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COURSE SYLLABUS

1. TITLE OF COURSE: LOCAL ANESTHESIA
  PREFIX/NUMBER: DEH 133          CREDIT HOURS: 2
2. PREREQUISITE: Enrolled in the Dental Hygiene Program, BIO 201, BIO 202, and DEH 123
3. RESOURCES NEEDED:  
 

TEXT:

Malamed, Stanley F. "Handbook of Local Anesthesia,"

5th Edition,. C.V. Mosby, 2004.

Fehrenbach, Herring, “Illistrated Anatomy of the Head and Neck”, Saunders, 2002.

 

DVD:

Local Anesthesia Administration DVD, Stanley F. Malamed, Elsevier Mosby, 2004.

4. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Focuses on dental hygiene theory and laboratory experiences with major topics related to advanced clinical skills, including advanced instrumentation fulcrums, root morphology, periodontal files, periodontal file sharpening, mini curettes, after five curettes, nabors probe, universal focus spray ultrasonics, and scaling implants.
5. COURSE GOAL:

1.    To be able to administer local anesthetics 

       competently including, but not limited to the following

       concerns:

       a.         Proper injection techniques

       b.         Selection to appropriate type of local

                   anesthetic for patient and procedure

       c.         Patient management

       d.         Knowledge of actions of Local Anesthetics

       e.         Knowledge of actions of vasoconstrictors

       f.          Selection of appropriate injection for given

                   procedure

2.   To meet necessary requirements as specified in the

      Colorado Dental Practice Act.

3.     For those wishing to be licensed in California, we will

      specify number and type of injections necessary for

      licensure.

     
6. COURSE OBJECTIVES:
  Students will be given a detailed list of course/instructional objectives on the first day of class.
7. EVALUATION PROCEDURES:
   

Quizzes   

 20%
Unit Objectives    20%
Written Final Exam   20%
    Clinical Competence Exam #1 20%
    Clinical Competence Exam #2  20%
       
       

GRADING SCALE

 

93 - 100%

A

85 -  92%

B

77 - 84%

C

69 - 76%

D

0 - 68%

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Special Remarks:

 

A.

Attendance:  Will be required for all classes with more than two absences resulting in the lowering of the final grade by one grade level.

B.

Tardy Policy:  A student who is late three times (enters classroom after instruction begins) or leaves early (before instruction is over) will be charged with one full absence.

8. COURSE OUTLINE:
See instructor on the first day of class for a detailed course outline.
9. 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.
10. 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.