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DHYG-2231-001 Dental Hygiene Care II
Prerequisite: DHYG 2201
A continuation of Dental Hygiene Care I. Dental hygiene care for the medically or dentally compromised patient including advanced instrumentation techniques.
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Notice to Students enrolled in an educational program for preparation of issuance of certain occupational licenses:
Students enrolled in an educational program in preparation for obtaining certain occupational licenses are potentially ineligible for such license if the student has been convicted of an offense. For further information, please contact:
Melodie Graves
Justice Involved Advocate
Student Service Center 117
mgraves24@actx.edu
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You can also contact the Legal Clinic, or the faculty member in charge of the educational program that you seek to enroll in. The further information you will receive will include notification to you of your right to request a criminal history evaluation letter from the licensing authority in order to clarify your particular situation.
(2 sem hrs; 1 lec, 4 lab)
On Campus Course
Students are required to have the most current edition of textbooks.
1. Wilkins' Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist and access code for Navigate 2 by Linda D. Boyd, Lisa F. Mallonee, and Charlotte J.Wyche, 13th edition, Jones & Bartlettt Learning, 2021.
2. Active Learning Workbook for Wilkins' Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist by Jane. F Halaris and Charlotte J. Wyche, 13th edition, Jones and Bartlett Learning, 2021.
3. Case Studies in Dental Hygiene by Evelyn M. Thompson, 3rd edition, Pearson, 2013.
Teaching Methods
The course is taught in a lecture/lab format. Various teaching methods will be used to facilitate the goals and objectives of this course. The material will be posted on Blackboard Ultra. Lab assignments are included to support learning and include case studies, homework, and CE assignments.
Technical Skills and Requirements
Students will need access to a laptop, computer, or tablet for quizzes, tests, and assignments.
Students are required to have regular, reliable access to a stable internet connection.
Students need to be proficient in sending and receiving emails with attachments, uploading documents, and participating in discussion boards.
Computers can break, servers can crash, and electric power can go out. It is your responsibility to identify solutions for unexpected catastrophes by thinking ahead about solutions to potential problems. Students will be responsible for bringing their tablets or laptops to every class session. Please have the battery charged up and ready to go. Students will need to ensure that the Respondus Lockdown Browser has been installed on the computer.
Utilize CTL resources for technical help. CTL Student Help Center: (806) 371-5992 or ctlstudenthelp@actx.edu
Communication
The best way to contact me is through your student email in Blackboard. I will check my emails Monday-Friday first thing in the morning and throughout the day as time allows. I will respond to your email within 24 hours. I will answer emails sent over the weekend the following Monday morning. Please remember the use of netiquette when corresponding to faculty, staff, and peers.
Other Supplies
1. Library Card for AC and/or city library
2. Computer and Internet Access, Printer, Print Cartridges. Students may be required to print some materials.
3. Index Cards, Paper, Pens, Markers
4. Additional Materials as Needed
Course Meeting Day and Time
Thursday 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
End-of-Course Outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will formulate a dental hygiene care plan for the medically and/or dentally compromised patient and describe advanced instrumentation techniques.
Participation and Instructor Help
Learning activities in this course are designed to enhance the understanding of concepts. As a student, you are expected to prepare for these sessions and participate appropriately. All students are considered mature enough to ask questions, seek help and assistance from faculty, and are encouraged to ask questions during class.
Course Objectives
Review of Special Needs and Medical Conditions
After studying the material, the student will be able to:
1. Describe the categories of the ASA Physical Status Classification System and provide examples of adaptations necessary when providing dental hygiene care for a patient in each category.
2. Outline the current prophylactic regimens for dental procedures.
3. Outline the resting vital sign ranges for infants through older adults.
4. Outline the current adult blood pressure classifications.
5. Compare and contrast the following cardiovascular conditions: a) angina, b) myocardial infarction, c) hypertension, d) angioplasty, e) congestive heart failure, f) arrhythmia, and g) artificial valve
Chapter 55: The Patient with Cancer
After studying the chapter, the student will be able to:
1. Identify healthcare professionals involved in the multidisciplinary oncology team.
2. Explain several systemic medical treatment options utilized in cancer management.
3. Describe common oral complications secondary to cancer treatment.
4. Provide examples of evidence-based dental hygiene care strategies for mucositis management.
Chapter 56: The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Patient
After studying the chapter, the student will be able to:
1. Discuss the dental hygienist's role in the pre-and post-surgery care of the oral and maxillofacial surgery patient.
2. Discuss the pre-and post-surgical care planning for the maxillofacial surgery patient.
3. Identify the types of maxillary and mandibular fractures and discuss treatment options.
4. Describe the modifications for dental hygiene treatment, diet, and personal oral care procedures needed after maxillofacial surgery.
5. Explain the dental hygiene care needed before and after general surgery.
Chapter 57: The Patient with a Seizure Disorder
After studying this chapter, the student will be able to:
1. Define each term associated with the type of seizure disorder.
2. Describe the etiology of seizure disorders.
3. Discuss clinical manifestations of seizure disorders.
4. Develop a dental hygiene care plan, including patient education prevention strategies, for working with patients with seizure disorders.
5. Prepare an emergency care protocol for a patient having a seizure.
Chapter 58: The Patient with a Mental Health Disorder
After studying this chapter, the student will be able to:
1. Describe the various types of mental health disorders and major symptoms.
2. Summarize the side effects of treatment for mental health disorders that may have oral health complications.
3. Explain dental hygiene treatment considerations for each major category of mental health disorder.
Chapter 59: The Patient with a Substance-Related Disorder
After studying the chapter, the student will be able to:
1. Explain key terms and concepts related to the metabolism, intoxication effects, and use patterns of alcohol.
2. Identify physical health hazards, medical effects, and oral manifestations associated with alcohol and substances of abuse.
3. Interpret names of the most commonly abused drugs and describe their intoxication effects and methods of use.
4. Discuss modifications for the dental hygiene process of care for chemically dependent patients. Recognize patients who are cognitively impaired and cannot be treated safely.
5. Employ the National Institute on Drug Abuse Quick Screen to assess patients at risk for alcohol or substance abuse and provide resources for the patient to seek help.
Chapter 60: The Patient with a Respiratory Disease
After studying this chapter, the student will be able to:
1. Identify and define key terms and concepts related to respiratory diseases.
2. Differentiate between upper and lower respiratory diseases.
3. Describe the respiratory disease's etiology, symptoms, and management.
4. Plan and document dental hygiene care and oral hygiene instructions for patients with compromised respiratory function.
Chapter 62: The Patient with a Blood Disorder
After studying this chapter, the student will be able to:
1. Describe the major types of blood disorders.
2. Explain the general and oral signs and symptoms of the major types of blood disorders.
3. Identify clinical implications of selected blood values, including the INR (international normalized ratio), platelet count, and neutrophil count.
4. Provide examples of dental hygiene treatment modifications necessary for the patient with a blood disorder.
Chapter 63: The Patient with an Autoimmune Disease
After studying this chapter, the student will be able to:
1. Describe how autoimmune diseases affect the immune system.
2. Identify the various types of autoimmune diseases and the identifying symptoms and treatment.
3. Plan dental hygiene care modifications for the patient with an autoimmune disease.
Chapter 36: Anxiety and Pain Control
After studying this chapter, the student will be able to:
1. Describe the components of pain.
2. Summarize the advantages and disadvantages of nitrous oxide-oxygen administration.
3. Define titration and explain application during nitrous oxide-oxygen sedation.
4. List the local anesthetics of short, intermediate, and long duration and indications for use.
5. Give examples of absolute and relative contraindications for local anesthetic administration.
6. Identify items in the local anesthesia armamentarium and describe the purpose of each.
7. Summarize the local and systemic complications from administering local anesthesia and how to manage them.
8. List the components of a complete patient record entry following the administration of local anesthesia or nitrous oxide/oxygen sedation.
Advanced Instrumentation Techniques
Case Studies in Dental Hygiene
As a dental hygiene professional, you will be expected to:
1. Distinguish the signs and symptoms of the disease from conditions considered within normal limits.
2. Recognize risk factors and behaviors that exacerbate the disease.
3. Understand the disease process.
4. Apply appropriate modes of treatment management to assist the patient in arresting disease progression and achieving and maintaining optimal oral health.
5. Integrate core scientific concepts and apply the dental hygiene process of care relating to specific case studies.
6. Assess patient characteristics
7. Obtain and interpret radiographs
8. Plan and manage dental hygiene care
9. Perform periodontal procedures
10. Use preventive agents
11. Provide supportive treatment services
12. Demonstrate professional responsibility
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If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".
Cell Phone and Electronic Device Policy
Cell phones and other electronic devices may detract from the learning environment. For this reason, they should be silenced and put away out of view before entering the classroom. The personal use of cell phones in the classroom is not permitted. Cell phones may be checked at designated break times. Students who choose to violate the cell phone policy in class will receive a 0 in the grade book for the day.
Mailboxes
Each student is assigned a mailbox located inside the student locker room. Students are required to check their mailbox daily for various communication from the faculty.
Bulletin Board
First and second-year dental hygiene students have designated areas on a shared bulletin board inside the student locker room where various announcements may be posted.
Emergency Contacts
Phone numbers that family members may use to reach a student in case of an emergency are as follows:
Dental Clinic Office Supervisor: (806) 354-6050
Amarillo College Police: (806) 371-5163
Academic Grievance Procedure
A student who has a grievance concerning an academic course in which he or she is enrolled is directed to appeal in the following order to the: (1) Instructor (2) Department Chair/Program Director (3) Dean of Health Sciences/Division Committee (4) Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs (5) Vice President of Academic Affairs and (6) President in that order.
Required Course Assignments and Learning Activities
The course calendar and related handouts indicate the due date and time for all assignments. Students need to make a note of these dates and times with consideration that late assignments will not be accepted, and a zero will be issued for a late assignment.
The course will consist of the following: chapter tests, homework, a mid-term exam, a comprehensive case study exam, and a final exam.
Grading Criteria
The final course grade will be computed as follows:
I. Chapter tests count for 25% of your final grade.
II. Mid-Term exam counts for 25% of your final grade.
III. Homework counts for 10% of your total grade.
IV. Comprehensive case study exam counts for 15% of your grade.
V. Final Exam counts for 25% of your grade.
The instructor will compute the final course grade as follows:
A = 93-100
B = 83-92
C = 75-82
F = Below 75%
Note: A grade of “D” is not possible in this course.
Amarillo College Tutoring for Success Policy for this course:
The Tutoring for Success policy applies to any student whose grade or performance falls below a minimum of 75% on any assigned assessment. The student will be required to complete mandatory remediation assigned by the course instructor. A student will receive a remediation ticket with the instructor keeping the duplicate copy. In DHYG 2231, students must complete a hand-written adaptive quiz assignment and turn it in the following week after being assigned. Remediation will not change the student’s grade. The initial grade will stand. The purpose of remediation is to strengthen knowledge of the content area the student failed.
Make-up Policy for Missed Work
If a student is absent on the day when a major examination is given, the student may make up the missed work as follows:
1. It is the student's responsibility to make arrangements with the instructor within 24 hours of returning from the absence to reschedule the examination.
2. The missed work must be made up within TWO Amarillo College school days, where the day ends at 4:00 p.m.
3. The student's make-up work may earn 80% of the original point value.
Attendance Policy
"Regular attendance is necessary for satisfactory achievement. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the student to attend class in accordance with the requirements of the course as established by the instructor." (Amarillo College Student's Rights and Responsibilities Publication). Absences will be monitored and evaluated to determine the student's final course grade. A student with less than 90% attendance in class or lab may fail the course. Student absenteeism jeopardizes the completion of the course. The instructor will take a roll for each class and note absences for each student. Students who are not present for roll call are counted absent. Students must report any anticipated absence to the instructor. A student who leaves class early is counted absent. A student will receive ONE bonus point to the final grade for perfect attendance with a prior passing minimum average of 75%.
Dental Hygiene Care II
Fall 2023
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Date
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Lecture |
Course Associated Lab Activities |
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August 24
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Review Course Syllabus
Review:
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Review Lab Supported Activities Case Studies in Dental Hygiene Tutorial: Getting Started with a Sample Case |
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August 31
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Chapter 55 Test over material reviewed on August 25 |
Chapter 3: Case A and Worksheet. Complete Workbook for Chapter 55 |
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September 7
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Chapter 56 Test on Chapter 55 |
Chapter 4: Case B and Worksheet Complete Chapter 55 Workbook
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September 14
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Chapter 57 Test on Chapter 56 |
Chapter 5: Case C and Worksheet Complete Workbook for Chapter 57 |
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September 21
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Chapter 58 Test on Chapter 57 |
Chapter 6: Case D and Worksheet Complete Workbook for Chapter 57 |
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September 28
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Chapter 59 Test on Chapter 58 |
Chapter 7: Case E and Worksheet Complete workbook for Chapter 59 |
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October 5
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Chapter 60 Test on Chapter 59 |
Chapter 8: Case F and Worksheet Complete Workbook for Chapter 60
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October 12
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Mid-Term Exam |
Mid-Term Exam |
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October 19
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Fall Break |
Fall Break |
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October 26
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Chapter 62 |
Chapter 9: Case G and Worksheet Complete Workbook for Chapter 62 |
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November 2
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Chapter 63 Test on Chapter 62 |
Chapter 10: Case H and Worksheet Chapter 11: Case I and Worksheet Complete Chapter 63 Workbook |
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November 9
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Chapter 36 Test on Chapter 63 |
Chapter 12: Case J and Worksheet Chapter 13: Case K and Worksheet Complete Chapter 36 Workbook |
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November 16
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Chapter 14 Test on Chapter 36 |
Chapter 14: Case L and Worksheet Chapter 15: Case M and Worksheet Complete Chapter the Workbook for Chapter 14 |
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November 23
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Thanksgiving Holiday |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
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November 30
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Chapter 32 Test on Chapter 14 |
Chapter 16: Case N and Worksheet Chapter 17: Case O and Worksheet Complete Workbook on Chapter 32 |
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December 7
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Comprehensive Case Study Exam |
Comprehensive Case Study Exam |
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December 12
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Comprehensive Final Exam 9:00 – 12:00 Noon Jones Hall Room 111
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Comprehensive Final Exam 9:00 – 12:00 Noon Jones Hall Room 111
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05/24/23 12:19 PM
08/20/23 8:38 PM