-
Description:
First course in a yearlong series of clinical dental hygiene practice. Emphasis on assessing, planning, and implementing comprehensive dental hygiene care for diverse patient populations and management of patients with special needs in a clinical setting. Students apply knowledge, critical thinking, and clinical skills acquired in previous completed dental hygiene courses. Development of progress in clinical performance with each successive academic period. Intended for students in the Dental Hygiene Baccalaureate Degree Program; enrollment is limited to students accepted in the program.
-
Prerequisite:
-
Corequisite:
-
Advisory:
Advisory: D H 300B and 308 with a grade of 'C' or better; possession of a current CPR certificate; not open to students with credit in D H 61B.
-
Repeatability:
Not Repeatable.
-
Hours:
3 hours lecture per week, 8 hours lab per week. This is a clinical laboratory course. 132 hours total per quarter.
-
Foothill GE Area:English
-
Transferability:
CSU
-
Transfer GE:
Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
-
Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
There is a selective admission process to enroll in Dental Hygiene courses, except for DH200L which is open to all students. For an application, call (650) 949-7538.
