Prereq: Successful completion of DHYG 311 and DHYG 316 as per the current Dental Hygiene Department Policy on Academic Standards and current enrollment in Bachelor of Applied Science in Dental Hygiene program.

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.

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