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DENT 102 - Dental Materials and Lab I


PREREQUISITES: Admission to the Dental Assisting program
PROGRAM: Dental Assisting
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 2
LAB HOURS MIN: 2
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2018

This is the first in a series of two courses that reviews in depth the properties of dental materials, proper modes of manipulation, necessary armamentarium used, and the technical duties required of dental assistants. Stresses clinical behavior of materials and biological factors of importance to dental assisting.

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

  1. Describe specific conditions within the oral cavity that make it such a demanding environment for the placement and long-term performance of dental materials.
  2. Describe the protocols that are in place to ensure that quality control is maintained during the manufacture of dental devices and those materials for intraoral use are safe and effective.
  3. Describe the types and uses of gypsum, impression materials, cements, resin and amalgam.
  4. Explain the relationship between properties and the clinical performance of gypsum, impression materials, cements, resin and amalgam.
  5. Compare and contrast preventive and restorative, and therapeutic dental materials.
  6. List the different types of liner and bases and explain the difference in intent when placing a liner rather than a base.
  7. Compare the composition, setting processes, and uses of the various impression materials.
  8. Demonstrate manipulation of impression materials, cements, gypsum, resin, and amalgam materials that would be clinically useful to the dentist.
  9. Produce impressions, trimmed casts, and quad-custom-made trays that are acceptable in a dentist office.
  10. Demonstrate the bite registrations technique on typodont using elastomeric impression materials.


COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -  

  • Amalgam
  • Esthetic
  • Cements
  • History of dental materials
  • Dental gypsum products
  • Quality assurance programs
  • Dental impression materials
  • Structure and properties of dental materials
  • Dental materials and the oral environment

 
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)