DHYG 326 Pain Management I: Local Anesthesia (3 credits)
Prerequisite Current enrollment in Bachelor of Applied Science in Dental Hygiene program.
Course Description
This course provides the fundamentals of dental local anesthesia delivery. Students will be introduced to the physiology and pharmacology of dental local anesthesia, elements of pre-anesthesia patient assessment, and devices and injection techniques commonly used in dentistry. Students will practice common injection techniques and experience the effects of a variety of local drugs in lab situations.
Course Content
1. History of local anesthesia
2. Anatomical considerations
3. Patient pre-evaluation
4. Neurophysiology and pharmacokinetics of anesthetic agents
5. Armamentarium and devices for local anesthesia deliver
6. Pharmacology of local anesthetic and vasoconstrictor drugs
7. Local and systemic complications
8. Basic injection techniques and clinical applications
Student Outcomes
1. Discuss the evolution of the use of local anesthetics and benchmark products.
2. Identify and discuss relevant anatomy pertinent to dental local anesthesia injections including bony and soft tissue landmarks, muscles, vasculature, and pathways of the Facial and Trigeminal nerves.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of the pharmacology and mechanism of action of local anesthetic agents and commonly used vasoconstrictors.
4. Given a health history and treatment plan, accurately evaluate the patient for suitability for local anesthesia.
5. Demonstrate correct selection of local anesthetic agents and accurate calculation of drug doses for given drugs and patient histories.
6. Discuss and demonstrate knowledge of all components of the local anesthetic armamentarium and devices.
7. Discuss and demonstrate effective patient-operator positioning, safe handling, use, and maintenance of the dental local anesthetic devices.
8. Describe and demonstrate principles for administering safe and effective dental local anesthesia to patients including proper soft tissue retraction, effective fulcrums, hand positioning, and aspiration with during delivery of local anesthetic drugs.
9. Demonstrate clinically acceptable techniques for each injection introduced in lab.
10. Describe and identify common local anesthetic complications and their prevention and treatment. 10.Identify proper symptomatic treatment of medical emergencies related to local anesthesia procedure.
Degree Outcomes
This course is part of the Bachelor of Applied Science in Dental Hygiene Degree. Please refer to the Dental Hygiene Competency Map for detail of the Program Competencies this course addresses. Each competency is identified at a level of skill by the terms Introductory (I), Developing (D), or Competent (C). The map also shows the alignment between each Program Competency and the Pierce College Core Ability(ies). Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations. Responsibility: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts and consequences of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable systems. Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.
Lecture Contact Hours 20
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 40
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