This course is designed to continue to enhance the skills necessary in providing clinical preventive and therapeutic dental hygiene services. Experiences in comprehensive dental hygiene patient care will include advanced manual instrumentation, ultrasonic instrumentation, and application of chemotherapeutic agents, nutrition counseling, whitening trays, and sealant placement. A burgeoning portfolio of competencies is expected at the completion of this course. A burgeoning portfolio of foundational competencies is expected at the completion of this course. This course allows for further enhancement of clinical skills and mastery of the entry level competencies to the dental hygiene profession. Students will take a simulation of a Clinical Dental Hygiene Regional Licensing Examination.
Prerequisites
DHG298