DENT 122 - Clinical Practicum

PREREQUISITES: DENT 102 - Dental Materials and Lab I, DENT 115 - Preclinical Practice I and II (or DENT 113 - Preclinical Practice I and DENT 114 - Preclinical Practice II), DENT 116 - Dental Emergencies/Pharmacology, DENT 123 - Dental Anatomy
PREREQUISITES/COREQUISITE: DENT 118 - Dental Radiography

PROGRAM: Dental Assisting
CREDIT HOURS: 1
CLINICAL - NURSING HOURS: 3
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2018

This is an in-depth course that focuses on the performance of chairside skills that are applied in a clinical office situation on live patients. This course will also focus on business office procedures appropriate in the dental office.

MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:

Prepare operatory and patients for visual and restorative procedures.
Assist with visual and restorative procedures on clinical patients.
Perform oral physiotherapy procedures on select clinic patients.
Conduct dental office business procedures using computerized dental software.
Sterilize instruments, disinfect equipment and utilize barriers per OSHA guidelines.

COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -

Oral physiotherapy

Comprehensive health history

Barrier protection

Visual and restorative procedures

Business office procedures

Sterilization and disinfection procedures