DEHY1404

This course is a continuation of Clinical Seminar II (DEHY 1402) with emphasis on advanced dental hygiene skills, and adjunct therapies. The course includes didactic study of treatment planning and preventative therapy with the use of oral health care adjuncts such as: dentifrices and mouthrinses, hypersensitivity treatment, ultrasonic powered instrumentation, dental antimicrobials and chemotherapeutics, implant care and care for the client who is medically compromised with cardiovascular disease and blood disorders. It includes the local delivery of chemotherapeutic agents and hypersensitivity treatment in a lab setting. This course is to be taken concurrently with DH Materials and Methods (DEHY 1421) and Clinical DH III (DEHY 1486).

Student Learning Outcomes:

• Utilize the dental hygiene process of care to identify unmet dental needs and determine dental hygiene therapies.
• Formulate and present a formal dental hygiene care plan.
• Recognize the need for and recommendation of appropriate mouth rinses and dentifrices, hypersensitivity therapy and placement of antimicrobials/chemotherapeutics.
• Recognize the need for advanced ultrasonic instrumentation for effective clinical treatment planning.
• Propose appropriate treatment for the client with implants and present motivational strategies for home care.
• Recognize client special needs in relationship to cardiovascular disease.
• Compose a literature review on a product or method utilizing evidenced based research to incorporate into a dental hygiene care plan.