Course Content and Outcomes Guides (CCOG)

CCOG for DH 210 Winter 2025


Course Number:
DH 210
Course Title:
Dental Radiology II
Credit Hours:
1
Lecture Hours:
10
Lecture/Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
0

Course Description

Continues to build upon the foundational knowledge acquired in Dental Radiography I. Explores advanced principles and techniques in dental imaging. Expands upon theoretical aspects including extraoral imaging and image interpretation as it relates to clinical dental hygiene. Corequisites: DH 210L.

Intended Outcomes for the course

Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to:

  1. Explain the indications for advanced radiographic techniques.
  2. Discuss conditions that would require adjustment of exposure technique for patients with special needs.
  3. Explain the patient indications and benefits of extraoral imaging.
  4. Interpret radiographic images.

Outcome Assessment Strategies

Quizzes

Interpretation activities

Comprehensive final exam

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

Themes and Concepts:

  • Occlusal and Localization Techniques

  • Imaging of Patients with Special Needs

  • Panoramic Imaging

  • Normal Anatomy: Panoramic Imaging

  • Extraoral Imaging

  • Three-Dimensional Digital Imaging

  • Introduction to Image Interpretation

  • Descriptive Terminology

  • Identification of Restorations, Dental Materials, and Foreign Objects

  • Interpretation of Dental Caries

  • Interpretation of Periodontal Disease

  • Interpretation of Trauma, Pulpal Lesions, and Periapical Lesions

Skills:

  • Identify normal radiographic appearances of teeth and jaws and variations within the normal

  • Explain the use of radiographs in periodontal diagnosis and identify various stages of the disease process on radiographs

  • Identify dental caries and the varying stages of carious lesions

  • Identify restorations on radiographs

  • Recognize the radiographic appearance of the pulp chamber and the presence or absence of periapical disease