This course is designed to provide learners with theoretical knowledge required for novice clinical dental hygiene practice. Emphasis will be placed on infection prevention and control, client assessment, instrumentation skills, preventive dentistry, and radiology. Instructional strategies such as laboratory and clinical work are utilized to support learning.
Prerequisites
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What you will learn
- Management of the practice environment, including physical and microbial aspects
- Dental ergonomics and surgical magnification
- Instrumentation principles
- Clinical assessments, including records management and annotations of the following: health history, vital signs, head & neck, intra-oral soft tissue, periodontal, dental, and occlusal examinations
- Introduction to the dental hygiene scope of practice with respect to radiography
- Principles of radiology, dental radiography, radiation safety, and bitewing and periapical dental imaging techniques.
- Preventive oral self-care strategies
How to register
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
Course schedules
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Contact us
If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.
† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.