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COURSE SYLLABUS

1.                     TITLE OF COURSE:              Advanced Clinical Skills                

                        PREFIX/NUMBER:                DEH 134                CREDIT HOURS: 1               

 2.                     PREREQUISITES:                  Current enrollment in Dental Hygiene program.

 3.                     RESOURCES NEEDED:

                                         TEXT:            Nield-Gehrig, “Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation,” 6^th Ed., Lippincott & Wilkins, 2008.

                                  SUPPLIES:           Kilgore Study Model #B3 – 305 (325)

                                                               Kilgore International, Inc.  Coldwater, Michigan

                                                               Typodont   

4.                     COURSE

                        DESCRIPTIONS:          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:          To provide the theory and laboratory experiences for topics of root morphology and advanced periodontal instrumentation techniques. 

6.                      COURSE

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

7.                    EVALUATION 
                       PROCEDURES:      

                      Laboratory Exercises                         Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory   

                        EVALUATION:

                        Written Examination #1                                25%

                        Written Examination #2                                25%

                        Written Examination #3                                25%

                        Instrumentation Concept Paper                    10%

                        Final Laboratory Proficiency                        15% 

                                                                                          100%                   

                              Grading Scale

            A              93 - 100

            B              85 - 92

            C              77 - 84

            D              69 - 76

            F               68 - 0

Special Remarks:

ATTENDANCE:             

Attendance 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 administrative assistant by 8:00 a.m. Absences and tardies are tracked by the administrative assistant.

§        If any absence occurs during a scheduled test or examination, the student will receive an automatic zero (0).

§        Extended absences for emergency circumstances will be dealt with on an individual basis.

§        More than two absences will result in the lowering of a full letter grade.

§       Three or more tardies are equal to one absence.

§        If 20 percent or more of a lecture or laboratory class is missed, the student will receive a failing grade.

§        Missed Clinics 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 STATEMENT

“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.”