CCOG for DH 102 Winter 2025
- Course Number:
- DH 102
- Course Title:
- Dental Hygiene Theory II
- Credit Hours:
- 2
- Lecture Hours:
- 20
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Expands on dental hygiene theory and practice. Emphasizes patient care considerations related to human growth and development, supplemental care, and advanced concepts. Corequisites: DH 105.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to:
- Evaluate instrument care and sharpening.
- Assess and recommend treatment for dentinal hypersensitivity.
- Explain periodontal disease development.
- Apply evaluation principles in dental hygiene practice.
- Design continuing care plans.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Quizzes
Case studies
Comprehensive final exam
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
Themes and Concepts:
- Instrument care and sharpening
- Dentinal hypersensitivity
- Periodontal disease development
- Principles of evaluation
- Continuing care
- The pregnant patient and infant
- The pediatric patient
- The older adult patient
- Family violence
- Intro to nonsurgical periodontal therapy