Course Descriptions

DEN 222 - Community Oral Health II

2 Credit

Through this course, 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. 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

New SUNY General Education: SUNY - Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning)

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Define epidemiology.
2. Understand basic statistical analysis used in research and project planning.
3. Identify the steps necessary when community project planning.
4. Identify a dental community need.
5. Analyze the community problem through the use of biostatistics.
6. Plan a community dentistry project.
7. Deliver the community dentistry project.
8. Evaluate the community dentistry project using biostatistics.
9. Identify a community-based table clinic topic.
10. Evaluate the research available on the community-based table clinic topic.
11. Develop a community-based table clinic.
12. Present a community-based table clinic.
13. Evaluate the community-based table clinic.
14. Define collaborative practice in dentistry.
15. Describe inter-professional collaboration in healthcare.

Course Offered Spring

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