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- Effective Term:
- Spring 2018 through Summer 2019
- Course Number:
- DA 118
- Course Title:
- Expanded Duties I
- Credit Hours:
- 1
- Lecture Hours:
- 10
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Covers clinical training and practical experience in expanded function dental assisting duties as allowed by the Oregon Dental Practice Act. Focuses on the rationale and procedures for coronal polishing, amalgam and composite finishing/polishing, fluoride application, and EFDA and EFODA Orthodontic specialty procedures.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon completion of the course students should be able to:
- Perform coronal polishing using correct and safe technique and positioning.
- Demonstrate amalgam and composite finishing and polishing using correct and safe techniques.
- Apply fluoride using correct and safe techniques.
- Perform, at a basic level, expanded function orthodontic duties while utilizing correct and safe methods.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Outcomes Assessment Strategies:
- Complete weekly clinic worksheets
- Complete quizzes
- Complete practice chart assignments
- Complete clinic competencies
- Complete course final
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
Themes:
- Dental Assisting Clinical Duties
- Professionalism
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Legal & Ethical Standards
Concepts:
- Division 42 of the Oregon Practice Act
- Armamentarium
- Industry-standard documentation
- Fulcrum
- Tooth surfaces
- Indirect vision
- Ergonomic positioning
- Handpiece operation
- Fluoride treatment
- Indications and Contraindications
- Post-operative instruction
- Restoration finishing
- Restoration polishing
- Margination
- Orthodontic office personnel work duties
- Orthodontic Instruments
- Orthodontic diagnosing
- Orthodontic treatment
- Palmer notation
- Bite registration
- Separators
- Bracket placement
- Orthodontic bands
- Orthodontic wires and placement
- Orthodontic ligatures
- Band and cement removal
- Elastics
- Orthodontic OHI
- Orthodontic appliances
- Orthodontic treatment sequence
- Indications and contraindication for treatment
Issues:
- Time management
- Organization
- Self-direction
- Safety
Skills:
- Coronal polish on a manikin and a patient
- Perform amalgam and composite polishing on typodont tooth
- Apply fluoride on a manikin and on a patient
- Describe the role of an orthodontic assistant
- Take a bite registration on a patient
- Place separators
- Identify orthodontic instruments
- Fit and cement orthodontic bands
- Place and remove orthodontic archwires
- Place and identify the different ways to treat malocclusion with elastics
- Present oral hygiene and home-care instruction
- Remove cement with hand and ultrasonic scaler
Related Instruction
Communication
Hours: 6- Perform coronal polishing using correct and safe technique and positioning
- Apply fluoride using correct and safe techniques
Communicate with the patient while providing coronal polishing and fluoride treatment on a co-student's teeth, utilizing patient management and inquiry and listening communication skills
Human Relations
Hours: 3- Perform coronal polishing using correct and safe technique and positioning
- Apply fluoride using correct and safe techniques
Students work with/on each other to practice and complete coronal polishing and fluoride treatment procedures accounting for differences in individual patients.