• DHYG 3230: CLINICAL SEMINAR II

  2.00 Credits

  Northern Wyoming Community College District

  
  This course is a continuation of the Clinic Seminar Series. Course content will focus on the review and enhancement of instrumentation skills; the essentials of instrument selection; the role of root planing in dental hygiene; the development and refinement of skills needed for treatment of more advanced periodontal cases, which includes the initiation of a case study; and the introduction and preparation for the use of state-of-the-art clinical technologies.
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• DHYG 3250: CLINICAL SEMINAR III

  2.00 Credits

  Northern Wyoming Community College District

  
  This course prepares the dental hygiene student to make the transition from an educational setting to private practice. Focus is on applying, synthesizing, and transferring clinical and didactic knowledge to clinical and ethical decision-making. Students will be engaged in problem-based case studies, application of motivational theories, and analysis of evidence-based research.
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• DHYG 3300: CLINICAL DENTAL HYGIENE II

  5.00 Credits

  Northern Wyoming Community College District

  
  This course provides students the opportunity to gain further practical experience in dental hygiene procedures by providing comprehensive patient care in clinical settings. A flexible format allows students to meet requirements in procedures for patient record-keeping, patient education, dental prophylaxis, dental radiography and routine clinical procedures.
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• DHYG 3350: CLINICAL DENTAL HYGIENE III

  5.00 Credits

  Northern Wyoming Community College District

  
  This course assists students in gaining practical experience in clinical procedures requiring greater skill and knowledge than procedures previously undertaken. This course prepared students for the transition to private office practice.
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• DHYG 3400: GENERAL AND ORAL PATHOLOGY

  3.00 Credits

  Northern Wyoming Community College District

  
  This course is designed to teach students the concepts underlying general and oral manifestations of human disease states, manifestations of specific diseases, relationships to body defense mechanisms, and potential implications for medical and dental hygiene treatment. To the extent possible, applications to clinical situations in dental hygiene practice will be made.
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• DHYG 3550: COMMUNITY DENTAL HEALTH

  3.00 Credits

  Northern Wyoming Community College District

  
  This course provides the dental hygiene student with an introduction to basic skills needed to evaluate the dental health community, including research methodology and basic statistical analysis. It provides the students with a basic understanding of the significant social, political, psychological and economic factors influencing the American Health System.
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• DHYG 3600: ETHICS AND LAW IN DENTAL HYGIENE

  2.00 Credits

  Northern Wyoming Community College District

  
  This course provides the dental hygiene student with core principles in ethics, morals, and values as they relate to the professional code of conduct and state jurisprudence. Students explore contemporary issues from dentistry and medicine in order to understand their own ethical value system. Ultimately, students apply this knowledge to issues in the dental hygiene profession within a diverse society.
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• DHYG 3720: OFFICE PRACTICE

  2.00 Credits

  Northern Wyoming Community College District

  
  This course is designed to provide the dental hygiene student with both current information and experience in office practice and management. Also included are discussions of professionalism, decision-making and leadership roles, including legal and ethical responsibilities, team responsibilities in the dental office and discussion of selecting, securing and maintaining employment..
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• DHYG 3750: PERIODONTOLOGY

  3.00 Credits

  Northern Wyoming Community College District

  
  This course offers a brief review of the anatomy and histology of periodontal structures and dental accretions, followed by a study of the classifications and etiology of periodontal disease including both local and systemic factors. A thorough exploration of the hygienist's role in disease recognition, prevention, therapeutic procedures and maintenance will also be introduced.
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• DHYG 3770: PAIN MANAGEMENT

  2.00 Credits

  Northern Wyoming Community College District

  
  This course provides clinical experience with local anesthesia and inhalation sedation techniques. It includes the detection of anatomic landmarks in the mouth pertaining to specific injection sites, preparation of the armamentarium, maintenance of asepsis, simulated and real injection of anesthetic agents at predetermined sites and administration of nitrous oxide/oxygen.
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