2020-2021 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2020-2021 Catalog and Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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DH 117 - Periodontics I


Credits: 2
Description
Concepts and practice of advanced instrumentation, instrument sharpening, periodontal debridement, power scaling, chemotherapeutics and desensitizing agents, air-jet, sealant placement, soft tissue curettage, dental implants and lasers.

Student Learning Outcomes
  1. Perform advanced instrumentation skills using area-specific curets and files.
  2. Sharpen area-specific and universal curets, sickles, and files..
  3. Apply accepted methods of choosing and applying desensitization products.
  4. Apply pit and fissure sealants using the latest application techniques.
  5. Apply appropriate subgingival irrigation products and apply those products using accepted techniques.
  6. Apply appropriate methods, procedures, and armamentarium for occlusal evaluation.
  7. Perform periodontal debridement procedures without causing trauma to hard or soft dental tissues.
  8. Describe root anatomical features commonly encountered during periodontal debridement.
  9. Perform soft tissue curettage.
  10. Describe various types of dental implants and the role dental hygienists play in the maintenance of implants.
  11. Apply accepted theory, methods, and armamentarium for ultrasonic scaling procedures.
  12. Apply accepted theory, armamentarium, and methods for air jet polishing.
  13. Demonstrate manual scaling techniques using files.
  14. Analyze the role of dental lasers in dentistry

Prerequisite: DH 104  and Admission to the Associate of Science Dental Hygiene Program



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