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DENH 2040 - Legal Aspects of Dental Practice

Credits: 2
Hours/Week: Lecture NoneLab None
Course Description: This course focuses on the ethical and legal implications of providing dental and dental hygiene care. A case study approach will be used throughout the course to provide students experience in resolving legal and ethical dilemmas in a simulated dental office setting.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): DENH 2010 , DENH 2015 , DENH 2020 , and DENH 2030  
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content
  1. Ethics and professionalism
  2. Ethical principles and values
  3. Social responsibility and justice
  4. Dental hygiene code of ethics
  5. Ethical decision making in dental hygiene
  6. Society and the state dental practice act
  7. Dental hygienist ¿ patient relationship
  8. Dental hygienist ¿ dentist ¿ employer relationship
  9. Risk management
  10. Ethical theory and philosophy
  11. Ethical issues in community dental health

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

  1. describe the components of the MN Dental Practice Act & the ADHA Code of Ethics.
  2. explain the scope of practice for dentists, dental hygienists & dental assistants.
  3. analyze ethical dilemmas in simulated dental health case studies.
  4. apply 6-step Ethical Decision Making Model to simulated ethical dilemmas.
  5. differentiate civil and criminal laws.
  6. identify personal and professional morals/ethics.
  7. analyze ethical problems relating to dental hygiene.


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