Area
Dental Hygiene
Course Number
DHY 113
Semester Offered
SU
Credits
1
This course continues preparation in the dental hygiene process of care and emphasizes developing and refining hand and ultrasonic instrumentation skills, medical emergency drills, protocol for dietary counseling, intraoral photography and an introduction to supportive periodontal treatment. Students demonstrate their understanding of the dental hygiene process of care in implementation and evaluation using critical thinking, problem solving and sound judgment in providing direct patient care in supervised clinical sessions.
Prerequisites
BIO 232 with a grade of "C" or higher, DHY 112 with a grade of "C" or higher, DHY 124 with a grade of "C" or higher, DHY 126 with a grade of "C" or higher, DHY 150 with a grade of "C" or higher, DHY 250 with a grade of "C" or higher