39256 - Professional Techniques of Dental Hygiene 1

Learning outcomes

The course aims to introduce the student to the preliminary knowledge of the dental hygienist profession and lay the foundations of the knowledge necessary to address the professionalizing issues that will be deepened in the following years. In particular, at the end of the course the student: knows the duties and professional profile of the dental hygienist knows the behavioral and ethical rules relating to the profession of dental hygienist regarding relations with the patient learns the welcome, the preparation for the therapy session, the basic positions of the patient-operator chair knows the characteristics of the dental unit and the instruments connected to it, including the correct positioning of the lamp, knows and will be able to use professional clothing and personal protective equipment in order to good infection control knows and knows how to apply the protocols relating to Sterilization and asepsis protocols in the clinical routine Preparation and reorganization of the clinic Treatment and maintenance of instruments Waste elimination Preparation of the patient In addition, the student is able to diagnose the main pathologies of the oral cavity of competence of the dental hygienist is able to know and recognize bacterial plaque and tartar is able to know and start using the main tools for carrying out causal therapy (design, characteristics, indications and maintenance) is in able to report on the medical record the data detected and the therapies carried out.

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