CCOG for DH 244 Fall 2024
- Course Number:
- DH 244
- Course Title:
- Dental Hygiene Restorative Practice III
- Credit Hours:
- 2
- Lecture Hours:
- 0
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 60
Course Description
Provides a culmination of comprehensive training in restorative dentistry. Improves upon and reinforces clinical skills in performing restorative procedures, focusing on hands-on practice in the clinical setting. Covers a range of restorative services, emphasizing clinical techniques and patient care skills. Prerequisites: DH 243.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to:
- Demonstrate chairside assisting duties during restorative procedures.
- Obtain patient informed consent for restorative procedures.
- Employ pain management techniques required for restorative procedures.
- Demonstrate placement, finishing and polishing of permanent, temporary, and therapeutic restorations as directed by a dentist at the entry restorative clinician level.
- Evaluate and adjust the patient's occlusion prior to final restoration evaluation by attending dentist.
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
- Composite material and shade selection
- Place bases, liners or varnishes as required.
- Place, carve, polish and finish amalgam and composite restorations.
- Evaluate and adjust occlusion
- Proper handling of restorative sharps and hazardous waste