DH 100 - Pre-Dental Hygiene

2 Credit(s)

Course Description: This course introduces the basic knowledge and skills needed to provide basic dental hygiene services. The course will review basic dental terminology. The students will learn how to assess a patient’s oral health needs and plan dental hygiene treatment to meet those needs.

Course Learning Outcomes:

CLO#1: Apply critical thinking skills and evidence-based decision making to the practice of dental hygiene.
CLO#2: Research and evaluate career opportunities related to dental hygienist.
CLO#3: Develop a planned sequence of educational and clinical services based on the dental hygiene diagnosis using the problem-based approach. (ILO: Information Literacy)
CLO#4: Analyze and interpret the assessment data to formulate a dental hygiene diagnosis related to and congruent with the diagnosis of the dentist and other health professionals.
CLO#5: Determine medical conditions that require special precautions or consideration prior to or during dental hygiene treatment.

ACTI Code and Course Type
210 Career / Tech Preparatory

Length of Course:
A required State minimum of (20) and a standard RCC delivery of (22) lecture hours per term, not to exceed (24) hours per term.