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DEN 1470 – Dental Practicum II
Course Description Practicum focuses on advanced general dentistry procedures and chairside in dental specialties with special emphasis on nonsurgical specialties. Topics include: advanced general dentistry and specialties.
Competency Areas	Hours
Advanced General Dentistry	Class	0
Specialties	D. Lab	0
	P. Lab/O.B.I.	6
	Credit	2

Prerequisite:	DEN 1460
Corequisite:	DEN 1460

Course Guide

Competency	After completing this section, the student will be able to:	Hours
		Class	D.Lab	P.Lab/ O.B.I.
Advanced General Dentistry		0	0	30
Four-handed dentistry	Using the concepts of four-handed dentistry, assist with general dentistry procedures.
Specialties		0	0	30
Radiographs	Prepare, expose, process, and evaluate radiographs using prescribed techniques.

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. (9^th ed.). Elsevier (USA): Saunders.
Print	Frommer, H. (1995). Radiology for dental auxiliaries. (6^th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby.
Print	Johnson, O., et al. (2006). Essentials of dental radiography for dental assistants and hygienists. (8^th ed.). Upper Saddle River, N. J.: Pearson.
Print	Langland, O. E., Langlais, et al. (2002). Principles of dental imaging. (2^nd ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins.
Print	Miles, D. A., et al. (1999). Radiographic imaging for dental auxiliaries. (3^rd ed.). Elsevier (USA): Saunders.
Print	Phinney, D. & Halstead, J. (2007). Dental assisting – A comprehensive approach. (3^rd ed.). Albany: Cengage Learning.
Web	http://evolve.elsevier.com

Posted: 01/05/09