DEN - Dental

This course will introduce the student to dental head and neck anatomy and physiology.  The focus of this course will include dental terminology related to oral anatomy.   Tooth morphology and overview of the dentition is taught at the in-depth level.   Students will learn the human skull, including landmarks of the skull, face and oral cavity, bones of the head, and the temporomandibular joint.  The musculature, nerves and vascular circulation of the head and neck will be studied.  The students will study tooth embryology, histology, structure, components of the periodontium, and systems of tooth identification.  Upon successful course completion, students will be able to pronounce, define, and spell key terms related to Dental Anatomy.

This course provides an introduction to the oral health profession and covers basic terminology, historical perspective, the credentialing process, accreditation, professional organizations, ethics, jurisprudence, and professionalism.  Students will learn to pronounce, define, and spell key terms.  Upon successful course completion, students will be able to discuss oral health, preventative techniques, and nutrition related to dental health.

This course will focus on oral microbiology, plaque formation, plaque-related diseases, and sterilization and disinfection principles.  Students will learn to pronounce, define, and spell key terms.  Upon successful course completion, Students will be able to discuss disease transmission/infection control, OSHA bloodborne pathogen and hazard communication standards.

This course emphasizes patient preparation, medical/dental histories, vital signs, oral diagnosis, dental charting and accurate patient treatment records.   Management of dental, medical emergencies that may occur in the dental office is achieved in this course.  Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training for certification and registration is included.  Students will learn patient management and the medically compromised patient.  The study of therapeutics includes a history of drugs, methods of administration, drug effects, and commonly used drugs in the treatment of oral lesions, anxiety, and pain management. Principles of pharmacology to include; overview and dispensing of drugs, commonly used drugs in dentistry and adverse drug effects will be discussed.  Students will learn to pronounce, define, and spell key terms. Upon successful course completion, students will be able to describe patient preparation and components of clinical science.

This course provides topics related to community health concerns including identification of specific diseases, symptoms, causes and effects.  An emphasis is placed on the promotion of oral health in the community through patient education in oral home care techniques, dietary counseling, plaque control procedures, risks of tobacco, and application of medicinal agents.  Students will learn dental illiteracy, psychology, communication and multicultural interaction. The importance of understanding patients with special needs is stressed.  The study of oral pathology and recognizing the difference between normal and abnormal conditions will be explored.  Students will learn to pronounce, define, and spell key terms. Upon successful course completion, students will be able to understand topics related to community health.

This course provides instruction in the principles of clinical chairside dental assisting; dental equipment use and maintenance; safety and instrument identification. Students will learn the many varied dental office designs. Students will also learn chairside operatory procedures, infection control practices, provider and ergonomic assistant positioning. Various dental hand pieces and their attachments, dental operative hand instruments and their tray set-ups are included. Anesthesia and pain control will be discussed. Chairside assisting procedures including dental amalgam and composite restorative materials are taught to a competent level. Additional chairside assisting functions include oral illumination, tissue retraction, evacuation, and dental dam, and the tofflemire matrix band. Advanced chairside functions include placing liners, bases, and varnishes for restorative procedures. Students will be able to pronounce, define, and spell key terms. Upon successful course completion, students will be able to discuss principles of clinical chairside dental assisting.

 

This course will challenge the student to link theory with clinical practice.  Students will learn how to practice and demonstrate dental assisting skills taught in Dental Chairside Assisting with evaluation by a dental assisting faculty.  Upon successful course completion, student will be competent to perform skills necessary to progress and will be required to demonstrate these skills through graded skill assessments.

The course introduces types and properties of dental laboratory materials.  A variety of dental cements and bonding agents are selected to highlight the role in preparing, mixing and delivering. Emphasis is placed on dental alginate impressions and wax bites, preparation of elastomeric impression materials, dental gypsum products such as model plaster and laboratory stone, study model. Advanced chairside functions include fabrication of provisional crowns/bridges. Students will learn to pronounce, define, and spell key terms. Upon successful course completion, students will be able to identify types and properties of dental laboratory materials.

This course will challenge the student to link theory with clinical practice.  Through laboratory practice, the dental assisting student will perfect skills necessary to assume their professional role.  Students will learn hands on practical experience which will aid the students to become competent in laboratory skills to include; mixing alginate impression material, taking a preliminary impression, using alginate, pouring dental models, using the inverted-pour method, obtain the bite registration, trimming diagnostic casts/study models, constructing a light-cured custom tray, constructing a vacuum formed bleaching tray, fabricating a temporary crown.  Students will learn to pronounce, define, and spell key terms. Upon successful course completion, students will be able to demonstrate dental laboratory skills.

This course introduces a broad history of radiography combined with the specific physics of dental radiography in conjunction with the function of the dental x-ray unit.  Emphasizes is placed on providing the students the knowledge to understand concepts related to dental radiation, health and safety.  Students will gain knowledge and fundamentals to expose and evaluate, process both traditional and digital, as well as mount and label dental radiographs according to anatomical landmarks.  Students build on principles and skills in infection control.  Students will learn hazards of radiation exposure as well as identification and correction of radiographic pitfalls are emphasized.  Students will learn to pronounce, define, and spell key terms. Upon successful course completion, students will be able to discuss the history of dental radiography.

This course will challenge the student to link theory with clinical practice. The focus of this course is through laboratory practice, the dental assisting student will perfect the skills necessary to assume their professional role.  The Dental Radiography Lab course prepares dental assisting students to operate x-ray units and expose bitewing, periapical, extra oral, and occlusal radiographs.  Emphasis is placed on protection against x-ray hazards.  Students also process, mount, and evaluate radiographs for diagnostic value.  In this course students will first demonstrate competency on a manikin.  Students will learn the principles and skills advance, the dental assisting students must demonstrate competence in exposing diagnostically acceptable full-mouth dental image surveys on a minimum of two patients.  In addition, they will use radiographs to educate the patients. Upon successful course completion, the student will be competent to perform skills necessary to progress and will be required to demonstrate these skills through graded skill assessments.

This course emphasizes the study of various fields of specialized dentistry recognized by the American Dental Association.  The course provides instruction in clinical chairside assisting and applied psychology through role playing.   Students will learn integration and application of previous course content to operative dental procedures. Students will learn to pronounce, define, and spell key terms pertinent to each specialty field.  Upon successful course completion, students identify specialty instruments, and understand the procedures necessary to be successful in any of these various specialties and treatment modalities.

This course will challenge the student to link theory with clinical practice.  The focus of this course is through laboratory practice, the dental assisting students are practicing and demonstrating dental assisting skills taught in Clinical Dental Procedures with evaluation by dental assisting faculty.  Students will learn to pronounce, define, and spell key terms.  Upon successful course completion, students will learn to become competent to perform skills necessary to progress and will be required to demonstrate these skills through graded skill assessments.

This course introduces the student to administrative procedures for a dental office.  Students will learn to develop skills in communications and interpersonal relations, appointment scheduling and recall systems, supply and inventory control, account payables and account receivables (collections) as well as other business procedures such as ADA insurance claim forms with CDT coding. Include also, the importance of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in dentistry and its implications for record-keeping.  Students will learn to pronounce, define, and spell key terms. Upon successful course completion, be able to discuss administrative procedures for a dental office.

This course provides the student with 180 hours of clinical extern assignments in various dental specialty practices, as well as general dentistry practices.   This is an opportunity for students to obtain practical experience and to reinforce subject matter and skills learned in the classroom.  The student will begin interaction with dentist, staff and patient.  Students will learn to demonstrate the principles of professionalism, effective communication, infection control, instrumentation, four and six handed dentistry, moisture control, asepsis, vital signs assessment, topical placement, documentation, and computer software integration.  Students will assess patient oral hygiene, charting existing restorations and abnormalities.  Students will expose, process, and mount radiographs.  Students will learn to pronounce, define, and spell key terms. Upon successful course completion, students will be able to safely function in various general and dental specialty practices.

This course will be held during clinical rotation.  Students will learn to be knowledgeable concerning the state laws in which they are practicing. Professionalism, ethics and jurisprudence will also be discussed.  Included in seminar will be instruction on techniques to prepare for Dental Assisting Certification Examinations.  Students will demonstrate the ability to pronounce, define, and spell key terms. Upon successful course completion, students will be able to discuss professionalism and regulations of practice.

This course provides the student with 135 hours of clinical extern assignments in various dental specialty practices, as well as general dentistry practices.  Students will learn to integrate practical experience and to reinforce subject matter and skills taught in the classroom.  Students will continue to be assessed with the same skills as DEN225 and should be showing progression in this course.  Students will continue to demonstrate the ability to pronounce, define, and spell key terms. Upon successful course completion, student will be able to demonstrate proficiency of skills required for the Dental Assistant.

This course will be held during clinical rotation.  Students will be instructed on techniques to prepare for Dental Assisting Certification Examinations. Students will learn to integrate practical experience and to reinforce subject matter and skills taught in the classroom.  Students will demonstrate competence in pronouncing, defining, and spelling key terms. Upon successful course completion, student will be competent in practice skills and understand the certification process.