|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
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, chair side dental procedures, prevention of disease transmission, patient education and oral health management, office management procedures, and test taking skills. Prerequisites/Corequisites: Successful completion of all dental assisting didactic courses or two years of fulltime work experience (3,500 hours) as a dental assistant, along with recommendation from the dentist employer.
-
7.00 Credits
Introduces students to chairside assisting with diagnostic and operative procedures. Topics include four-handed dentistry techniques, clinical data collection techniques, introduction to operative dentistry, dental material basics, and infection control procedures in the dental environment with emphasis on CDC and ADA guidelines Prerequisites/Corequisites: AHS 104, DEN 105, DEN 106.
-
7.00 Credits
Focuses on chair side assisting with operative and nonsurgical specialty procedures. Topics include operative dentistry, prosthodontic procedures (fixed and removable), orthodontics, and pediatric dentistry. Prerequisite/Corequisite: DEN 134.
-
4.00 Credits
Focuses on chairside assisting in surgical specialties. Topics include periodontal procedures, oral and maxillo facial surgery procedures, endodontic procedures, management of dental office emergencies and medically compromised patients. Prerequisite/Corequisite: DEN 135.
-
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 Prerequisite/Corequisite: DEN 136.
-
2.00 Credits
Focuses on the ethics, jurisprudence, and employability skills for the dental assistant. Students will relate integration of didactic and laboratory instruction with clinical experience. Topics include ethics and jurisprudence related to the dental office and employability skills.
-
5.00 Credits
After completion of the course the student will be able to provide radiation safety for patients and self, expose x-ray, process x-rays, 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, quality assurance techniques. Prerequisites: DEN 102, DEN 106.
-
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: DEN 134, SCT 100.
-
2.00 Credits
Practicum focuses on infection control in the dental office and assisting with diagnostic and simple operative procedures. Topics include infection control procedures, clinical diagnostic procedures and general dentistry procedures. Prerequisites: AHS 104, DEN 105, DEN 134. Corequisites: DEN 139.
-
2.00 Credits
Practicum focuses on advanced general dentistry procedures and chairside assisting in dental specialty with special emphasis on nonsurgical specialties. Topics include advanced general dentistry and specialties. Prerequisites: DEN 135, DEN 146.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2024 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|