DA 1825 Dental Assisting Expanded Functions
Course Information
| Course Number | DA 1825 |
|---|---|
| Course Title | Dental Assisting Expanded Functions |
| Description | Dental Assisting Expanded Functions is designed to train chairside dental asistants in the Expanded Functions for an advanced level of skills and knowledge permitted to provide intraoral patient care procedures beyond traditional dental assisting duties. Procedures emphasized will be those legally allowed by the Minnesota Board of Dentistry for Licensed Dental Assistants. (Prerequisites DA 1814, DA 1815) |
| Total Credits | 5 |
| Total Hours | 112 |
| Instruction Type | Credits and Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 3 Credits, 67 Hours |
| Lab | 2 Credits, 45 Hours |
Pre/Corequisites
Prerequisite: DA 1814, DA 1815,
Institutional Core Competencies
- Cultural Competence - Students will be able to demonstrate an attitude of personal curiosity, a rising knowledge of cultures, and an evolving range of skills for living and working among others with other worldviews and ways of life.
- Communication - Students will be able to demonstrate appropriate and effective interactions with others to achieve their personal, academic, and professional objectives.
- Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility - Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to engage in the social responsibilities expected of a community member.
- Critical and Creative Thinking - Students will be able to demonstrate purposeful thinking with the goal of using a creative process for developing and building upon ideas and/or the goal of using a critical process for the analyzing and evaluating of ideas.
Course Competencies
- Incorporate Infection Control Guidelines
- Apply ethical standard of care
- Document patient information in a professional manner
- Identify local anesthesia methods
- Apply Dental Dam methods
- Identify instrumentation methods
- Summarize mechanical polish process
- Identify deposits on teeth
- Complete mechanical polish
- Summarize pediatric dentistry
- Define functions and criteria of dental sealants
- Perform sealant applications
- Summarize orthodontics
- Identify authorized orthodontic duties for Minnesota
- Demonstrate removal of bonding materials
- Perform usage of orthodontic separators
- Perform usage of ligature ties and alastics
SCC Accessibility Statement
South Central College strives to make all learning experiences as accessible as possible. If you have a disability and need accommodations for access to this class, contact the Academic Support Center to request and discuss accommodations.
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