This course is designed to present to the dental hygiene student an overview of more advanced clinical competencies including instrumentation strategies, and pain control strategies. The techniques of pain control include non-invasive and behavioral strategies, local anesthesia administration and nitrous oxide sedation. Students will have lab experiences to practice the pain control techniques. Didactic and lab sessions are presented for the clinical skills associated with: Chemotherapeutics, Dentinal Hypersensitivity, and advanced instrumentation techniques. These skills will be practiced in the lab and then delivered under supervised sessions in concurrent and future clinic sessions.
Prerequisites
DHG113