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1.00 Credits
3.00 credits (2.00 lec/1.00 lab) This course will provide knowledge in patient management, chairside assisting and the concepts of four-handed dentistry. Students will focus on medical/dental histories, vital signs, medical and dental emergencies, drug classifications, and commonly used drugs in dentitry. They will have the opportunity to demonstrate the appropriate armamentarium for dental procedures, seating positions, instrument transfer and operator setup for full utilization of a chairside assistant. Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Dental Assistant program; placement into READ 0200 or placement into ESOL 0052 or completion of READ 0100 or ESOL 0042 with faculty recommendation into ESOL 0052. Corequisites: DNTA 1101 and DNTA 1120 or approval from the program director.
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2.00 Credits
2.00 credits (2.00 lec) This course provides students with the knowledge of restorative dentistry and the dental specialties that assist and provide supportive functions specific to each area. This course will focus on terminology, armamentarium, procedures and the clinical aspect of each dental specialty. Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Dental Assistant program; placement into READ 0200 or placement into ESOL 0052 or completion of READ 0100 or ESOL 0042 with faculty recommendation into ESOL 0052.
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1.00 Credits
3.00 credits (3.00 int) This course provides students with the opportunity to develop skills learned in the classroom through practical application. The course will focus on assisting in a dental office and participating as a member of the dental health team. Must be taken pass/fail. Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Dental Assistant program; placement into READ 0200 or placement into ESOL 0052 or completion of READ 0100 or ESOL 0042 with faculty recommendation into ESOL 0052.
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2.00 Credits
2.00 credits (1.50 lec/0.50 lab) This course will introduce students to expanded functions legal in Minnesota for a registered dental assistant to perform. The course will focus on program requirements, and review of anatomy and physiology, dental specialties, dental materials, pharmacology, and microbiology/ infection control. This course will also identify the levels of supervision, dental ethics and legal issues as they relate to the Minnesota Dental Practice Act. Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Expanded Functions Dental Assistant program; placement into READ 0200 or placement into ESOL 0052 or completion of READ 0100 or ESOL 0042 with faculty recommendation into ESOL 0052.
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3.00 Credits
3.00 credits (1.00 lec/2.00 lab) This course provides the background knowledge, functions and manipulative skills in dental materials. The course will focus on commonly used dental materials, their purpose, properties, manipulation, placement, care, hazards and storage. Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Dental Assistant program; placement into READ 0200 or placement into ESOL 0052 or completion of READ 0100 or ESOL 0042 with faculty recommendation into ESOL 0052.
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1.00 Credits
3.00 credits (2.00 lec/1.00 lab) This course introduces students to oral radiology, as well as the preclinical application of radiographic techniques. This course will focus on key landmarks, principles of radiation, radiation health and safety, radiographic techniques using both the parallel and bisecting angle techniques, mounting radiographs, and radiograph evaluation. Students will begin their practice on skulls. Prerequisites: DNTA 1101, DNTA 1110, DNTA 1120 and DNTA 1130. Required of students enrolled in the diploma program only. Corequisites: DNTA 1201 or approval from the program director, is required of students enrolled in the certificate program only.
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1.00 Credits
4.00 credits (1.00 lec/3.00 lab) This course is part of the advanced functions legal in Minnesota for a Registered Dental Assistant to perform. The course will focus on delineation of duties, knowledge, and opportunity to perform orthodontic, periodontal, oral, and maxillofacial surgery expanded duties, as well as on the preclinical and clinical skills in rubber dam, excess cement and bond removal, and taking an alginate impression to include a bite registration. Prerequisites: DNTA 1101, DNTA 1110, DNTA 1120, DNTA 1130, DNTA 1210 and CPR or acceptance into the Expanded Functions Dental Assistant program or approval from the program director.
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2.00 Credits
4.00 credits (4.00 lec) This course is a continuation of Clinical Externship 1, and will provide students with the opportunity to continue developing skills initiated in the classroom and previous dental office experience, through practical application. The course will focus on assisting in a dental office and participating as a member of the dental health team. Must be taken pass/fail. Corequisites: DNTA 1210; placement into READ 0200 or placement into ESOL 0052 or completion of READ 0100 or ESOL 0042 with faculty recommendation into ESOL 0052.
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2.00 Credits
3.00 credits (1.00 lec/2.00 lab) This course is a continuation of Radiology 1, and provides students with an opportunity to develop skills in exposing, processing, and evaluating radiographs. This course will focus on the preclinical and clinical application of radiographic techniques. Students will practice exposing radiographs on patients. Prerequisite: DNTA 1250.
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2.00 Credits
4.00 credits (2.00 lec/2.00 lab) This course continues with the advanced functions legal in Minnesota for a Registered Dental Assistant to perform. The course will focus on nutrition as it relates to oral health; oral hygiene instruction; mechanical polishing of the clinical crowns; application of fluoride; preclinical and clinical skills in the induction of nitrous oxide-oxygen inhalation analgesia and the application of pit-and-fissure sealants. Prerequisites: DNTA 1260 or approval from the program director.
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