DENT 251 - Dental Hygiene Clinic Seminar II

(Summer Only)

Introduces the dental hygiene student to the oral needs of the following patients: mentally challenged, physically challenged, the patient with psychiatric disorders, the geriatric patient, the pregnant patient, the patient with cardiovascular disease, and the cleft lip/palate patient. Special emphasis is placed on the recall/maintenance phase of dental hygiene care. In addition, the topics of margination/overhang removal and hypersensitivity will be discussed. Prerequisite(s): C or better in DENT 250.
(PCS 1.2, 2 credit hours - 2 hours lecture, 0 hours lab)