232
Dental H eaIth Education and Public Health
3 Cr.
Hygiene procedures in school work. Includes setting up a school dental health progran1, working with parents, school personnel, neighborhood dentists and con1n1unity health personnel. Discussion of concepts, methods, visual aids used to further dental health education in private dental practices and school systems. Relationship of dental hygiene to public health. Opportunities in public health dentistry. Roles of the dental hygienist and dentist in organization of cOlTImunity health programs. Students participate as teachers in the school systems' dental health education progralTIs. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Prerequisite: Dental Hygiene 202.
233
Pharmacology, Anesthesiology and First Aid
2 Cr.
Drugs and anesthetics, w.ith elTIphasis on those used in the dental office. Discussion of the origin of drugs and anesthetics, physical and chemical properties, preparation, mode of administration and effects on body systen1s. Preoperative and postoperative patient care. General first aid instruction, treatn1ent, required equipn1ent and n1aterials. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 3 hours. Prerequisite: Dental Hygiene 202.
234
90
Dental Ethics and Jurisprudence
1 Cr.
Discussion of dentistry's future and the dental hygienist's role. Relationship of the dental hygienist to other members of the dental health tean1, including application of ethical principles and methods of professional cooperation. Self-evaluation, with special lectures by visiting dentists on choice of location and selecting a phase of dental hygiene practice. Laws governing dental hygiene practice as well as the bond between the professional person and the patient. The rights, duties, privileges and moral obligations of the dental hygienist to the patient and the en1ployer. Lecture 0 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Prerequisite: Dental Hygiene 202.