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- Effective Term:
- Fall 2024
- Course Number:
- DH 243
- Course Title:
- Dental Hygiene Restorative Practice II
- Credit Hours:
- 2
- Lecture Hours:
- 0
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 60
Course Description
Provides comprehensive training in restorative dentistry. Reinforces foundational skills in performing restorative procedures, focusing on hands-on practice in the clinical setting. Covers a range of restorative services, emphasizing the development of essential clinical techniques and patient care skills.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to:
- Perform chairside assisting duties during restorative procedures.
- Record patient consent for restorative procedures.
- Use pain management techniques required for restorative procedures.
- Complete permanent, temporary, and therapeutic restorations as directed by a dentist at the beginner restorative clinician level.
- Assess and adjust occlusion prior to evaluation of final restoration by a dentist at the beginner restorative clinician level.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Formative and summative skill evaluations
Mock board examination
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
Concepts and Themes:
- Management of restorative dentistry
- Four-handed dentistry
- Restorative procedures on patients
- Temporary restorations
- Professionalism
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Team Building
Skills:
- Chairside assisting
- Maintenance of a dry working field
- Places bases, liners or varnishes as required
- Places, carves, polishes and finishes amalgam and composite restorations on patients
- Evaluate and adjust occlusion
- Proper handling of restorative sharps and hazardous waste