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Our Open­Lab site is now open. You can send your mem­ber­ship re­quests and join the group if you haven’t done so al­ready. I have begun post­ing in­for­ma­tion for the com­ing se­mes­ter. Please click on “Course Site” to get there. Prof. Matthews

Our OpenLab site is now open. You can send your membership requests and join the group if you haven’t done so already. I have begun posting information for the coming semester. Please click on “Course Site” to get there. Prof. Matthews

An in­tro­duc­tion to the di­dac­tic and clin­i­cal tech­niques and prin­ci­ples in­volved in the prac­tice of den­tal hy­giene. Em­pha­sis is on the prin­ci­ples of op­ti­mal pa­tient care in­clud­ing: asep­tic tech­niques, pa­tient as­sess­ment, per­sonal oral hy­giene and plaque con­trol, fun­da­men­tals of in­stru­men­ta­tion and re­lated body me­chan­ics, prin­ci­ples of in­stru­ment sharp­en­ing and emerg­ing modal­i­ties.

An introduction to the didactic and clinical techniques and principles involved in the practice of dental hygiene. Emphasis is on the principles of optimal patient care including: aseptic techniques, patient assessment, personal oral hygiene and plaque control, fundamentals of instrumentation and related body mechanics, principles of instrument sharpening and emerging modalities.

DEN 2400 pre­sents the di­dac­tic ma­te­r­ial, which cor­re­lates with the clin­i­cal ex­pe­ri­ence, pro­vided in DEN 2400L. The Clin­i­cal Fac­ulty serves as group fa­cil­i­ta­tors who as­sist the stu­dents in de­vel­op­ing an aware­ness of and ap­pre­ci­a­tion for the con­cepts, top­ics, and pro­ce­dures re­lated to the Den­tal Hy­giene pro­fes­sion.

DEN 2400 presents the didactic material, which correlates with the clinical experience, provided in DEN 2400L. The Clinical Faculty serves as group facilitators who assist the students in developing an awareness of and appreciation for the concepts, topics, and procedures related to the Dental Hygiene profession.

This course will be based on the study of nu­tri­ent con­stituents of foods, me­tab­o­lism of nu­tri­ents in the body and their role in the human body. We will put spe­cial em­pha­sis on spe­cific health prob­lems, es­pe­cially those in­volv­ing nu­tri­tional de­fi­cien­cies. Through this course stu­dents will de­velop an un­der­stand­ing of the fun­da­men­tal prin­ci­ples of nu­tri­tion nec­es­sary to im­prove and main­tain health, to pre­vent ill­ness and to pro­vide sup­port and ther­apy dur­ing ill­ness.

This course will be based on the study of nutrient constituents of foods, metabolism of nutrients in the body and their role in the human body. We will put special emphasis on specific health problems, especially those involving nutritional deficiencies. Through this course students will develop an understanding of the fundamental principles of nutrition necessary to improve and maintain health, to prevent illness and to provide support and therapy during illness.

The den­tal hy­gien­ist’s role as an ed­u­ca­tor and re­source per­son in the field of pub­lic and com­mu­nity health is ex­am­ined.

The dental hygienist’s role as an educator and resource person in the field of public and community health is examined.