DENA 1041 - Chairside Dental Assisting I

1. Define various dental procedures.
2. Demonstrate operation/assistant zones.
3. Demonstrate personal oral hygiene on yourself, classmates and patients.
4. Demonstrate sit-down four-handed dentistry.
5. Describe practice and perform air/water syringe control and evacuation technique.
6. Identify field isolation/practice and perform cotton roll placement for evaluation.
7. Identify instrument grasps.
8. Identify instruments and handpieces and their use.
9. Introduce student to the care and maintenance of the clinic.
10. Perform patient admission and dismissing duties/work with apprehensive patient.
11. Practice and perform sit-down four-handed dentistry procedure.
12. Research data for personal oral hygiene paper
13. Sanitize, disinfect and sterilize the appropriate pieces of equipment according to ADA, CDC, and OSHA guidelines.
14. Set up procedure trays/organize dental operatory
15. Use aseptic techniques on equipment, instruments and supplies.

1. Demonstrate the differences and uses of sanitation disinfection and sterilization techniques.
2. Adhere to disease protection protocol.
3. Describe rationale of chairside four-handed dentistry.
4. Describe and demonstrate personal oral hygiene.
5. Write a personal oral hygiene paper.
6. Perform instrument transfer for evaluation.
7. Perform cotton-roll placement and air water syringe/evacuation for evaluation.

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