DH 405 - Clinical Dental Hygiene II

1. Use problem-solving skills and critical thinking to evaluate instructor guidance, peer review, and remediation feedback contributing to professional growth.
2. Improve practitioner cultural sensitivity of diverse population while providing dental hygiene care.
3. Enhance teamwork between the student practitioner, patient’s dentist, and physician to provide safe, optimal dental hygiene care.
4. Create dental hygiene diagnoses through the dental hygiene process of care for various patient case types including moderate to advanced periodontal disease, geriatric, and special needs patients.
5. Justify the need for dental imaging including the appropriate technique and interpretation with the assistance of the faculty.
6. Use self-reflection to assess professional growth.
7. Judge patients’ need for pain control in clinical situations and administer local anesthesia and Nitrous Oxide analgesia according to the standard of care.
8. Appraise the effects of tobacco use on the oral cavity and general health.
9. Synthesize data gathered during patient assessment to develop a comprehensive dental hygiene care plan.
10. Interpret each patient’s medical history and vital signs in a manner that will determine the specific needs of the patient.
11. Enhance information literacy and research skills.