Concentrated experience on the specific needs of the community groups.

Articles: National institute of dental and craniofacial research

http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/oralhealth/

Definitions and classification of different hospitalized patients. Oral hygiene and general medicine. Oral hygiene and cardiovascular patients. Oral hygiene and kidney diseases patients. Oral hygiene and pulmonary diseases patients. Oral hygiene and intensive care patients. Diabetics mellitus, traffic accidents, fractures and oral hygiene care. In the practical part, the student go to the hospital and teach the nursing staff how to care with the oral hygiene of the hospitalized patients, the student will educate the patients the way of prevention of oral and dental diseases.

clinical instruction in the relationship of partial denture design and oral health. Construction of the different types of denture cleansers available and their application on acrylic or metal dentures.

References: 

1- Clinical Practice of The Dental Hygienist. by Ester M.Wilkins.

Introduction in dental assisting. Definition of different types of assistants in the dental team. Different Specialties in Dentistry. The students take a brief idea on each specialty and the role of the dental assistant in each. In Oral surgery, operative dentistry, endodontics and the causes of pulp injuries, in Orthodontics, Prosthodontics. Charting and how to register the informations dictated by the dentist.

Continuation of Clinical Dental Hygiene.

References: 

1- Clinical Practice of The Dental Hygienist. by Ester M.Wilkins.

2- Fundementals of Periodontal Instrumentation & Advanced Root Instrumentation. by Jill S. Nield-Gehrig.

Introduction and basis of X-ray production and its physical properties and usage of X-ray in Dentistry. Biologic effect of x-rays on the human body when exposed to x-rays. Sensitive parts of the human body to x-rays Dental films, types, composition processing in the dark room in the practical. The students will learn how to expose dental films on patients in dental college.

Continuation of clinical study and practice including the treatment of the special patient populations, introduction to the ultrasonic scaling devices individualized patient counselling and management.

References: 

1- Clinical Practice of The Dental Hygienist. by Ester M.Wilkins.

A clinical study and practice of oral propylaxis techniques; proficient use of scalers and curettes, patients education and councelling procedures.

References: 

1- Clinical Practice of The Dental Hygienist. by Ester M.Wilkins.

Clinical study and practice of oral prophylactic procedures, emphasis on areas of particular concern including the knowledge and understanding necessary plan preventive programs, to educate individual patients in the practice of effective preventive dentistry and to practice diet analysis and counseling procedures.

References: 

How to make a Case History. Dental hygiene instrumentation, study of each instruments, feature design, usages in the practical. The students learn on a Phantom head the right way of sitting during treatment, how to remove some calculus from different segments.

References: 

1- Clinical Practice of The Dental Hygienist. by Ester M.Wilkins.

2- Fundementals of Periodontal Instrumentation & Advanced Root Instrumentation. by Jill S. Nield-Gehrig.