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Overview

Advanced clinical dental hygiene practice.

About this paper

Paper title Advanced Oral Health Therapy 1
Subject Dentistry (Oral Health)
EFTS 0.375
Points 45 points
Teaching period Full Year (On campus)
Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) $3,809.63
International Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.
Limited to
BOH
Contact

dent.undergraduate@otago.ac.nz

Teaching staff

Course Co-ordinators: Ms Hanna Olson & Ms Kirsty Barltrop 

Textbooks

Recommended:

Darby and Walsh dental hygiene : theory and practice, 6th edition, by Denise M. Bowen, Jennifer A Pieren. (St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, 2020.)

Graduate Attributes Emphasised
Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes.
Learning Outcomes

The objective of this paper is to apply the principles of patient care and practice management to enable students to reach a high level of clinical proficiency in the provision of oral health therapy.

  1. Promoting knowledge
    • Demonstrating advanced knowledge in specific areas of clinical dentistry as they relate to the practice of oral health therapy
    • Demonstrating competency in oral health therapy treatment of patients, including those with physical, mental and medical disabilities
    • Demonstrating understanding of the legal and ethical aspects of oral health therapy practice
  2. Promoting understanding
    • Demonstrating the ability to critically review the literature in oral health
  3. Promoting lifelong learning
    • Encouraging lifelong learning by providing a stimulating and high-quality learning environment that encourages students to challenge, critique and question knowledge in relation to Oral Health

Timetable

Full Year

Location
Dunedin
Teaching method
This paper is taught On Campus
Learning management system
Aoroa

Lecture

Stream Days Times Weeks
Attend
A1 Wednesday 11:00-11:50 8-14, 16-23, 29-31, 41-43
Thursday 12:00-12:50 8-14, 16-23, 29-31, 41-43

Practical

Stream Days Times Weeks
Attend one stream from
A1 Monday 14:00-16:50 29-31, 41-42
Wednesday 14:00-16:50 8-14, 16-23, 29-31, 41-42
A2 Tuesday 14:00-16:50 8-14, 16-23, 29-31, 41-42
Thursday 08:30-11:20 8-14, 16-23
A3 Tuesday 14:00-16:50 8-14, 16-23, 29-31, 41-42
Thursday 08:30-11:20 8-14, 16-23
A4 Monday 14:00-16:50 29-31, 41-42
Wednesday 14:00-16:50 8-14, 16-23, 29-31, 41-42
AND
B1 Thursday 14:00-16:50 8-14, 16-23, 29-31, 41-42

Overview

Advanced clinical dental hygiene practice.

About this paper

Paper title Advanced Oral Health Therapy 1
Subject Dentistry (Oral Health)
EFTS 0.375
Points 45 points
Teaching period Full Year (22 February 2027 - 13 November 2027) (On campus)
Domestic Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for 2027 have not yet been set
International Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.
Limited to
BOH
Contact

dent.undergraduate@otago.ac.nz

Teaching staff

Course Co-ordinators: Hanna Olson & Kirsty Barltrop 

Textbooks

Recommended:

Darby and Walsh Dental Hygiene: Theory and Practice, 6th edition, by Denise M. Bowen, Jennifer A Pieren. (St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier, 2025.)

Graduate Attributes Emphasised
Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes.
Learning Outcomes

The objective of this paper is to apply the principles of patient care and practice management to enable students to reach a high level of clinical proficiency in the provision of oral health therapy.

  1. Promoting knowledge
    • Demonstrating advanced knowledge in specific areas of clinical dentistry as they relate to the practice of oral health therapy
    • Demonstrating competency in oral health therapy treatment of patients, including those with physical, mental and medical disabilities
    • Demonstrating understanding of the legal and ethical aspects of oral health therapy practice
  2. Promoting understanding
    • Demonstrating the ability to critically review the literature in oral health
  3. Promoting lifelong learning
    • Encouraging lifelong learning by providing a stimulating and high-quality learning environment that encourages students to challenge, critique and question knowledge in relation to Oral Health

Timetable

Full Year (22 February 2027 - 13 November 2027)

Location
Dunedin
Teaching method
This paper is taught On Campus
Learning management system
Aoroa

Lecture

Stream Days Times Weeks
Attend
C1 Monday 12:00-12:50 28-30, 40-42
Friday 13:00-13:50 9-12, 14-23
AND
D1 Monday 12:00-12:50 9-12, 14-23
Friday 13:00-13:50 28-30, 41-42

Clinical

Stream Days Times Weeks
Attend one stream from
A1 Monday 14:00-16:50 9-12, 14-23, 28-30, 40-42
Tuesday 14:00-16:50 31-34
Wednesday 14:00-16:50 31-34
Thursday 08:30-11:20 31-34
Thursday 14:00-16:50 31-34
A2 Tuesday 14:00-16:50 9-12, 14-23, 28-30, 36-42
Wednesday 14:00-16:50 36-39
Thursday 08:30-11:20 36-39
Thursday 14:00-16:50 36-39
AND one stream from
C1 Wednesday 14:00-16:50 28-30, 40-42
C2 Thursday 08:30-11:20 28-30, 40-42
AND one stream from
D1 Wednesday 14:00-16:50 9-12, 14-23
Thursday 14:00-16:50 9-12, 14-23, 28-30, 40-42
D2 Thursday 08:30-11:20 9-12, 14-23
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