DHYG 3103 - Pre-Clinical Dental Hygiene Theory

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3 Lecture
Offered: Fall

Theoretical instruction of basic dental hygiene procedures. Topics include dental equipment operation/maintenance, infection control/aseptic techniques/safety practices, current principles of the instrumentation, and basic data collection and procedures performed by the dental hygienist. Applies theory at the laboratory/clinical level in DHYG 3102.

Prerequisites: admission to the dental hygiene program
Corequisites: DHYG 2111 - Dental Anatomy And Occlusion, DHYG 2313 - Radiology, DHYG 2432 - Head And Neck Anatomy, DHYG 3102 - Pre-Clinical Dental Hygiene, and DHYG 3412 - Oral Embryology And Histology