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Effective Term:
Fall 2014 through Summer 2017
Course Number:
DT 286
Course Title:
DT Registered Graduate Preparation
Credit Hours:
1
Lecture Hours:
10
Lecture/Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
0

Course Description

Covers workplace preparation including professional ethics, organizations, opportunities, certification requirements and preparation for Registered Graduate (RG) testing through the National Board for Certification in Dental Laboratory Technology (NBC).

Intended Outcomes for the course

Recognize and follow ethical standards of the Dental Lab Technology Profession.

Pursue professional organization and workplace opportunities and continuing education.

Prepare for and pursue eventual certification testing in dental lab technology.

Course Activities and Design

Online Format

Outcome Assessment Strategies

Weekly online quizzes

Weekly online discussions

Dental technology educational materials review

Practice tests

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

Online study system with instructional study guide and practice exams.

Review of major topics of dental laboratory technology including complete dentures, partial dentures, crown and bridge, ceramics, orthodontics and implants.

Sample questions and practice exams

Test taking and question format

Ethical and  legal responsibilities of the profession

State Practice Act and Regulatory agencies for dentistry, denturists and dental lab technology.

Dental and health care ethics

Business Ethics for laboratory owners

Professionalism

Certification Process

Continuing Education

Local, state and national organizations

Related Instruction

Computation
Hours: 5

Prepare for and pursue eventual certification testing in dental lab technology.

Review and compute measurements, weights, surveying and proportional measurements as they relate to the fabrication of dental appliances, dentures and fixed prosthetics.

Communication
Hours: 7

Recognize and follow ethical standards of the Dental Lab Technology Profession.

Pursue professional organization and workplace opportunities and continuing education.

Prepare for and pursue eventual certification testing in dental lab technology.

Post weekly discussion board comments and respond to classmates postings.

Reflect and discuss ethcal responsibilities of the profession

Analyze and discuss ethical dilemmas