DEN 1120 Chairside Dental Assisting I

Description

Chairside Dental Assisting I assists the student in attaining skills required to be a qualified chairside assistant. It includes instrument identification and transfer, treatment room equipment, charting of the oral structures, utilization of dental practice management software, patient communication, and oral evacuation and isolation.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENGL 0090 or placement by multiple measures. DEN 1110 may be taken concurrently or with consent of instructor

Topics to be Covered

1. Introduction to the profession of Dental Assisting

2. Treatment room equipment

3. Charting of the oral structures

4. Dental Practice Management software

5. Patient Communication

6. Oral evacuation and isolation

7. Dental hand and rotary instruments

8. Instrument transfer techniques

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify and describe hand and rotary instruments.

2. Describe treatment room equipment functions.

3. Demonstrate evacuation & isolation and techniques.

4. Demonstrate instrument grasps & transfers.

5. Demonstrate dental charting.

6. Demonstrate use of dental practice management software.

7. Apply principles of patient communication.

Credit Details

Lecture: 2

Lab: 1

OJT: 0