MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DENTAL HYGIENE PROGRAM Course Title: Preventive Oral Health Services II - DHG 152 Credits: 2 Term: Spring Semester, 2004 Schedule: Wednesday 8:00-10:00 AM SC 303 Instructor: Joan McClintock, RDH, MEd. SC 232 (215) 641-6485 jmcclin@mc3.edu Course Description: A course designed to provide the dental hygiene student with the opportunity to expand his/her knowledge and experience in planning and providing oral health services. Topics include instrumentation, referral mechanisms, treatment planning, dental hygiene diagnosis and clinic procedures. Focus is placed on the student s development of skills in communication and treatment of patients as well as functioning in clinic in an effective and efficient manner. General Course Objectives: Develop the professional attitudes, conduct and judgment necessary to provide preventive patient care to adult, child and special needs patients. Determine an individual patient s needs by completing the appropriate data collection and assessment procedures and formulating a dental hygiene diagnosis. Analyze the treatment plan in terms of quality, appropriateness of care and instrument selection. Expand and elaborate on the knowledge, principles, methodology and clinical competency necessary to provide effective and individualized patient care. Exhibit knowledge of the pain control indications, various strategies available methods and actions of topical anesthesia, nitrous oxide analgesia and desensitizing agents. Develop professional and ethical responsibilities and obligations. Develop skills in patient management.
Identify and develop educational strategies for various patients. Discuss and define various dental specialties. Discuss and apply information gained in the dental specialties clinical setting. Discuss and utilize appropriate referral mechanisms. Value the practice of ethical treatment planning, product selection and recommendation. Supporting Competencies for each class will be given to the student prior to the class. Attendance: Attendance is important. After two (2) absences your final grade will be dropped a letter grade. Lateness or leaving early will be counted as one-half of an absence. Course grades, class, and clinic information will be posted on the college s site. You will be responsible for accessing the information from that resource and participating in the discussion board forums. Cheating / Plagiarism: Refer to the Student Code of Conduct and http://www.mc3.edu/gen/polpro/st_code_of_conduct.html Student Academic Code of Ethics http://www.mc3.edu/gen/polpro/st_acad_code_of_ethics.html All academic work submitted to fulfill a course requirement is expected to be the result of each student s own thought, research and self-expression. Plagiarism (using all or part of a previously published or unpublished work that is not the student s own work without crediting the source) or any form of cheating (e.g. looking at someone else s paper, using crib sheets during an exam, falsifying information, talking and/or exchanging examination questions, permitting a test paper to be viewed by others) will result in a zero for the assignment and subject the student to possible dismissal from the program. APA bibliographic style must be used for documentation. Students with disabilities may be eligible for accommodations in this course. Please contact the Director of Services for Students with Disabilities in the Counseling Center, College Hall, at (215) 641-6575/6577 for more information. At the West Campus, contact the Director of Student Affairs, (610) 718-1839
Evaluation: The evaluation for the course is based on a percentage system. All projects and papers are to be typed and turned in on time. Writing style will be evaluated and reflect in your total points. If you miss an examination you must call the instructor to reschedule the exam. The exam will be scheduled on the first day you return to classes. Project Tittle / Information Due Date Percentage Reaction Paper Teaching my 5% patients Dental Specialties Product Selection Treatment Plan Report and Journal Article Review Lead Class Discussion Prepare Outline for Classmates 2/8/04-10pm E-mail assignment as an attachment or use drop box in 4/7/04 10% 4/21/04 15% 4/28/04 - Written project Will present information in an informal discussion during finals week 10% Exams (2) 60% Required Text: Darby, Michele. and Walsh, Margaret., Dental Hygiene Theory and Practice. Second Edition W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA. 2003 Daniel,Susan and Harft, Sherry.,Mosby s Dental Hygiene: Concepts,Cases and Competencies.Mosby,Philadelphia,2002 Pattison, Anna M., Periodontal Instrumentation, 2 nd edition. Appleton and Lange, Norwalk. 1992 Hu-Friedy Sharpening Manual It s About Time to Get on the Cutting Edge MCCC Dental Hygiene Clinic Handbook (2003-2004)
Course Schedule Spring 2004 DATE TOPIC READING DANIEL S - CD ROM 1/21 Course Overview Dental Hygiene Diagnosis Treatment Planning Darby Chapters 16, 17 Clinic handbook William Johnston 1/22 - Thursd ay Dental Hygiene Diagnosis Treatment Planning Chart Documentation Darby Chapters 16,17 Clinic handbook William Johnston Section 10 Patient Experience Print Rationale 1/28 Powered Instrumentation in Periodontal Debridement Darby 472-490 Daniels chapter 31 pages 553-561 Clinic Handbook Section 6 William Johnston- Patient experience Perio debridement polisher 2/4 2/11 2/18 Pain and Anxiety Control Care of Dental Appliances Instrumentation: Hoes, Chisels, Files Desensitization 37,28 Darby - Chapter 32 and 34 pages 694-700 Darby Chapter 33 Daniels- Chapter 25 Section 7 NO2 the facts Levels of sedation Contraindications to sedation Patient experience exercise all patients NO2 contraindications Section 4- Care of dental appliances Section 4- Theory of dentinal sensitivity, Management of dentinal sensitivity, Patient Experience - Ann Cronin 2/25 Sharpening Bring 1 set of instruments Sharpening stone / test stick and HuFriedy Book HuFriedy Book 8 Section 2 Instrument Sharpening Determine sharpening error
3/3 8:00 9:00 9:15 10 :00 Exam I Clinic Procedures discussion 3/10 Life Span Approach to Dental and Dental Hygiene Care 3/17 Spring Break Darby Chapter 48, pages 54-57 42, 9 Pages 458 463 Patient Experiences Exercises Life Span Considerations 3/24 and 3/31 Life Span Approach to Dental and Dental Hygiene Care Darby Chapter 48, pages 54-57 42, 9 Pages 458 463 Patient Experiences Exercises Life Span Considerations 4/7 Dental Specialties Bring Report and Journal Article to Class Patient Records Would you refer any of these patients to a Dental Specialist? 4/14 Diet and Nutrition in Oral Health and Disease Nutritional Counseling Darby 576-587 MCCC Clinic Handbook 18 Patient Experiences Elena Guris and Maria Bjork Nutrition assessment 4/21 Product Selection Class Presentation-Handouts Distributed By Class 4/28 Exam II Finals Week - Treatment Plan / Dental Hygiene Diagnosis Case / informal case presentation