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State Board
Approval Date: |
6/5/08 |
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Implementation
Date: |
Fall 2008 |
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Last Updated: |
07/21/2008 |
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SPECIFIC PROGRAM
STANDARDS |
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DL02-02-01 |
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DL02-02-04 |
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DL02-03-02 |
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DL02-03-03 |
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Standard Number:
DL02-02-01 (Admission Requirements)
Statewide admission
requirements are implemented for the Dental Laboratory Technology, Diploma
program.
Admission refers to
regular admission into a Diploma program.
Statewide program
admission requirements consider state and national occupational licensing and
certifying requirements, where applicable. The institution develops and implements
clearly stated diploma program admissions policies and procedures.
Admission
requirements are related to the functions of the Dental Laboratory Technology,
Diploma profession.
The institution
develops, implements, and publishes clearly stated Dental Laboratory
Technology, Diploma
program admission and advanced placement policies and procedures.
The requirements
for admission to the Dental Laboratory Technology, Diploma program are:
a.
attainment of 16 years of age;
b.
documentation of high school graduation or
satisfaction of High School Equivalency Certificate requirements;
c.
achievement of minimum regular admission scores on
tests of reading, language, and math as specified in TCSG document Minimum Program Entrance Scores; and
d.
completion of application
and related procedures.
Admission of
transfer students to the Dental Laboratory Technology program is contingent
upon their meeting the following requirements:
a.
regular admission and good standing at a regionally
accredited diploma or degree granting institution; and
b.
proper completion of application and related
procedures
Standard Number: DL02-02-04
(Provisional Admission Requirements)
Statewide
provisional admission requirements are implemented for the Dental Laboratory Technology,
Diploma program.
Provisional
admission is granted to qualified students who do not meet the regular
admission requirements of the program.
Provisionally
admitted students are allowed to take developmental studies courses and/or
certain occupational courses as designated in the course sequence standard.
The institution
develops, implements, and publishes clearly stated policies and procedures for
entry into programs on a provisional basis.
Provisional admission
to the Dental Laboratory Technology, Diploma program is afforded those students
who do not meet program requirements but do meet provisional admission
requirements.
The requirements
for provisional admission to the Dental Laboratory Technology, Diploma program are:
a.
attainment of 16 years of age;
b.
achievement of minimum provisional admission scores
on tests of reading, language, and math as specified in TCSG document Minimum Program Entrance Scores, or
recommendation by program faculty and designated admissions personnel on the
basis of interview and assessment of student potential; and
c.
completion of application
and related procedures.
All Dental
Laboratory Technology, Diploma program students initially admitted on a
provisional basis meet regular admission requirements prior to graduation.
Provisionally
admitted students whose English, Math, and/or Reading
achievement levels do not meet regular program admission requirements are
required to enroll in developmental studies courses approved by the State Board
of Technical and Adult Education.
Standard Number: DL02-03-02
(Program Numbering System)
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A Program Major
Code of DL02 and a Program CIP
Code of 510603 are applied to the Dental Laboratory Technology, Diploma
program. |
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Assignment of a
statewide Program Major Code DL02 and Program CIP Code 510603 to the Dental
Laboratory Technology, Diploma program is the basis from which statewide
programmatic consistency is developed.
Each degree/diploma/certificate
program complies with the assigned Program Major Code(s) established in the
relevant program-specific standards of the State Board of Technical and Adult
Education.
Each authorized
degree/diploma/certificate program is assigned a Program Major Code and Program
CIP Code.
Each
degree/diploma/certificate program having a given Program Major Code is
consistent with all other programs throughout the state that have the same
Program Major Code.
Degree/diploma/certificate
programs having multiple specializations are assigned a Specialization Major
Code and Specialization CIP Code for each option.
Standard Number: DL02-03-03 (Program Consistency and Sequence)
The Dental
Laboratory Technology, diploma program utilizes essential course components
consistent with statewide program requirements. Specific course alphanumeric
identification Codes are assigned to each course. Students are required to
progress through two course categories in a developmentally valid sequence.
Programs are
assigned an identical Major Code DL02 and are consistent statewide. Each
specific course is assigned an alphanumeric descriptor that serves as a
statewide course identification code.
The Dental
Laboratory Technology, Degree program is assigned a Major Code of DL02, and
utilizes essential components designated for that program number statewide.
Program components include, but are not limited to:
Dental Laboratory
Technology, Diploma
The Dental
Laboratory Technology accredited program prepares students for employment in a
variety of positions in today's dental laboratories. The Dental Laboratory Technology program provides
learning opportunities which introduce, develop, and reinforce academic and
occupational knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for job acquisition,
retention, and advancement.
Additionally, the program provides opportunities to upgrade present
knowledge and skills or to retrain in the area of dental laboratory
technology. Graduates of the program
receive a dental laboratory technology diploma and are eligible to sit for a
National Board of Certification Recognized Graduate examination.
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General Core Course Title |
Class |
D. |
P. |
Weekly |
Credit |
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English [P] ENG 097, or entrance
English score in accordance with approved DTAE admission score levels; and
RDG 097, or entrance reading score in accordance with approved TCSG admission
score levels. |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
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Foundations of
Mathematics [P] MAT 0097,or entrance arithmetic score in accordance with approved
TCSG admission score levels. |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
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Basic Psychology [P] Provisional
admission |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
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Minimum Required Hours: |
15 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
15 |
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Course |
Occupational Course Title |
Class |
D. |
P. |
Weekly |
Credit |
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Introduction to Microcomputers [P] Provisional
admission |
1 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
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Anatomy and
Physiology of Head and Neck (Provisional
admission) |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
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Introduction to
Dental Technology [P] Provisional
admission |
3 |
6 |
0 |
9 |
6 |
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Physics and
Chemistry of Dental Materials [P] Provisional
admission |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
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Tooth Morphology [P] Provisional
admission |
1 |
6 |
3 |
10 |
5 |
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Principles of
Occlusion [P] DLT,100, DLT
101, DLT 102, DLT 103 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
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Removable Partial
Dentures [P] DLT 100, DLT
101, DLT 102, DLT 103 [C] DLT 113 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
12 |
6 |
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Crown and Bridge [P] DLT 100, DLT
101, DLT 102, DLT 103 [P/C] DLT 104 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
10 |
6 |
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Common Dentures [P] DLT 100, DLT
101, DLT 102, DLT 103 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
12 |
6 |
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Dental Ceramics [P] DLT 100, DLT 101, DLT 102, DLT 103, [C] DLT 112 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
10 |
6 |
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Orthodontics/Pedodontics [P] DLT 100, DLT
101, DLT 102, DLT 103 [P/C] DLT 104 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
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Fixed
Prosthodontics Practicum [P] DLT 112, DLT
114 [P/C] DLT 115 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
30 |
10 |
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OR |
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Removable
Prosthodontics Practicum [P] DLT 111, DLT
113 [P/C] DLT 115 |
(0) |
(0) |
(30) |
(30) |
(10) |
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Minimum Required Hours: |
20 |
48 |
45 |
113 |
59 |
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Dental Laboratory Technology, Diploma
74 minimum quarter hours credit required for
graduation
Accreditation and
Certification
The Dental
Laboratory Technology, Diploma program must conform to the institutional
accreditation requirements of the Council on Occupational Education (COE) or
the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (COC).
Dental laboratory
technicians are certified by the National Board for Certification (NBC).
Students are eligible to sit for the Recognized Graduate examination upon
completion of the program.
Dental Laboratory
Technology, Diploma Program Curriculum
Model
The standard
curriculum for Dental Laboratory Technology, Diploma program is set up on the quarter system. A suggested sequence for
the program is given below with area of specialization (if applicable).
Technical colleges may implement the Dental Laboratory Technology, Diploma program by using the sequences listed
below or by using a locally developed sequence designed to reflect course
prerequisites and/or corequisites.
First
Quarter
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Course Code |
Course Name |
Class Hours |
D. |
P. OBI Hours |
Weekly Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
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ENG 101 |
English |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
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DLT 101 |
Introduction to
Dental Technology |
3 |
6 |
0 |
9 |
6 |
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MAT 1012 |
Foundations of
Mathematics |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
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DLT 100 |
Anatomy and
Physiology of Head and Neck |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
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Total |
15 |
6 |
0 |
21 |
18 |
Second
Quarter
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Course Code |
Course Name |
Class Hours |
D. |
P. OBI Hours |
Weekly Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
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DLT 104 |
Principles of
Occlusion |
1 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
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DLT 103 |
Tooth Morphology |
1 |
6 |
3 |
10 |
5 |
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DLT 111 |
Removable Partial
Dentures |
2 |
4 |
6 |
12 |
6 |
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DLT 112 |
Crown and Bridge |
2 |
8 |
0 |
10 |
6 |
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Total |
6 |
22 |
9 |
37 |
20 |
Third
Quarter
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Course Code |
Course Name |
Class Hours |
D. |
P. OBI Hours |
Weekly Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
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DLT 102 |
Physics and
Chemistry of Dental Materials |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
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DLT 113 |
Complete Dentures |
2 |
4 |
6 |
12 |
6 |
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DLT 114 |
Dental Ceramics |
2 |
8 |
0 |
10 |
6 |
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SCT 100 |
Introduction to
Microcomputers |
1 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
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Total |
8 |
16 |
6 |
30 |
18 |
Fourth Quarter
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Course Code |
Course Name |
Class Hours |
D. |
P. OBI Hours |
Weekly Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
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DLT 115 |
Orhtodontics/Pedodontics |
1 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
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PSY 101 |
Basic Psychology |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
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AND |
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DLT 116 |
Fixed
Prosthodontics Practicum |
0 |
0 |
30 |
30 |
10 |
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OR |
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DLT 117 |
Removable
Prosthodontics Practicum |
(0) |
(0) |
(30) |
(30) |
10 |
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Total |
6 |
4 |
30 |
40 |
18 |
Adding machine
Air compressors
Air scribe
Aluminum shell
Amalgam dispenser
Amalgam instrument
Amalgamator (mechanical)
Anesthetic (gas) equipment
Articulator
Articulator, anatomic
Articulator, arcon
Aspirators
Assistant's stool
Auto-duplicator
Bath, hydroscopic
Blood pressure cuff
Burner, Bunsen
Burr basket
Camera
Camron-mitter electrosurg
Casting machine, HIFREQ
Cavitron
Centrifugal casting machine
Cephalograph
Cleaner, ultrasonic
Conventional dental units
Copper bands
Cotton roll holder
Culture tubes & plates
Dental lathe
Dentrometer
Drill, dowel pin ACCUD
Electric burn-out furnace
Electric welding machine
Electronically operated mallets
Extinguisher, fire
Flowmeter
Furnace, B.O., ACCO-TEMPMASTER
Furnace, B.O., ACCO-THERM
Furnace, PORC, 660
Furnace, PORC, STARFIRE
Gas burner
Glass slab
Gold foil equipment
Grinder, alloy HS
Grinder, model
Hand cutting instruments
Handpiece, air
Handpiece, electrical, variable speed
Handpiece, HS, PORC fin
Hemolet
Hemostats
High speed dental units
Hydrocolloid conditioners
Hygrobath
Impression trays
Insta-steam
Lathe, bench, QC
Lathe, pumice, DS
Machine, casting,
B.A.
Matrix retainers
Mechanical instrument sharpener
Mechanical mixer
Microscopes
Miniglaze
Mobile cabinet
Mobile oral evacuating machine
Model trimmers
Modular cabinets
Mortar and pestle
Motor dental chair noncutting instruments
Operating light
Operating unit
Operator's stool
Oral evacuating machine
Oral surgery mallet and points
Oven, model drying
Oxygen equipment
Panorex
Perio probe
Pneumatic condenser
Polisher, electric, RPD
Polishing instruments
Portable dental units
Pulp tester
Reamers and file
Resuscitation equipment
Retractors
Rotary cutting instruments
Rubber dam equipment
Sandblaster, jelblast
Sandblaster, upright
Scales
Slides
Spatulas
Spatulator, vacuum, PLA
Sterilizers
Suction apparatus
Surgical instruments
Surveyor, RPD
Syringe warmer
Syringes
Tape recorders
Telephone
Thermofax machine
Tonator for fluoride
Trimmer, model, ortho
Typewriters
Ultrasonic portable unit
Vac-u-vestor, power mix
Vacuum dustmate
Vacuum, former
Vacuum pump
Vacuum, shop
Vibrator
Vibrator, inv, RPD
View box
Wax templates
Welder, electric, RPD
Wire framing tools
X-ray machine
X-ray processing equipment
Posted: 07/21/08