DHYG 310 Fundamentals of Dental Hygiene Theory & Science II (2 credits)
Prerequisite Current enrollment in the Bachelor of Applied Science in Dental Hygiene program.
Course Description
The second in a series of seven linked courses furthering foundational knowledge and comprehension of dental hygiene theory to facilitate the growth of introductory dental hygiene clinical skills required for the safe and effective practice of dental hygiene.
Course Content
Principles of dental hygiene theory and techniques
Patient assessments
Dental hygiene diagnosis,
Dental hygiene treatment planning models,
Radiographic interpretation,
Electronic health records and treatment documentation
Dental hygiene therapy(ies)
Caries risk assessments
Periodontal risk assessments
Oral health assessment education for individual patients
Dental hygiene therapy treatments for adult patients
Informed Consent
Instrument selection, adaptation, initiation of motion - sickles, Gracey curettes, magnetostrictive universal inserts, etc.
Curet instrument sharpening and maintenance
Student Outcomes
- Justify dental hygiene assessment, diagnosis, and instrument selection aligned with dental hygiene treatment plans.
- Explain developing dental hygiene scientific theory and clinical practice skills.
- Appraise safe, legal, and professional responsibility in the dental hygiene clinical setting, including infection control practices.
- Practice dental hygiene instrument care, application, and storage for a wide variety of instruments used in a variety of settings.
- Interpret evidence-based research related to developing dental hygiene clinical and assessment skills.
- Demonstrate correct scientific oral health verbal and written communications using a variety of sources.
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).
Core Abilities
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.
Information Literacy: Graduates will be critical users, creators, and disseminators of information by examining how information is created, valued, and influenced by power and privilege.
Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to craft and exchange ideas and information in a variety of situations, in response to audience, context, purpose, and motivation.
Lecture Contact Hours 20
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 20
Potential Methods
Class discussion
Computer presentations
Group oral presentations
Oral presentation
Peer evaluation
Role playing/simulations
Self evaluation
Written exam
Instructor evaluation
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