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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Permission of program coordinator. This course is designed to enable students who are re-entering the program to improve their clinical competencies and maintain pace in regular program courses or to remediate those students who have completed the program but need competency review to pass licensure examinations. Content will be designed to meet specific needs of the student.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an approach to the study of children through an investigation of scientific facts which explain the characteristic maturation and development of human behavior. The course examines the role of home and family life in child development and the psychology of the gifted child.
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32.00 Credits
A study of the various practice management procedures which include communication with patients, reception procedures, telephone techniques, appointment book control, purchasing and maintaining inventory of supplies, filling systems, written communications, clinical and financial records, bookkeeping methods, banking procedures, and tax records. Job interviews, resumes, and a budget workup will be included, along with information on legal and ethical aspects of dentistry, State Dental Practice Act, professional organizations, and employment opportunities.
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32.00 Credits
This course is designed to familiarize the dental auxiliary with the factors involved in the dental disease process and to assist the student in developing a comprehensive approach to preventive dentistry. Topics included are steps in a preventive program, educational principles, adult learners, patient motivation and involvement in personal oral hygiene, and the influence of lifestyles and nutritional effects. Emphasis is placed on current disease control techniques and auxiliary plaque control measures with special concern given to products available on the market for dental care. Dental appliances care and fluoride treatments are also included. The student will gain practical experience by developing and presenting dental health information in local elementary schools and the clinical setting during National Dental Health Month.
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2.00 Credits
Comprehensive instruction in macroscopic anatomy of the human dentition. Includes the function and eruption of both deciduous and permanent dentitions.
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2.00 Credits
A detailed study of the skeletal, muscular, circulatory, and nervous systems of the head and neck. Special emphasis is placed on structures associated with oral cavity. Teeth are studied in relationship to the structures that support them.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the properties, manipulation, and care of materials used in the prevention and treatment of oral disease. Study of physical, mechanical, chemical, and biological characteristics of materials. Includes clinical application of dental materials and the relationship to the oral environment.
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2.00 Credits
Corequisite: DES 1200L. Study of principles of radiology, theory and operation of X-ray equipment, darkroom procedures, film storage, and hazards and precautions involved in dental radiology,
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1.00 Credits
Corequisite: DES 1200. Applying principles of radiology, theory and operation of x-ray equipment, darkroom procedures, film storage, and the hazards and precautions involved in dental radiology.
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: DES 1200. Radiology interpretation of the oral structures, surveys, and advanced techniques in extraoral radiology. Information will be presented on quality control, radiologic physics, and health physics.
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