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DEN 1090 – Dental Assisting National Board Examination Preparation
Course Description Reviews information concerning all didactic areas tested by the Dental Assisting National Board (DANB). Topics include: collecting and recording clinical data; dental radiography; chairside dental procedures; prevention of disease transmission; patient education and oral health management; office management procedures; and test taking skills.
Competency Areas	Hours
Collecting and Recording Clinical Data	Class	2
Dental Radiography	D. Lab	0
Chairside Dental Procedures	P. Lab/O.B.I.	0
Prevention of Disease Transmission	Credit	2
Patient Education and Oral Health Management
Office Management Procedures
Test Taking Skills

Prerequisite:	Successful completion of all dental assisting didactic courses or two years of full-time work experience (3500 hours) as a dental assistant, along with recommendation from the dentist employer.
Corequisite:

Course Guide

Competency	After completing this section, the student will be able to:	Hours
		Class	D.Lab	P.Lab/ O.B.I.
Collecting and Recording Clinical Data		2	0	0
Patient history	Review patient medical/dental history.
Dental charting	Identify dental charting symbols.
Treatment procedures	Identify treatment procedures and diagnostic aids.
Dental Radiography		4	0	0
Errors identification	Review radiographic films for errors.
Processing	Describe the processing for radiographic films.
Exposure	Describe the procedure to minimize patient and operator exposure.
Quality assurance	Define quality assurance.
	Identify techniques to aid in quality assurance.
Chairside Dental Procedures		4	0	0
Four-handed techniques	Identify four-handed dentistry techniques.
Dental armamentarium	Recall how to select and prepare dental armamentarium.
Patient management	Describe patient management techniques.
Lab materials and procedures	Identify lab materials and procedures.
Dental materials manipulation and application	Describe the selection/manipulation and application of various dental materials.
Prevention of Disease Transmission		4	0	0
Transmission and prevention	Recall the modes of disease transmission and procedures required to prevent and/or minimize the transmission of disease in the dental office.
	Differentiate between sterilization and disinfection.
Aseptic conditions	Describe how to maintain aseptic conditions, including the use of protective devices.
Patient Education and Oral Health Management		2	0	0
Assessment	Describe the procedure used to assess oral health information.
Pre/post treatment	Describe pre/post treatment instructions.
Plaque control	Identify plaque control techniques.
Office Management Procedures		2	0	0
Inventory control	Review supply and inventory control procedures.
Appointment control	Describe appointment control/recall procedures.
Legal aspects	Review legal aspects of dentistry.
Test Taking Skills		2	0	0
Strategies	Identify test taking skills that help reduce stress.
	Identify test strategies suggested to aid in minimizing anxiety.
	Identify strategies to maximize performance.
	Computer-scored answer sheet.
	Demonstrate the correct procedure to complete computer-scored answer sheets.
	Mock certification exam.
	Demonstrate test taking skills on a mock board examination.

Suggested Resources

Media Print Audio/Visual Web Other	Note: Please adhere to the APA Formatting and Style Guidelines. Examples: Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher. Duncan, G.J., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (Eds.). (1997). Consequences of growing up poor. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Print	Andujo, E. (2004). Prentice Hall’s dental assisting complete review. (2^nd ed.). East Norwalk, CT: Appleton & Lange.
Print	Bird, D. L. & Robinson, D. S. (2008). Torres and Ehrlich modern dental assisting. (9^th ed.) Elsevier (USA): Saunders.
Print	Durley, C., Horvatich, L., & Koch, L. (2002). The DANB Review. Chicago IL: Dental Assisting National Board.

Posted: 01/05/09