Course Description

This is the clinical component of Chairside Procedures. Students learn and practice operative and specialty chairside techniques in a fully equipped dental clinic. Students assist our staff dentist during simulated dental procedures. Expanded duties for dental assistants are also introduced in this course. Group 2 course.

Credit Hours

2

Contact Hours

5

Lab Hours

5

Corequisites

HDA 240

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge:

• Demonstrate decontamination procedures at the completion of dental treatment.

Application:

• Demonstrate operatory preparation for the various general and specialty dental procedures.
• Demonstrate clinical chairside skills during specialty dental procedures, i.e., orthodontics, endodontics, oral surgery, periodontics.

Integration:

• Develop dental treatment plans after reviewing patient medical/dental histories utilizing prior course concepts.

Human Dimension:

• Interact with others to communicate patient education and post-operative management.

Caring - Civic Learning:

• Engage with faculty dentist(s) to reflect clinical chairside skills learned throughout all of the dental curriculum.

Learning How to Learn:

• Direct learning/self-evaluation of clinical competency of certain expanded functions as delegated RDA.