DHG 120 - Dental Hygiene 2

Credit(s): 2
Lecture/Lab Contact Hours: 2, 0

This course focuses on the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to begin to provide dental hygiene services for patients in the dental hygiene clinic. Concepts in treatment planning, assessment of the oral cavity for the clinical patient, preventive dentistry for the clinical patient, debridement of hard and soft deposits in the oral cavity for the clinical patient, and evaluation of dental hygiene services will utilize information and skills learned in the previous semester. Along with building upon previously learned concepts, information concerning common medical emergencies in the dental office, tobacco prevention and cessation intervention, and pain control, will also be covered.
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AAS, AGS, and Certificates where applicable (1.2)

Offered: Spring
Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of first year, fall semester dental, hygiene courses.
General Education: Not Applicable