• DENT 3040: Dental Hygiene IV

  2.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into Dental Hygiene program and University Advanced Standing. Corequisite(s): DENT 3045. Provides comprehensive didactic experience in all phases of dental hygiene practice for patients, regardless of special needs. Introduces nutritional and tobacco cessation counseling. Builds on basic and dental sciences and prepares for various practice settings in clinical dental hygiene.. Course fee of $3175 for practical experience applies.
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• DENT 3045: Dental Hygiene IV Clinical

  4.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Dental Hygiene Program and University Advanced Standing. Corequisite(s): DENT 3040. Provides comprehensive clinical experience in all phases of dental hygiene practice for patients, to include special needs. Teaches to clinical competence. Introduces nutritional and tobacco cessation counseling. Builds on basic and dental sciences and prepares for various practice settings in clinical dental hygiene.. Course Lab fee of $63 applies.
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• DENT 3050: Ethics and Practice Management

  1.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Dental Hygiene Program. Explores topics relevant to contemporary practice of dental hygiene, including professional roles, career and stress management, ethical and legal aspects, and the role of the dental hygienist in the dental specialty practices. Builds on clinical practice and prepares for entry into the many aspects of the profession of dental hygiene. Includes observation of various dental specialty practices.
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• DENT 3060: Advanced Dental Hygiene Public Health

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): DENT 206G and University Advanced Standing. Examines current and future issues in oral public health. Investigates barriers and solutions to health concerns. Analyzes and evaluates community needs and oral health issues. Incorporates elements of public health into practice of dental hygiene. Prepares students to design a business/practice model for public health dental hygienists. Builds on community health theories and models learned in the associate-level community dental health course.
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• DENT 307G: Domestic Multicultural Experience GI

  2.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Accepted into Dental Hygiene program and University Advanced Standing. Examines the principles of community health, socioeconomic status and personal bias. Builds on knowledge of ethics, basic and dental sciences, and clinical dental hygiene practice. Provides the knowledge and skills necessary to function in a community health setting and includes learning experiences in community health agencies.
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  General Education Course

  This course is a general education course.

• DENT 3100: Office and Private Practice for the Dental Hygienist

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): 2 year hygiene degree, departmental approval, and University Advanced Standing. Expands beyond the dental hygiene basics taught in hygiene school. Addresses topics in dental hygiene practice that will help the clinical dental hygienist become more proficient in their field and a leader in dental hygiene. Studies practice management issues, productivity, salary enhancement, cutting edge technology, dental insurance, salaries and benefits, team work, patients and money considerations, and other challenges faced in the dental hygiene profession.
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• DENT 3200: Teaching the Dental Hygiene Patient WE

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Admission to the BS Dental Hygiene and University Advanced Standing. Addresses areas such as learning theories, teaching strategies, societal-cultural considerations, and evaluation and applies them specifically to the needs of the dental hygienist when teaching his/her patients and the community at large.
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  This course is a general education course.

• DENT 406G: Global Community Health Project GI

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Admissions to the Dental Hygiene Program or upon approval by program director, and University Advanced Standing. Addresses the complexities inherent in global and/or intercultural oral health and the community health theories and strategies used to address these concerns. Includes the planning and execution of a 10 day oral health education or service project in either another culture or another country (e.g., Native American reservation in Utah or Guatemala). Students from all disciplines may participate.
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• DENT 4200: Teaching the Dental Hygiene Student

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): DENT 3200, DENT 3060, and University Advanced Standing. Prepares the dental hygienist to become a successful educator in a dental hygiene program by addressing areas such as: learning theories, teaching strategies, learning objectives, lesson plans, syllabi, curriculum design evaluation tools, and roles of an educator. May be delivered online.
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• DENT 4300: Dental Hygiene Capstone

  1.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Admission to the BS Dental Hygiene and University Advanced Standing. Requires the student to integrate several main areas of study in the BS program and create a paper or project that reflects comprehensive knowledge and ability to reflect, connect and then produce a work based on their learning experiences throughout the BS program.
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