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The student will be able to:
A. Assess each patient s health history to determine their suitability
to receive local anesthetics, vasoconstrictors, and determine if
modifications to the dental hygiene care plane are required.
B. Describe the physiological mechanism of nerve conduction.
C. Describe each of the anesthetic agents and vasoconstrictors used in
dentistry and discuss the rationale behind the selection of a
particular agent when providing dental hygiene care.
D. Calculate the maximal safe dose of each local anesthetic agent and
vasoconstrictor for each patient.
E. Assemble, disassemble and properly maintain the armamentarium
equired for administration of local anesthetics.
F. Identify the anatomical landmarks on both a skull and a patient for
the following injections: supraperiosteal/local infiltration,
anterior/superior alveolar nerve block, infraorbital nerve block,
middle superior alveolar nerve block, posterior superior alveolar
nerve block, greater palatine nerve block, nasopalatine nerve block,
inferior alveolar nerve block, lingual nerve block, buccal nerve
block, mental nerve block incisive nerve block.
G. Identify which nerve, teeth and soft tissue structures are
anesthetized with each of the preceding injections.
H. Administer local anesthetics to a classmate and clinical patients
following procedural guidelines for each of the preceding
injections.
I. Identify the local complications which may result from the
administration of anesthetic agents and the proper management of
these complications.
J. Recognize and assist in the management of any systemic complication
which may result from the administration of anesthetic agents.
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Local Anesthesia
1. Physiology of nerve conduction
2. Pharmacology of local anesthetics and vasoconstrictors
3. Pre-anesthetic Client Assessment
4. Armamentarium-usage and troubleshooting
5. Anatomic review of oro-facial structures
6. Local Anesthetic Administration Technique
7. Complications and Their Management
8. Emergency Management/CPR Review
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because problem solving assessments and skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course. |
|
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
10 - 60% |
| Homework problems, Quizzes, Exams, Skills | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
10 - 80% |
| Class performances, Field work, Performance exams | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
5 - 50% |
| Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
5 - 30% |
| Professionalism: See file for criteria used in evaluation. | |
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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 TEXT: Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office, 4th Ed.,
St. Louis, CV Mosby, 1993
