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Dec 08, 2024
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DEA 577 - Dental Assisting Clinic II Credits: 4 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 0 Practicum Hours: 0 Work Experience: 16 Course Type: Voc/Tech A deeper application of knowledge and skills as student rotate through dental healthcare settings. At least 50% of rotations are in general dental practices with the remaining rotations in specialty dental practices. Prerequisite: All first and second semester courses successfully completed Corequisite: DEA 297 Competencies
- Display professional habits for work and personal health
- Illustrate OSHA standards for the dental office/lab environment
- Demonstrate proper sleep habits and a clean, neat appearance.
- Demonstrate the proper concerns in relation to personal illness and prohibiting transmission
- Maintain proper nutrition
- Refrain from personal habits detrimental to health
- Demonstrate punctuality/attendance
- Demonstrate dependability
- Give a feeling of self-confidence
- Apply self-motivation techniques
- Demonstrate organizational skills
- Utilize proper communication techniques
- Express a helpful/caring attitude while being an effective “P.R.” employee
- Examine employability skills
- Demonstrate effective chairside/4 handed dentistry technique
- Provide patient management skills
- Demonstrate organization/self-motivation
- Utilize problem solving skills
- Demonstrate anticipation of operator needs
- Participate in all aspects of patient care
- Assist in chairside functions
- Demonstrate preventive measures for oral hygiene
- Perform Coronal polish and fluoride
- Assist in patient record maintenance
- Perform laboratory functions
- Collect patient health information
- Review health history, and take vital signs
- Assist/complete the laboratory prescription
- Demonstrate successful communication/interaction skills at chairside and business office settings
- Function as a team member in a general practice/specialty dental office
- Demonstrate the ability to work well with others
- Show willingness to share in responsibilities and workload
- Be an asset to the dental team’s effectiveness
- Know the importance of being a pleasant and optimistic team member
- Perform intra-oral procedures independently, as delegated
- Demonstrate patient safety techniques
- Practice proper aseptic technique to protect patient/operator health
- Perform general business office procedures
- Illustrate filing and pulling patient records/statements
- Practice computer usage appropriate to office procedures
- Assist with billing and insurance services
- Answer telephones
- Practice scheduling/confirming appointments
- Assist in maintaining office/reception room
- Perform general laboratory duties
- Write laboratory prescriptions
- Demonstrate ability to work with stone and plaster
- Perform accurate trimming techniques
- Assist with appliance fabrication /repairs
- Fabrication of custom trays
- Demonstrate precautions for working with patient appliances
- Perform all other laboratory tasks legally delegated to auxiliaries
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