DNTA 102: Introduction to Chairside Assisting

Subject
Dental Assisting
Credits 5
Quarter Offered
Fall,
Spring
Instructional Mode
Hybrid
This course provides instruction in four-handed dentistry techniques and prepares the student to assist the dentist chairside. Content of the course includes; health history and vital signs, identification and management of medical emergiencies, principles and procedures of four-handed dentistry, oral evacuation, moisture control, instrument transfer and charting.
Outcomes
  • Prepare a patient for dental treatment by reviewing the proper documents and performing an intraoral and extraoral examination.
  • Eplain the components of the patient record and how it is developed.
  • Describe and respond to medical emergency situations that may take place in the dental office.
  • Demonstrate basic concepts in dental assisting
Distribution
Career Training
Notes
Hybrid