and process of care
A. Dental hygiene history and profession
B. Process of care
C. Types of services
D. Health Promotion
II. Basic dental terminology and equipment use
A. Key dental terms
B. Tooth numbering systems
C. Equipment use and set-up of dental units
D. Patient and clinical positioning
III. Dental instruments
A. Instrument set-ups
B. Parts and characteristics of instruments
C. Organization of instruments for clinic
IV. Modes of disease transmission
A. Exposure control
B. Prevention of disease transmission
C. Barrier protection
D. Sterilization
V. OSHA standards for infection control
A. Compliance
B. Initial training
C. Post exposure protocol procedures
D. Hazardous communications
VI. HIPAA
A. Privacy of patient records
B. Storage systems
C. Record systems
D. The written and electronic record
VII. Computer software systems used in dentistry
A. Dental software system introduction
B Digital x-ray software system introduction
C. Communication systems
D. Charting in dental software systems
VIII. Dental hygiene profession
A. Community service obligation
B. Organizations in dentistry
C. Ethical behavior
D. Student dress and code of conduct
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