Course Descriptions
DEN 222 - Community Oral Health II
2 Credit
Students will explore the methods of oral health promotion, disease prevention, and program planning through problem identification, data gathering and evaluation, project development and implementation when addressing a community problem. The application of advocacy, dissent, and dialogue will help the student develop an oral health solution through the lens of ethics and evidence-based analysis. Mathematical models will be used to interpret gathered data and draw inferences using graphs, tables and/or schematics. The final project will highlight the student's understanding of research methods, evaluation of data, quantitative biostatistics, community interventions, and community implementation.
Prerequisite(s): Earn a minimum grade of C in each of the following: DEN 211, DEN212, DEN 213, DEN 214, DEN 215, DEN 216, DEN 217, DEN 219.
Learning Attributes: UR
SUNY General Education: SUNY - Civic Discourse Competency, SUNY - Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning)
Course Learning Outcomes
1. Define epidemiology including diverse perspectives to support ethical, evidence-based decision-making.
2. Understand basic statistical analysis used in research and project planning.
3. Identify the steps necessary when community project planning.
4. Apply advocacy, dissent, and dialogue to resolve conflict and build collaborative solutions for the identified community problem(s)the project will address.
5. Deliver a community oral health intervention and its scholarly dissemination (table clinic) by integrating civic discourse, population needs assessment, evidence synthesis, and biostatistical analysis—culminating in a delivered project, a defensible table clinic presentation, and data-informed recommendations for improvement
6. Define collaborative practice in dentistry.
7. Describe inter-professional collaboration in healthcare.
Course Offered Spring
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Fall Semester 2026
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