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COURSE SYLLABUS

 

1.         TITLE OF COURSE:              Advanced Dental Hygiene Theory                       

            PREFIX/NUMBER:                 DEH 259                CREDIT HOURS: 2               

 

2.         PREREQUISITES:                  Current Enrollment in the Dental Hygiene Program                    

 

3.         RESOURCES NEEDED:         Professional Journals, Periodicals, Internet Access

 

                        TEXT:                          Darby, M. Mosby’s Comprehensive Review of Dental Hygiene 6th Edition, Mosby, 2006

 

                                                            Darby, M. and Walsh, M. Dental Hygiene Theory and Practice 2nd Edition, Saunders, 2003.

 

                                                            Thomson, E. Case Studies in Dental Hygiene 2nd Edition, Pearson Education, 2009.

 

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 gain knowledge needed to treat a wide range of special       
                                                needs  patients, who require modification of routine dental 
                                                appointment procedures.

 

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

            

7.         EVALUATION PROCEDURES:

 

                        Course Requirements

 

                                    Quizzes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10%

                                    Special Patient Presentation. . . .30%

                                    Written Exam #1. . . . . . . . . . . . 20%

                                    Written Exam #2. . . . . . . . . . . . 20%

                                    Written Exam #3. . . . . . . . ….   20%

                                                                                      100%

                         Grading Scale
                        
A        93 - 100
                       
B        85 - 92
                       
C        77 - 84
                       
D        69 - 76                                                                 
                       
F        68 - 0

 

ATTENDANCE POLICY:       

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.

 

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