DEH2701 Community Dentistry

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Keywords

Online College Course , Health & Sciences

Project

Florida Regional Consortium for Technology Enabled Learning Solutions

Authors

Cheng, David
Franklin, Monica

Date Submitted

2014

Material Type

Online Course

Secondary Material Type

Hybrid/Blended Course

Institution

Florida State College at Jacksonville

Industry Partner

Department of Labor

License

CC BY

Funding Source

TAACCCT Round 1

Additional Public Access

Abstract

This course is designed to provide the dental hygiene student with the didactic knowledge necessary to plan, implement and evaluate oral healthcare interventions in the community. This course will emphasize the principles, theories and concepts of community oral health as well as the methods for determining community oral health status, identifying barriers to optimum health and selecting appropriate barrier interventions. The dental hygiene student will formulate an oral health educational intervention that will be implemented and evaluated in the community. Throughout this course, the frontline role of the Dental Hygienist in the primary and secondary prevention of oral diseases within community practice and service will be emphasized.

Industry (NAISC)

Health Care and Social Assistance -- Ambulatory Health Care Services -- Offices of Dentists (6212)

Occupation (SOC)

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations -- Dental Hygienists (29-2021)

Instructional Program (CIP)

Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (51)

Credit Type

Credential Type

Associate Degree

Educational Level

2nd Year Community College or equivalent

Skill Level

Quality Assurance Organization