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Apr 20, 2024
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2022-2023 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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DEHY 130 - Community Dentistry 1 1 CR
This course provides first-year students with an introduction to dentistry, dental hygiene, and the role of the dental team and the health care delivery systems within the community. Students are exposed to concepts in ethics and professionalism and will keep an ethics journal. Additionally, students are introduced to basic research methodologies that will facilitate the learning process used in the Dental Hygiene Program. Students will identify a target population for a community health project that will be completed in Community Dentistry 2. Successful completion of this course is mandatory for continuing in the program.
Additional Information: Formal admission to the Dental Hygiene Program required.
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Summarize the history of the dental hygiene profession and the preventive movement.
- Summarize the roles of the dental hygienist.
- Compare public health care with private health care.
- Incorporate the ADHA code of ethics into a weekly journal.
- Identify characteristics of the dental care delivery system in the U. S.
- Recognize the importance of following the ADHA code of ethics.
- Identify various payment structures for dental health care and the ethical implications of each.
- Examine the effects that barrier to care has on the dental health of the U.S. population.
- Explain why cultural competence is important in the provision of dental health care.
- Create literature on the unique characteristics of your selected target population.
- Critique a scientific article using the criteria discussed in class.
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