Syllabus 
   WEST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE
DENTAL HYGIENE DEPARTMENT

I. DH 108:   INTRODUCTION TO PERIODONTICS

II.   PREPARED BY:   Carmen Dones, RDH, BS

III.  REVISED FOR:   SPRING 2008

IV.   PREREQUISITE:  COMPLETION OF ALL ATTEMPTED DENTAL HYGIENE COURSES WITH A FINAL GRADE OF C OR BETTER.

V.    UNITS AND HOURS: 2 UNITS, 2 HOURS
   Monday, 10:30-12:20 A.M.

 Office Hours: Monday 10:00-10:30 A.M

VI.  COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Carmen Dones, R.D.H.,B.S

VII.  COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course is designed to provide the dental hygiene student with an
introduction to periodontics. The periodontium will be presented in health,
in disease histologically and clinically.  Etiology, prevention, diagnosis
and Phase I therapy will be discussed.

VIII. REQUIRED TEXT:

Carranza, GLICKMAN'S CLINICAL PERIODONTOLOGY, 10th EDITION,Newman, Elsevier; 2006 ISBN:1-4160-2400-X

IX.  SUGGESTED REFERENCES:
Wolf, Color Atlasof DENTAL HYGIENIST, 2ND EDITION, Thieme Medical Publishers/ 2006 ISBN:978-1588904409

Daniel, Harfst and Wilder, Mosby's Dental Hygiene Concepts, Cases and Competencies 2nd Edition,Elsevier 2008 ISBN:978-0-323-04352-6
 

Program Competencies addressed in this course:
Program competency#4: Utilize current technology to enhance education,
patient care, research and professional growth.

Program competency #8: Systematically collect, analyze and record assessment
data on the general, oral, periodontal, and psychosocial health status of
the child, adolescent, adult, geriatric and special populations using
methods consistent with medicolegal principles.

Program Competency #9: Integrate the principles of behavioral, dental,
dental hygiene sciences to assess, formulate, implement and evaluate a
comprehensive dental hygiene treatment plan for the patient to attain and
maintain optimal oral health based on accurate, consistent and complete
assessment data and modify treatment as necessary.

Program competency #10: Provide and evaluate dental hygiene services,
including preventive procedures and pain control, that are based on current
scientific evidence for periodontal class I, II, III, IV, V for the child,
adolescent, adult, geriatric medically compromised patients from diverse
populations.

Program competency #12: Apply problem solving strategies and critical
thinking to insure comprehensive oral health care for individuals, groups
and communities.  

Student Learning Outcomes

A. Critical Thinking: Analyze problems by differnetiating fact from opinions, using evidence, and using sound reasoning to specify multiple solutions and their consequences. 

Students will demonstrate critical thinking skills through class and group assignments.  Students learn how to treatment plan a patient according to criteria medical history, dental history, oral conditions and information gathered through assessments.

H. Ethics: Practice and demonstrate standards of personal and professional integrity, honest and fairness: apply ethical principles in submission of all college work.

Students will work professionally and ethically during all course activities according to state and federal guidelines.  The instructor will demonstrate activities and students will apply the activity on eachother or on typodonts. Class discussions will focus on clinical experience, as well as case study evaluations using proper dental/professional terminology.    

X. COURSE OBJECTIVES

As a result of lecture and assigned reading material on a written
examination the student will:

1. Describe and name all the normal anatomical structures of the
periodontium.
 
2. Describe the normal histological appearance of the periodontium.
 
3. Discuss the normal physiology of the periodontium.
 
4. List the tissue changes which occur from normal to pathology.
 
5. Classify Periodontal Disease and discuss the diagnostic process for
the periodontally involved patient.
 
6. Discuss host-bacterial interactions and host-responses to plaque.
 
7. Discuss the bacterial flora of the oral cavity and the factors which
influence the bacterial ecology.
 
8. Discuss the nature of the microbiota associated with plaque
development and with various forms of periodontal diseases.
 
9. Discuss the role of local factors in periodontal disease.
 
10. Discuss the removal of local factors in the treatment of 
Periodontal disease.           
 
11. Discuss the rationale and reasons for pocket elimination.
 
12. Discuss reattachment: Histological and clinical significance.
 
13. Discuss the role of the dental hygienist in preventive periodontics.

14. Discuss the role of scaling and root planing in periodontal therapy.
 
15. Discuss the role of occlusion in periodontics.
 
16. Discuss the radiographic signs of periodontal involvement of the
supporting structures.

AFFECTIVE OBJECTIVES

1. Given conditions describing host factors and microbial flora present
determine the implications for change in local factors and host response.
 
2. Given a case study, present and develop a treatment plan, discuss
the rationale and justify consultations required.
 
3. Given a case study, compare and contrast baseline data to current
patient records.
 
4. Given periodontal cases, discuss the implications for
treatment and case prognosis.

XI.  METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:

Lecture
Discussion 
Case Study Assignments
Quizzes

XII.  METHODS OF EVALUATION:

1. Written Midterm 40%
2. Written Final   50%
3. Case Discussion/Quizzes 10%
4. Course letter grade will be based on the following scale:
  90 - 100% = A
  80 -  89%  = B
  70 -  79%  = C
  60 - 69%   = D
 
WEST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE
DEPARTMENT OF DENTAL HYGIENE