DHYG 400 Dental Hygiene Theory and Nutrition (1.5 credits)
Course Description
The fourth in a series of seven linked courses to increase knowledge and comprehension of complex dental hygiene theory and science in order to facilitate the growth of advanced dental hygiene clinical skills required for the safe and effective practice of dental hygiene.
Course Content
Principles of dental hygiene theory and techniques
Appraise professional responsibility.
Differentiate advanced dental instrumentation.
Reevaluate complex treatment outcomes.
Clinical patient support and case analysis
Basic nutrition review.
Macro and micronutrients including proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, water, energy conversion, etc.
Processes of human digestion, absorption, transportation, and the metabolism of nutrients as it applies to oral health.
Oral implications of nutritional deficiencies.
Food choices as it pertains to the caries or periodontal disease processes.
Food guidelines and reading labels.
Food sources and nutrients essential for the development and maintenance of oral structures.
Dietary considerations for the life cycle.
Oral implications of eating disorders.
Individualized nutritional plan to promote health (oral) and reduce the risk of caries and periodontal disease processes using the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) during a patient dietary counseling session in a clinical setting.
Nutritional considerations for special and marginalized population groups.
Nutritive value of complimentary therapies for oral care.
Quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis using American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines.
Student Outcomes
- Interpret nutrition as it applies to systemic and oral health disease and prevention using evidence-based research.
- Evaluate food choices, eating habits, and their effect on oral health focused on the caries and periodontal disease processes, while considering barriers to individual nutritional choices.
- Develop individual, chairside dental hygiene nutritional counseling for oral health prevention using tools and resources.
- Communicate individual, chairside dental hygiene counseling for oral health prevention.
- Evaluate dental hygiene theory and science for application to clinical practice.
Degree Outcomes
The five core abilities is a subset of the degree outcomes that describe skills, knowledge, and behaviors that all graduates of Pierce College are expected to have attained. The five core abilities are Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking (CCRT), Global Citizenship (GC), Information Literacy (IL), Effective Communication (EC), and Intercultural Engagement (IE).
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.
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.
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.
Lecture Contact Hours 15
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 15
Potential Methods
Case history
Case studies
Class discussion
Oral presentations
Instructor observations
Peer evaluation
Self-evaluation
Instructor evaluation
Written group projects
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