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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Focuses on the diseases affecting the oral cavity and pharmacology as it relates to dentistry. Topics include identification and disease process, signs/symptoms of oral diseases and systemic diseases with oral manifestations, developmental abnormalities of oral tissues, basic principles of pharmacology, drugs prescribed by the dental profession, drugs that may contraindicate treatment, and applied pharmacology (regulations, dosage, and application). Prerequisites: DEN 101, DEN 106
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3.00 Credits
Reviews information concerning all didactic areas tested by the Dental Assisting National Board (DANB). Topics include collecting and recording clinical data, dental radiography, chairside dental procedures, prevention of disease transmission, patient education and oral health management, office management procedures, and testtaking skills. Prerequisite: Successful completion of all dental assisting didactic courses.
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7.00 Credits
Introduces students to chairside assisting with diagnostic and operative procedures. Topics include fourhanded dentistry techniques, clinical data collection techniques, introduction to operative dentistry, dental material basics, and infectioncontrol procedures in the dental environment with emphasis on CDC and ADA guidelines. Prerequisite: Program admission Corequisites: AHS 104, DEN 105, DEN 106
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7.00 Credits
Focuses on chairside assisting with operative and nonsurgical specialty procedures. Topics include operative dentistry, prosthodontic procedures (fixed and removable), orthodontics, and pediatric dentistry. Prerequisite: DEN 134
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4.00 Credits
Focuses on chairside assisting in surgical specialties. Topics include periodontic procedures, oral and maxillofacial surgery procedures, endodontic procedures, management of dental office emergencies, and medically compromised patients. Prerequisite: DEN 135
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4.00 Credits
Focuses on expanded duties of dental auxiliary personnel approved by the Georgia Board of Dentistry. Topics include expanded functions approved by law for performance by dental assistants in the state of Georgia. Prerequisites: DEN 134, DEN 135 Corequisite: DEN 136
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2.00 Credits
Focuses on ethics, jurisprudence, and employability skills for the dental assistant. Students will relate integration of didactic and laboratory instruction with clinical experiences. Topics include ethics and jurisprudence related to the dental office and employability skills. Prerequisite: Program admission
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5.00 Credits
After completion of the course, the student will be able to provide radiation safety for patient and self, expose xrays, process xrays, and prepare dental films for the dental office. Topics include fundamentals of radiology and radiation safety, radiographic anatomy and interpretation, intraoral and extraoral radiographic techniques, and quality assurance techniques. Prerequisite: DEN 102 Corequisite: DEN 106
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5.00 Credits
Emphasizes procedures for office management in dental practices. Topics include oral and written communication, records management, appointment control, dental insurance form preparation, accounting procedures, supply and inventory control, and basic computer skills. A computer lab provides basic skills in computer use and utilization of these skills to perform office procedures on a microcomputer. Prerequisite: SCT 100, DEN 134
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2.00 Credits
Practicum focuses on infection control in the dental office and assisting with diagnostic and simple operative procedures. Topics include infectioncontrol procedures, clinicaldiagnostic procedures and generaldentistry procedures. Prerequisites: AHS 104, DEN 105, DEN 134, DEN 139
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