DHY 242 - Advanced Instrumentation and Treatment Modalities

Description
This course focuses on building patient behavior modification techniques and increased proficiency in applying the dental hygiene process of care for patients. Students are introduced to advanced root instrumentation skills for nonsurgical periodontal therapy, providing a foundation for complicated periodontal cases. Continued application of self-assessment, personal goal setting, and problem solving strategies builds student proficiency in providing individualized comprehensive patient care.

Credit Hours: 1
Contact Hours: 1
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corequisite(s): None
Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Consent to Enroll in Course: Department Consent Required
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: No
Course Fees: $100.00
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Course is a Requirement:
Dental Hygiene, A.A.A.S.

General Education Requirement:
None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Demonstrate the use of the dental hygiene diagnosis when providing care for all types of dental hygiene patients by appropriate documentation of the Dental Hygiene Patent Care Plan. (CODA Standard 2-13c)

2. Discuss principles of advanced instrumentation techniques and identify potential treatment difficulties related to root anatomy. (CODA Standard 2-13d)

3. Evaluate which advanced instrumentation techniques would be most appropriate for individual patients. (CODA Standard 2-13d)

4. Explain rationale and procedure for application of slow-release antimicrobials. (CODA Standard 2-3d)

5. Identify symptoms and theories of dentinal hypersensitivity and contrast these with symptoms of pulpal necrosis. (CODA standard 2-13)

6. Identify clinical strengths and weaknesses, patient management concerns through self-reflection, and completions of goal re-evaluation. (CODA Standard 2-20)

7. Identify methods of patient behavior modification in accordance with a patient treatment plan. (CODA Standard 2-13c)

8. When communicating, use language that is appropriate to the audience. (ILO-CS10)

9. Develop a plan to implement a solution to a problem or issue. (ILO-CT4)

10. Create and document a treatment plan for nonsurgical periodontal therapy and re-evaluation.

11. Apply the concepts of best practice for a periodontally involved patient treated in the clinic.

12. Demonstrations application of the Dental Hygiene Process of Care on various assignments throughout the course.
Course Outline:

Course Introduction	.5
Establish personal clinic goals for the semester	.5
Tobacco Cessation	1
Root Morphology Review	1.5
Advanced Root Instrumentation Skills For Nonsurgical Periodontal Therapy	3.5
Ultrasonic Debridement	2
Periodontal Maintenance	1.5
Chemotherapeutics Fluoride varnish and desensitizers Antimicrobials	1
Self-Reflection of SMART goals for clinic Progress	1
Personal Ergonomics	.5
Exam	1
Total	14

Approved for Online and Hybrid Delivery?:
No
Instructional Strategies:
Lecture/Discussion: 50-75%

Role Play Activities: 0-15%

In-Class Activities: 5-10%

Special Speaker: 0-10%
Mandatory Course Components:
Examination

Partner Project (Tobacco Cessation)

SMART Goals and Reflection
Equivalent Courses:
None

Accepted GRCC Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Course prepares students to seek the following external certification:
No
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with ARW/IRW Pairing: NA

Mandatory Department Assessment Measures:
Communication and instrumentation case studies.

Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture - 1:1
Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 1
People Soft Course ID Number: 104341
Course CIP Code: 51.0601
Maximum Course Enrollment: 32
General Room Request: None

High School Articulation Agreements exist?: No
If yes, with which high schools?: NA
Non-Credit GRCC Articulation Agreement With What Area: No
Identify the Non Credit Programs this Course is Accepted: NA

School: School of Health & Exercise Science
Department: Dental Auxiliaries
Discipline: DHY
Faculty Credential Requirements:
Certification/License Requirement (list below), Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement), Professionally qualified through work experience in field (Perkins Act or Other) (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details:
Masters degree in Education or a related credential is preferred. A minimum of 2 years of related work experience (4,000 hours) is required to satisfy Perkin’s Vocational Act requirements. Additionally, the Instructor must possess a RDA/CDA, or RDH License or DDS/DMD License in Michigan. Documented expertise in the area of teaching responsibility and the area of content delivery method are required.

Last Revision Date Effective: 2017-03-13 15:49:18
Course Review & Revision Year: 2025-2026