Dental Hygiene Care 1 (DHYG 2114)
This course is designed to provide learners with theoretical knowledge required for novice clinical dental hygiene practice. Emphasis will be placed on infection prevention and control, client assessment, instrumentation skills, preventive dentistry, and radiology. Instructional strategies such as laboratory and clinical work are utilized to support learning.
Course code: DHYG 2114
Credits: 7.5
Tuition: $0
Length: 141.0 hours
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- Management of the practice environment, including physical and microbial aspects
- Dental ergonomics and surgical magnification
- Instrumentation principles
- Clinical assessments, including records management and annotations of the following: health history, vital signs, head & neck, intra-oral soft tissue, periodontal, dental, and occlusal examinations
- Introduction to the dental hygiene scope of practice with respect to radiography
- Principles of radiology, dental radiography, radiation safety, and bitewing and periapical dental imaging techniques.
- Preventive oral self-care strategies
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
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