Dental Hygiene - Mount Ida College

Dental Hygiene from Mount Ida College is a Campus Associate Dentistry degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. The dental hygiene program is a two-year full-time degree program. The curriculum includes content in the following four areas: general education, biomedical sciences, dental sciences and dental hygiene science. The basic clinical education aspect of the curriculum includes a formal course sequence in scientific principles of dental hygiene practice, which extends throughout the curriculum and is coordinated and integrated with clinical experience in providing dental hygiene services. The dental hygiene program design ensures that the student is able to not only synthesize didactic concepts, but also incorporate them into clinical application and judgment. Career Options Students with an Associate in Arts degree in dental hygiene, once licensed, can work under a licensed dentist in a private or public setting. Many hygienists choose to work in specialty areas such as Pedodontics (dentistry for children) and Periodontics (treatment of gum diseases). Other career options include public health agencies, hospitals, institutions for physically/mentally challenged, nursing homes, neighborhood health clinics, public schools, insurance companies, industrial or union dental facilities, federal programs such as Veteran?s Administration and Indian Health Programs, military institutions, prisons, and other health programs both here and abroad. Learning Objectives Students who successfully complete this program will be able to: Apply all the dental science courses to their clinical experience; Discern and manage the ethical issues of dental hygiene practice in a health care environment; Acquire and synthesize information in a critical, scientific and effective manner; Contribute to the knowledge, skills and values of the profession; Provide planned educational services using appropriate interpersonal communication skills and educational strategies to promote optimal health; Initiate and assume responsibility for the health promotion and disease prevention activities within diverse populations; Collect, analyze and accurately record baseline data on the general, oral and psychosocial health status of individuals using methods consistent with medicolegal principles; Determine the need for dental hygiene services for an individual or broader population; Discuss the condition of the oral cavity, identifying actual and potential problems, identify etiological and contributing factors, and develop an evidence-based dental hygiene treatment plan; Implement the dental hygiene treatment plan within the standard of care; Provide treatment that includes preventive and therapeutic procedures and that maintains and assists the patient in achieving his/her oral health goals; Provide pain management during treatment using accepted clinical and behavioral techniques; Evaluate the effectiveness of completed clinical work and educational services and modify as necessary. View more details on Mount Ida College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Dentistry courses.