DEH 255 - Oral Health Considerations for Target Populations

2 CR

This course is designed to introduce the dental hygiene student to patients requiring special consideration in planning and implementation of dental hygiene care. The dental hygiene practitioner’s role, unique approaches towards care, and preventive strategies for patients that are considered medically compromised, belong to at risk target populations, or have developmental disabilities will be reviewed.

Prerequisite(s): DEH 200, DEH 201, DEH 202, DEH 203, BIO 210, BIO 345 .