DENA 1042 - Chairside Dental Assisting II

1. Blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and body temperature for dental patients
2. Cavity classifications, charting procedures, and services rendered
3. Charting a patient¿s oral cavity
4. Drugs, topical medications, topical and local anesthetics, and cavity varnishes used in dentistry
5. Esthetic and amalgam procedures, tray set-ups, barriers, and aseptic techniques including information on MSDS and hazardous waste
6. Ethical considerations by the dental assistant for patient emotions and fears
7. Medical and dental history forms for patients
8. Operative dentistry, principles, and motion in procedures
9. Patients emotions related to dentistry
10. Teeth identification and charting methods
11. Topical anesthetic sites

1. Register a new patient.
2. Identify topical anesthetic injection sites.
3. Demonstrate the placement of topical anesthetic.
4. Apply topical medication and varnishes.
5. Identify rationale for restorative dentistry.
6. Perform operative dental procedures.
7. Demonstrate knowledge of safe handling, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste.
8. Measure and record patient vital signs
9. Identify and chart the oral cavity using various methods.

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