Students will be able to:

• demonstrate the importance of good oral hygiene habits to patients

• recommend strategies to enable patients to provide better home care for themselves

• recognize difference in individual patient abilities to properly care for their teeth

• arrange the correct armamentarium for patient treatment during a specific procedure

• differentiate between esthetic and restorative treatment procedures

• demonstrate proper film placement techniques for intra and extra oral films

• prepare the dental treatment room for patient care

• apply proper seating and greeting techniques for each patient

• distinguish between normal and pathological abnormalities of the oral structures

• perform extraoral tissue examinations

• translate dental terminology to layman’s term for patient discussion

• demonstrate the ability to obtain patient’s current nutritional habits

• advise the patient on proper nutritional needs and the dental benefits of a healthy diet