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Effective Term:
Fall 2024

Course Number:
DH 244
Course Title:
Dental Hygiene Restorative Practice III
Credit Hours:
2
Lecture Hours:
0
Lecture/Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
60

Course Description

Provides a culmination of comprehensive training in restorative dentistry. Improves upon and reinforces clinical skills in performing restorative procedures, focusing on hands-on practice in the clinical setting. Covers a range of restorative services, emphasizing clinical techniques and patient care skills.

Intended Outcomes for the course

Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate chairside assisting duties during restorative procedures.
  2. Obtain patient informed consent for restorative procedures.
  3. Employ pain management techniques required for restorative procedures.
  4. Demonstrate placement, finishing and polishing of permanent, temporary, and therapeutic restorations as directed by a dentist at the entry restorative clinician level.
  5. Evaluate and adjust the patient's occlusion prior to final restoration evaluation by attending dentist.

Outcome Assessment Strategies

Formative and summative skill evaluations

Mock board examination

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

Concepts and Themes:

  • Management of restorative dentistry
  • Four-handed dentistry
  • Restorative procedures on patients
  • Temporary restorations
  • Professionalism
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Team Building

Skills:

  • Chairside assisting
  • Composite material and shade selection
  • Place bases, liners or varnishes as required.
  • Place, carve, polish and finish amalgam and composite restorations.
  • Evaluate and adjust occlusion
  • Proper handling of restorative sharps and hazardous waste