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Aug 31, 2024
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DH 403 - Periodontic Principles II Credits: 2 Description Fundamental principles of periodontics, etiology, histopathology, classification of gingival and periodontal diseases, prevention, and non-surgical treatment.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Differentiate periodontal diseases according to the American Association of Periodontics (AAP).
- Break down the etiological factors of periodontal disease: microbiol, occlusal, systemic, and local.
- Diagram the histological pathogenesis of periodontal disease.
- Interpret clinical and radiographic manifestations of periodontal diseases.
- Integrate the science of periodontology into the dental hygiene process of care.
- Validate the use of the periodontal referral and recare maintenance schedule as a post procedural tool.
- Defend diagnosis and prognostic concepts in periodontal disease.
- Differentiate the roles that the host/parasite interaction and immunology plays in periodontal disease and wound healing.
- Outline essential components in a periodontal disease preventive program.
- Support various prognoses used in treating periodontal patients with nonsurgical therapeutic techniques.
Prerequisite: Admission to the B.S. Dental Hygiene program
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