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COURSE SYLLABUS

1. TITLE OF COURSE: ADVANCED DENTAL HYGIENE THEORY
  PREFIX/NUMBER: DEH 259 CREDIT HOURS: 2
2. PREREQUISITE: Currently enrolled in the Dental Hygiene Program
3. RESOURCES NEEDED:
   
TEXT: Darby; Walsh; Dental Hygiene Theory and Practice 2nd Edition, Saunders, 2003.

Wilkens, Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist, 9th edition, Lea and Febiger, 2005.

SUPPLIES: None
4. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Focuses on the care of patients with special needs (such as physical and mental disabilities and systemic conditions).  Emphasizes patient management and treatment considerations.
5. COURSE GOAL: To provide the knowledge needed to treat a wide range of special needs patients, who require modification of routine dental appointment procedures.
6. COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Students will be given a detailed list of course/instructional objectives on the first day of class.
7. EVALUATION PROCEDURES:
Quizzes Written Examination #2 10%
Special Patient Presentation 30%
Written Exam #1 20%
Written Exam #2 20%
Written Exam #3 20%
Total 100%

GRADING SCALE

 

93 - 100%

A

85 -  92%

B

77 - 84%

C

69 - 76%

D

0 - 68%

F
Special Remarks:
A. Attendance:  Will be required for all classes with more than two absences resulting in the lowering of the final grade by 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.