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At the end of the course the student will be able to (with a minimum of
90% accuracy):
1. Identify medical and dental precautions in patient treatment,
determine proper precautionary procedures (including referral) and
apply those procedures during treatment.
2. Apply current emergency procedures whenever necessary for the
patient's well-being.
3. Apply current principles of infection control.
4. Integrate and perform all aspects of dental hygiene care on a variety
of patients at SRJC dental hygiene clinic. Care will include
assessment procedures, recording (charting) of
findings, dental hygiene diagnosis and treatment planning, preventive
procedures, therapeutic procedures, adjunct therapies and follow up
and maintenance care.
5. Take and record patient medical, dental, and dental hygiene histories.
6. Perform and record findings from extra and intraoral examinations.
7. Conduct and perform accurate periodontal examinations.
8. Image and use radiographs in recognizing normal and abnormal
conditions of the oral cavity.
9. Request consultations for further medical or dental clarification when
indicated.
10. Establish dental hygiene treatment/care plans.
11. Assess patient s needs for pain control procedures; administer such
procedures and identify and manage complications which may occur.
pain control includes such things as behavior modification, local
anesthesia administration, and administration of nitrous oxide
conscious sedation.
12. Perform appropriate preventive procedures on a variety of patients.
13. Accurately determine, select and use the proper armamentarium used in
initial preparation and maintenance therapy on patients.
14. Demonstrate an ability to perform instrumentation and ultrasonic
procedures with confidence.
15. Accurately detect and remove plaque, calculus, and altered cementum
from unattached tooth surfaces.
16. Accurately perform the following skills: scaling and root planing,
gingival crettage, administration of local anesthesia,
administration of nitrous oxide conscious sedation, margination
procedures, placing occlusal sealants, fluoride therapy, imaging and
interpreting radiographs, finishing and polishing restorations.
17. Perform dental hygiene services for patients at extramural clinical
sites.
18. Demonstrate a high level of professional and ethical conduct with
patients, students, faculty and staff.
19. Demonstrate a high level of proficiency in the comprehensive
management of patient care.
20. Determine the need, the correct time in treatment sequencing, and the
appropriate mechanism for referral to appropriate referral sources.
i.e. physician, general dentist, dental specialist.
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A. Preparing for the Mock Board clinical examination
B. Prepare for the National Board examination
C. How to take a standardized test
D. Research methods - statistical analysis, research design
E. Preparing for the State Board clinical examination
F. Policy regarding the oral examination/the evaluation of maintenance
patients
G. Protocol for patient dismissal
H. Time management
I. The re-evaluation process
J. Soft tissue curettage - criteria for patient selection/indications and
contraindications
K. Instrument selection/how to prevent instrument breakage
L. Protocol for broken instrument tips
M. Nitrous oxide sedation - laboratory
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Dental Hygiene Theory & Practice. Darby. M. and Walsh, M. WB Saunders,
Philadelphia 1996
Periodontal Instrumentation, Pattison, A. and Pattison, G., Norwalk:
Appleton and Lange, 1992
Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist 7th Ed.. Wilkins, E.M., Malvern:
Williams & Wilkins. 1990
SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTS: Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office, 4th Ed.,
St. Louis, CV Mosby, 1993
