DHY 125 - Dental Specialties
Description
This course introduces the dental hygiene student to the specialties of dentistry to allow the student to better serve clients with advanced treatment needs.
Credit Hours: 2
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites/Other Requirements:
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corequisite(s):
Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: No
Course Fees: $15.00
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Course is a Requirement:
Dental Hygiene, A.A.A.S.
Other Courses Where This Course is a Prerequisite: None
Other Courses Where this Course is a Corequisite: None
Other Courses Where This course is included in within the Description: None
General Education Requirement:
None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Recognize differences between the various dental specialties
- Describe the role of a dental hygienist in the various dental specialty offices.
- Identify the specialty procedures available in a pediatric dental office.
- Identify the specialty procedures available in an endodontic dental practice
- Identify the specialty procedures available in a periodontal dental practice.
- Explain the specific occlusions used in an orthodontic practice
- Explain the various treatment options in an orthodontic practice
- Recognize the basic instruments used in the various dental specialty practices.
- Explain the various options of fixed and removable prosthodontics
- Identify the specialty procedures available in a prosthodontic practice.
- Identify the specialty procedures available in an oral surgery practice
- Discuss the role of a dental hygienist in forensic dentistry.
- Identify the role of a dental hygienist when referring a patient for a dental implant.
- Demonstrate the application and removal of a dental dam on a typodont. (laboratory competency)
- Demonstrate the removal of sutures. (laboratory competency)
- Demonstrate the placement and removal of orthodontic separators and ligature ties. (laboratory competency)
- Recognize the role of a dental hygienist for patient education in the various dental specialty practices.
- Identify the necessary pain management techniques used in dental specialty practices.
Course Outline:
1. Pedodontics
b. Dental Hygienist role in a pediatric dental office
c. Procedures in a pediatric dental office
1. preventive procedures
2. behavior management techniques
3. urgent care needs
4. recognizing child neglect and abuse
5. restorative procedures
6. patient education
7. pain management
2. Endodontics
a. What is an endodontist?
b. Dental Hygienists role in an endodontic office.
c. Procedures in an endodontic office
1. differential diagnosis in endodontics
2. endodontic radiography
3. endodontic instruments
4. restorative procedures
5. pulp vitality testing
6. endodontic surgery
7. patient education
8. pain management
3. Periodontics
a. What is a periodontist?
b. Dental hygienist role in a periodontal office
c. Procedures in a periodontal office
1. periodontal disease and therapy
2. types of periodontal treatment
a. surgery
b. periodontal dressings and patient instructions
4. Orthodontics
a. What is an orthodontist?
b. Dental hygienist role in an orthodontic office
c. Classification of malocclusions
d. Factors of malocclusion
e. types of orthodontic treatment
f. orthodontic records
g. treatment planning and presentation
h. mechanics of tooth movement
i. types of orthodontic appliances
j. orthodontic instruments
k. patient education
l. pain management
m. place and remove ligature ties on orthodontic brackets (typodont)
5. Prosthodontics -
a. What is a prosthodontist?
b. Dental hygienist role in prosthodontics
c. fixed prosthodontics
1. types of fixed prosthodontics
a. implants
b. crowns
c. bridges
d. Removable prosthodontics
1. complete dentures
2. partial dentures
e. patient education
f. pain management
6. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
a. What is an Oral Maxillofacial Surgeon?
b. Dental hygienist role in oral surgery
c. anesthesia/ premedication/ sedation
1. selecting, preparing, loading and passing anesthetic syringes.
d. surgical instruments
e. surgical procedures
1. sutures (removal) - laboratory competency only
f. hospital dentistry
g. patient education
7. Other aspects of Specialized Dentistry
a. Forensics
1. What is a forensic dentist?
2. dental hygienist role in forensic dentistry
3. Procedures done in forensic dentistry
b. Implantology
1. Dental hygienist role in implantology
2. Procedures done in implantology
3. Methods for dental prophylaxis on dental implants
8. Dental Dam
a. Placing and removing a dental dam - laboratory competence only
Approved for Online and Hybrid Delivery?:
No
Instructional Strategies:
Lecture 60-70% Small groups 10-20% Discussion 20-30%
Mandatory Course Components:
None
Equivalent Courses:
None
Accepted GRCC Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: Registered Dental Assistant License in the State of Michigan
Course prepares students to seek the following external certification:
No
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with ARW/IRW Pairing: N/A
Mandatory Department Assessment Measures:
GRCC Course Type:
Program Requirement: Meets the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture - 1:1
Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 2
People Soft Course ID Number: 104293
Course CIP Code: 51.0601
Maximum Course Enrollment: 32
Course Software Utilized: 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), Other (list below), Professionally qualified through work experience in field (Perkins Act or Other) (list below), Program Accreditation Requirement (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details:
Must be a Registered Dental Assistant, Registered Dental Hygienist or Dentist.
DH CODA Standard 3-7 states: The full time faculty of a dental hygiene program must possess a baccalaureate or higher degree. Part-time faculty providing didactic instruction must have earned at least a baccalaureate degree or be currently enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program. All dental hygiene program faculty members must have: a) current knowledge of the specific subjects they are teaching. b) documented background in current educational methodology concepts consistent with teaching assignments. c) Faculty who are dental hygienists must be graduates of dental hygiene programs accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation
Master’s 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.
Major Course Revisions: N/A
Last Revision Date Effective: 20260303T10:11:27
Course Review & Revision Year: 2030-2031
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