DHYG 421 Advanced Dental Hygiene Practice II (7 credits)
Course Description
The sixth in the clinical series to analyze advanced application and evaluation of dental hygiene theory and techniques required for the safe, legal, and effective practice of clinical dental hygiene.
Course Content
Evidence-based theory and science of infection and exposure control Ergonomic body mechanics related to patient and operator positioning Advanced mechanical (magnetostrictive and Piezo-electric) and manual dental instrumentation Comprehensive and complex health and dental history (including a social, family, medical, medications, etc.) Alterations to care Comprehensive and complex extra-oral and intra-oral patient examinations Advanced periodontal probing and tooth charting for assessment Radiographic technique, evaluation, and interpretation Occlusion classifications and Angle’s classification of occlusion Comprehensive and advanced dental hygiene diagnosis, treatment planning, and therapies with increasingly more periodontally involved patients Academic and clinical policies and procedures Electronic health records and legal patient chart entries Proper use, care, and maintenance of the dental unit and related dental equipment Advanced dental hygiene terminology, vocabulary, and communications Pain management (local anesthetics and nitrous oxide psychosedation) Patient management and referrals (Including fear/anxiety management) Healthcare teams Nutritional assessment as related to oral diseases Substance abuse risk assessment and referrals Adjunctive dental and dental hygiene therapies Patient oral health and reevaluation Clinical chairside reference materials Accurate and ethical self-assessment of clinical patient care and outcomes
Student Outcomes
- Demonstrate infection control procedures and processes (safe, legal, and professional responsibility) in the dental hygiene clinical setting.
- Apply developing to advanced dental hygiene evidence-based theory, ergonomics, and safe dental hygiene instrumentation and practice in the dental hygiene clinical setting on patients (adult-adolescent-pedo-geriatric, including special populations) with moderate to advanced oral and systemic disease complexities.
- Interpret evidence-based research related to dental hygiene clinical and assessment skills.
- Practice using appropriate resources for advanced and safe clinical dental hygiene skills.
- Communicate complex information with diverse audiences in a clinical setting.
- Apply accurate and ethical use of electronic health records, documentation, and referrals.
- Practice dental hygiene clinical and assessment skills focused on legal compliance, safety, and patient outcomes.
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.
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 0
Lab Contact Hours 140
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 140
Potential Methods
Case history Case study analysis Class discussion Task or clinical proficiencies Clinical test case Instructor observations Lab activity/project Patient clinical practice Patient interview Peer evaluation Self-evaluation Instructor evaluation Mock Board ePortfolio
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