DEH 1002 Fundamentals of Dental Hygiene

Introduces the basic principles, procedures, and skills required to provide comprehensive preventive dental health services for patients. Topics include dental hygiene as a profession, intro to ethics, infection control, instrument design and utilization, gingival characteristics, tooth deposits, medical history analysis, oral inspection, patient education, handpiece polishing, fluorides, preventive dentistry, OSHA, and evidence based dental hygiene. 

 

Credits

3 cc

Prerequisite

DES 1000.

Corequisite

DEH 1002L.

Offered

FA.

Notes

AS only.