1. Dr. Shahzadi Tayyaba Hashmi INTRODUCTION

2. COURSE CODE : DNT 231 COURSE NAME: INTRODUCTION TO DENTAL HYGIENE

3. COURSE OBJECTIVES Identify concepts of health, illness and health promotion by applying to dental hygiene care Utilize the dental hygiene health care process and critical thinking Identify basic physiologic needs of adult and children patients for the important of dental health care Identify concepts of health, illness and health promotion by applying to dental hygiene care Utilize the dental hygiene health care process and critical thinking Identify basic physiologic needs of adult and children patients for the important of dental health care

4. TOPICS TO BE COVERED Introduction and definitions in dentistry How to make the students familiar with Dental Hygiene Clinics and clinical rules Knowledge of duties of the dental hygienists as a member of the dental team Ethics and jurisprudence focus more in the field of dental hygiene Personal hygiene of the students Precautions for prevention of disease transmission in the Dental Clinic The order in the clinic and introduced to the dental hygiene instrumentation How to take care of the instruments and sterilization Introduction and definitions in dentistry How to make the students familiar with Dental Hygiene Clinics and clinical rules Knowledge of duties of the dental hygienists as a member of the dental team Ethics and jurisprudence focus more in the field of dental hygiene Personal hygiene of the students Precautions for prevention of disease transmission in the Dental Clinic The order in the clinic and introduced to the dental hygiene instrumentation How to take care of the instruments and sterilization

5. GRADE DISTRIBUTION Total Marks = 100 (Theory + Tutorial) First Assessment = 10 marks Second Assessment = 10 marks Projects = 10 marks Quizes = 10 marks Tutorial = 20 marks Final Exam = 40 marks GRADE DISTRIBUTION Total Marks = 100 (Theory + Tutorial) First Assessment = 10 marks Second Assessment = 10 marks Projects = 10 marks Quizes = 10 marks Tutorial = 20 marks Final Exam = 40 marks

6. ESSENTIAL REFERENCES Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist (10th Edition) by Esther M Wilkins BS, RDH, DMD Charlotte Wyche RDH,MS ISBN 0781763223 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 10th Edition Recommended Books and Reference Material (Journals, Reports, etc) Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist (Student Workbook) by Charlotte Wyche and Esther M. Wilkins ISBN: 0781740916 Publisher: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Oct. 2004 Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist (10th Edition) by Esther M Wilkins BS, RDH, DMD Charlotte Wyche RDH,MS ISBN 0781763223 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 10th Edition Recommended Books and Reference Material (Journals, Reports, etc) Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist (Student Workbook) by Charlotte Wyche and Esther M. Wilkins ISBN: 0781740916 Publisher: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Oct. 2004

7. URL of lectures: Inaya Word Press