DH 415 - Clinical Dental Hygiene III

1. Integrate self-reflection to assess professional growth.
2. Integrate tobacco use and cessation modalities into dental hygiene practice.
3. Judge teamwork between the student practitioner, patient’s dentist, and physician to provide safe, optimal dental hygiene care.
4. Justify the need for dental imaging including the appropriate technique and interpretation without assistance of the faculty.
5. Appraise the patient’s need for pain control in clinical situations and administer local anesthesia and nitrous oxide analgesia according to the standard of care.
6. Integrate each patient’s medical history, vital signs, and patient assessment data into care planning and delivery of treatment using standards of care.
7. Integrate information literacy and research skills into all aspects of dental hygiene practice.
8. Perform a clinical demonstration of skills on a standardized patient to the level of competence in preparation for licensure.
9. Perform a clinical demonstration of skills on a standardized patient to the level of competence in preparation for licensure.