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COURSE SYLLABUS

 

1.         TITLE OF COURSE:            CLINICAL THEORY OF DENTAL HYGIENE I

            PREFIX/NUMBER:              DEH 101            CREDIT HOURS:  3

 

2.         PREREQUISITES:                Admission to the Dental Hygiene Program

 

3.         RESOURCES NEEDED:

 

                        TEXT: Clinic Manual

                       

 

                                                Nield – Gehrig, Jill Fundamentals of Perio Instrumentation, 6th Ed, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins 2008.

                                               

                                                Nield-Gehrig, Jill.  Patient Assessment Tutorials, 1st  Edition, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins 2007.

 

                                                Wilkins, Esther M., Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist, 10th Edition, Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger, 2009.                                             

                                               

                                                Zwemer, Thomas J., Clinical Dental Terminology, 6th ed., Mosby, 2005.

 

                                                Mosby's Medical Nursing and Allied Health Dictionary, 6th Edition, Mosby,

                                                2002.

4.         COURSE
            DESCRIPTION:         Explores basic dental hygiene theory and development of
                                               basic skills. Focuses on the application of diagnostic, preventative

                                               and therapeutic procedures and includes an introduction to dentistry 
                                               and dental hygiene, dental and medical terminology, infection control, 
                                               the removal of tooth deposits, patient medical and dental histories, 
                                               preventive instruction and treatment planning.

 

5.         COURSE GOAL:        Explores basic dental hygiene theory and development of basic skills.  Focuses on the application of diagnostic, preventative and therapeutic procedures and includes an introduction to dentistry and dental hygiene, dental and medical terminology, infection control, the removal of tooth deposits, patient medical and dental histories, preventive instruction and treatment planning.

 

6.        COURSE

           OBJECTIVES:            A detailed list of course objectives will be given at the beginning

                                              of the first class.

 

7.        EVALUATIONS:

 

           COURSE GRADING SCALE:
              A     93 - 100
              B     85 - 92
              C     77 - 84
              D     69 - 76
              F     68 - 0

 

Special Remarks:

 

            The format of written evaluation will primarily be short answer, list, multiple choice,

            essay and true/false. Students will be held accountable for all material presented in

            class, in handouts and in assigned readings. All assigned readings must be read prior

            to class.  Class lectures and activities will be utilized to enhance the reading material. 

 

            Tutoring is a special mechanism available to students with unsuccessful progress in

            any DEH class provided they have shown obvious effort and met with their instructor

            concerning their situation.  It will only be provided if the student requests the service

            and the instructor is satisfied that the service is needed.

 

Attendance:    Attendance is expected in all classes and is required in all dental hygiene

                        classes (didactic, laboratory and clinic).  It is the student’s responsibility
to arrive on time and be prepared for class. 

                        The attendance policy of the Dental Hygiene Program will be the same as

                        Pueblo Community Colleges’ with the following additions:

·        Any absence must be reported to the program secretary by 8:00 a.m.

·        If any absence occurs during a scheduled test or examination, the student will be

required to complete the said exercise within one week of the original date.  The make-

up test must be scheduled with the course instructor.    

·        Extended absences for whatever reason will be dealt with on an individual basis.

·        In the event of an absence, the student will be required to make up class time

      with an appropriate assignment as designated by the course faculty.  Clinic Time Cannot Be Made Up.

  

Academic Integrity:

                                   

The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity.  Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook.  Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following:  cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation.  It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty.  Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor.

 

ADA Notice:

Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class.  Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information.