Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Discipline: Dental Assisting
Course Number: DA 137
School/Unit: SOSC
Submitted by: Julie Muhle
Academic Year: 2010/2011
Complete and submit your assessment report electronically to your Academic Dean. As needed, please attach supporting documents and/or a narrative description of the assessment activities in your
program or discipline.
Program, Discipline or
Course Outcomes
In the boxes below,
summarize the outcomes
assessed in your program
or discipline during the
last year.
Outcome #1:
Students will
demonstrate the ability to
list 3 periodontal
conditions and describe
the symptoms, treatment
and prevention for each
condition.
Assessment Measures
Assessment Results
Use of Results
In the boxes below, summarize the
methods used to assess program,
discipline, or course outcomes
during the last year.
In the boxes below, summarize the results of your
assessment activities during the last year.
In the boxes below,
summarize how you are or
how you plan to use the results
to improve student learning.
1. Ability to list periodontal
conditions, describe symptoms,
treatment and prevention will be
measured using predetermined
criteria and a vocabulary
worksheet.
1. Students are required to complete a written
assignment regarding all dental specialties
Including Periodontal disease and treatment. All
students completed the requirement that included
discussing periodontal conditions. In addition the
students were required to take and pass with an
84% a test on periodontal disease and treatment.
The majority of questions were answered
correctly, a few questions were missed by one
student, and three questions were missed by 3
students. One question, #6, was missed by seven
students. Looking back I feel the question is
written poorly and should be reworded. Designed
as a critical thinking question it is misleading.
1. Evaluate scores, determine
areas of weakness.
Strengthen curriculum in those
areas.
The plan is to reword question
#6 and to increase curriculum
in the areas that three students
had not learned the material.
Assessment of strategy will
occur the next time this course
is offered and evaluated.
Effect on Program,
Discipline or Course
Based on the results of this
assessment, will you revise
your outcomes? If so,
please summarize how and
why in the boxes below.
I feel the results
demonstrate that the
outcomes are realistic,
appropriate, and are
meeting the goal of
assisting the faculty in
curriculum planning and
assessment. I will not be
revising the outcomes.
Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Discipline: Dental Assisting
Course Number: DA 137
School/Unit: SOSC
Submitted by: Julie Muhle
Academic Year: 2010/2011
For Program, Discipline or Course Assessment Reports:
I have reviewed this report:
Julie Muhle
Department Chair
Ted Plaggemeyer
Dean
Date________________
Date August 24, 2011
John Tuthill
Vice President of Academic Affairs and Student Services
Date August 25, 2011
Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Discipline: Dental Assisting
Course Number: DA 137
School/Unit: SOSC
Submitted by: Julie Muhle
Academic Year: 2010/2011
DA 137 Assessment Documentation
1.
Excerpt from Student Report for DA 137
5/13/11
Specialties Report
The Periodontic Office
a. Team members include: periodontist, the periodontal assistant, and front office staff or administrative assistant.
b. Instruments:
i. Periodontal probes
ii. Furcation probe
iii. Hoe – mesial/distal and buccal/lingual
iv. Back-action hoe
v. Periodontal knife – kidney shaped
vi. Interdental knife – spear point
vii. Interdental file
c. Procedures: excisional surgery (gingivectomy, gingivoplasty), incisional surgery (flap surgery), osseous surgery (osteoplasty,
ostectomy),
crown lengthening, and soft tissue grafts (pedicle graft, free gingival soft tissue graft).
d. Frequently, a periodontal patient will alternate periodontal maintenance (cleaning and follow-up) appointments between
the periodontist’s
office and the general dentist’s office. The staff at both offices must coordinate periodontal maintenance therapy between
the two practices to provide the most comprehensive care for the patient.
e. Appointments include: the periodontal exam, the dental exam, the prophylaxis, scaling and root planning, gingival curettage, and if more intense
treatment is needed surgical periodontal treatment may be needed.
f. Patients are usually referred to a periodontist’s office by a general dentist or a dental hygienist for treatment of a periodontal condition that requires
the skill and knowledge of a specialist. After periodontal treatment, the patient will return to the general dentist for routine dental care.
g. The accuracy of radiographs is critical in the diagnoses of periodontal disease because distortion of the image can result in an incorrect diagnosis.
A bitewing is particularly valuable because it can accurately depict bone height along the root surface. Vertical bitewings are excellent for
Determining the extent of crestal bone loss.
h. A recall system is essential because periodontal disease needs to be evaluated for a long time after treatment. This is because additional treatment
May be needed and regular cleanings help to stop the disease from progressing further and the patient losing teeth. The general dentist and the
periodontist need to work together to keep the patient on regular recalls for regular cleaning and evaluation of further bone loss.
Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Discipline: Dental Assisting
Course Number: DA 137
School/Unit: SOSC
Submitted by: Julie Muhle
Academic Year: 2010/2011
DA 137 Assessment Documentation Periodontal Test
1: ___________is a deepening of the gingival sulcus beyond
normal, resulting from periodontal disease.
Multiple
Choice
2
17
2: A surgical dressing that is applied to the surgical site for protection,
similar to a bandage, is a ___________.
Multiple
Choice
2
17
2
100%
3: Mobility is the movement of a tooth in its socket.
True or
False
2
17
2
100%
2
100%
4: The _________ is a method of scoring the amount of bleeding present.
Multiple
Choice
2
17
2
100%
5: A perio explorer is a type of explorer that is thin, fine and easily
adapted around root surfaces.
True or
False
2
17
2
100%
6: Exfoliative surgery is performed to remove defects in the bone.
True or
False
2
17
1.2
58.8%
7: Osteoplasty is a type of surgery in which bone is added, contoured and
reshaped.
True or
False
2
17
2
100%
8: A gingivoplasty is the surgical removal of diseased gingival tissues.
True or
False
2
17
2
100%
9: A type of surgery in which gingival tissues are reshaped and contoured
is a gingivectomy.
True or
False
2
17
1.9
94.1%
10: Osteoplasty is a type of surgery in which bone is added, contoured,
and reshaped.
True or
False
2
17
2
100%
11: What is the depth of a normal sulcus?
Multiple
3
17
2.8
94.1%
Answer Points # %
true
0
7 41.2
false
2
10 58.8
Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Discipline: Dental Assisting
Course Number: DA 137
School/Unit: SOSC
Submitted by: Julie Muhle
Academic Year: 2010/2011
Choice
12: Which instrument is used to remove calculus from supragingival
surfaces?
Multiple
Choice
3
17
3
100%
13: What is the MAIN purpose of explorers in periodontal treatment?
Multiple
Choice
3
17
2.6
88.2%
Answer
to detect pathology
to provide tactile information such as locating calculus and checking
for smoothness of tooth/root structure
to locate calculus
Points # %
0
0
0
3
15 88.2
0
2 11.8
14: What units of measurements are used on the periodontal probe?
Multiple
Choice
3
17
3
100%
15: A type of curette with two cutting edges is a
Multiple
Choice
3
17
2.6
88.2%
16: What is the purpose of a periodontal pocket marker?
Multiple
Choice
3
17
2.8
94.1%
17: Which type of instrument is used to remove calculus from subgingival
surfaces?
Multiple
Choice
3
17
2.6
88.2%
Answer
universal
gracey
sickle
Points #
3
15
0
1
0
1
%
88.2
5.9
5.9
Answer Points # %
scaler 0
2 11.8
explorer 0
0
0
Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Discipline: Dental Assisting
Course Number: DA 137
School/Unit: SOSC
Submitted by: Julie Muhle
Academic Year: 2010/2011
curette 3
15 88.2
18: ____________ is a surgical periodontal treatment.
Multiple
Choice
3
17
3
100%
19: What drug is often used for the treatment of periodontitis, juvenile
periodontitis, and rapidly destructuve periodontitis?
Multiple
Choice
3
17
2.8
94.1%
20: What information is included in the periodontal charting?
Multiple
Choice
3
17
3
100%
Revised 9/28/2009