DHYG 227 - Clinical Practice III

4.5 Credit(s)

Prerequisites: DHYG-130
This course provides students the opportunity to expand on the basic dental hygiene skills learned in Clinical Practice I and II (DHYG 129 and DHYG 130) providing students with a practical and treatment oriented study of the oral manifestations of systemic diseases. Students will learn advanced instrumentation techniques and deliver comprehensive dental hygiene services in the Fones Dental Hygiene Health Center as well as in the community setting. The community setting will provide the students the opportunity to interact with a variety of patient populations. Evidenced-based decision making will be a common theme throughout the semester. The student will utilize the dental hygiene process of care by assessing clinical information and external research to implement and evaluate the dental hygiene treatment care plan; applying the ADHA Standards of Clinical Dental Hygiene Practice.