May 12, 2024  
2023-2025 Catalog Volume XXXI Ver 1 
    
2023-2025 Catalog Volume XXXI Ver 1

RDH 1230 Dental Hygiene Practice Pre-Clinic I


Lecture: 2 Lab: 0 Practica: 3 Total Credits: 5
This course examines dental hygiene history and professional growth. Topics include an introduction to infection control, medical and dental history review, recording, acquisition, and monitoring of vital signs, and intraoral and extraoral examination. Principles of positioning for periodontal instrumentation, instrument classification, grasp, finger rests, as well as, instrument movement and orientation are taught with the aid of the manikin to prepare students for clinical hygiene practice.

Prerequisite(s): Program Admission