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- Effective Term:
- Fall 2024 through Winter 2025
- Course Number:
- DH 230L
- Course Title:
- Dental Materials Lab I
- Credit Hours:
- 1
- Lecture Hours:
- 0
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 30
Course Description
Covers the hands-on application of dental materials, focusing primarily on those utilized in dental offices, with a secondary emphasis on materials used in dental laboratories. Presents the practical understanding of composition, properties, and manipulation of these materials, highlighting their applications in clinical practice.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to:
- Demonstrate proficiency in taking accurate alginate impressions and wax bite registrations.
- Create detailed study models and oral appliances using appropriate materials and techniques.
- Apply and remove periodontal dressings and perform suture removal procedures.
- Perform pulp vitality testing procedures.
- Perform procedures related to care of the oral prosthesis.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Skill evaluations
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
Concepts and Themes:
- Alginates
- Wax bite registration
- Study models
- Oral appliances
- Dental cements
- Care of the oral prosthesis
- Soft relines
- Periodontal dressing and suture removal
- Pulp vitality testing
Skills:
- Use of proper infection control and safety when handling dental materials
- Demonstrate proper care of instruments and lab equipment
- Demonstrate clinically acceptable alginate impressions
- Demonstrate wax bite registration
- Demonstrate pouring up and trimming of study models
- Fabricate athletic guard and whitening trays
- Mix dental cements
- Demonstrate care of the oral prosthesis
- Perform a soft reline
- Place a periodontal dressing
- Remove periodontal sutures
- Perform pulp vitality testing