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DENA 1042 - Chairside Dental Assisting II

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 2 Lab 2
Course Description: This course focuses on taking, recording, and interpreting vital signs, dental and medical histories and documentation of care in an electronic patient record. Topics include techniques of operative dentistry and effective patient communication. Students must be able to perform physical tasks to complete course requirements.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): DENA 1000 , DENA 1011 , and DENA 1012  
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: Concurrently enrolled in DENA 1020, DENA 1031, DENA 1041, and DENA 1050

Major Content
  1. Taking, reviewing and recording patient medical and dental histories
  2. Patients’ emotions related to dentistry
  3. Ethical considerations by the dental assistant for patient emotions and fears
  4. Blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and body temperature for dental patients
  5. Cavity classifications, services rendered
  6. Maintain accurate treatment records
  7. Cavity varnishes and liners in operative dentistry
  8. Operative dentistry, principles, and motion in procedures
  9. Esthetic and amalgam procedures, crown preparation tray set-ups, barriers, and aseptic techniques including information on SDS and hazardous waste
  10. Patient preventive education and oral hygiene instruction with classmate and outside patient

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

  1. Register a new patient in an electronic patient record.
  2. Measure, record and interpret patient vital signs.
  3. Apply topical varnishes and liners
  4. Identify rationale for restorative dentistry.
  5. Assemble Tofflemire retainer and identify other matrix systems used in restorative dentistry.
  6. Perform operative dental procedures.
  7. Identify and utilize effective patient communication.
  8. Describe and demonstrate personal oral hygiene instruction.
  9. Research and compose a paper on personal oral hygiene.
  10. Demonstrate knowledge of safe handling, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste.

Competency 1 (1-6)
None
Competency 2 (7-10)
None


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