This theory course includes the terminology and study of: dental caries, periodontal disease, periodontics, preventive dentistry, nutrition and oral pathology. Included in this course is the Oral Hygiene Instruction Booklet Assignment, to link the theory related to prevention, nutrition and oral hygiene instruction with the actual delivery of instruction to patients.
The knowledge gained by the student through this course serves as the foundation that Dental Assistants require to educate patients in oral health and prevention of disease and to perform the intra-oral skills of: anticariogenic agents, desensitizing agents and dental probing.