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DEN 1460 – Dental Practicum I

Course Description

Practicum focuses on infection control in the dental office and assisting with diagnostic and simple operative procedures. Topics include: infection control procedures; clinical diagnostic procedures; and general dentistry procedures.

Competency Areas

Hours

Infection Control Procedures

Class

0

Clinical Diagnostic Procedures

D. Lab

0

General Dentistry Procedures

P. Lab/O.B.I.

6

 

Credit

2

 

Prerequisite:

AHS 104, DEN 1050, DEN 1340

Corequisite:

DEN 1350, DEN 1390

 

Course Guide

 

Competency

After completing this section, the student will be able to:

Hours

Class

D.Lab

P.Lab/

O.B.I.

 

 

 

 

Infection Control Procedures

0

0

20

Infection control procedures

Observe and/or perform appropriate infection control procedures.

 

 

 

Clinical Diagnostic Procedures

0

0

20

Four-handed dentistry

Observe and/or assist with clinical diagnostic procedures using the concepts of four-handed dentistry.

 

 

 

General Dentistry Procedures

0

0

20

Four-handed dentistry

Observe and/or assist with general dentistry procedures using the concepts of four-handed dentistry.

 

 

 

 

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

Bird, D. L., & Robinson, D. S. (2008). Torres and Ehrlich modern dental assisting. (9th ed.). Elsevier Science (USA): Saunders.

Print

Phinney, D. & Halstead, J. (2007). Dental assisting – A comprehensive approach. (3rd ed.). Albany: Cengage Learning.

Web

http://evolve.elsevier.com

 

Posted: 01/05/09