CCOG for DA 113 Fall 2024
- Course Number:
- DA 113
- Course Title:
- Intermediate Concepts in Dental Procedures (Lab)
- Credit Hours:
- 1.5
- Lecture Hours:
- 0
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 42
Course Description
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to:
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Perform dental assisting chairside duties while demonstrating professionalism, safety, and the ability to anticipate the needs of the operator at an intermediate level.
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Demonstrate the proper use and grasp of dental instruments.
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Demonstrate the procedural steps, armamentarium, instrumentation, and post-operative instructions for various dental specialties.
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Demonstrate competence in dental charting and the use of the electronic records.
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Display professionalism towards patients and others while assisting with chairside duties.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Complete clinic objectives, competencies and assignments
Complete clinic activities
Complete practice chart assignments and exercises
Perform chairside with clinic patients
Complete clinic final
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
Themes:
Dental Assisting Clinical Duties
Professionalism
Communication
Teamwork
Concepts:
OSHA Universal Precautions
BBP Standards
Anticipation of dentist's needs
Armamentarium
Four-handed dentistry
Dental dam
Patient management
Periodontal procedures and steps
Endodontic procedures and steps
Oral surgery procedures and steps
Dental specialty instruments and armamentarium
Instrument grasps
Dental specialty post operative instruction
Topical anesthetic
Intraoral landmarks
Oral health instructions
Issues:
Time management
Organization
Self-direction
Safety
Skills:
Anticipate the needs of the operator while assisting chairside
Pass instruments while utilizing safe practices
Correctly mix, load, and seat an alginate impression tray
Prepare a nitrous oxide/oxygen unit for use
Document exam findings, health history updates, vitals, and services rendered
Preparation, application, and removal of dental dam
Demonstrate proper instrument grasps and transfers as it relates to dental specialty instruments
Identify specialty instruments
Place dental specialty procedural steps in order
Recognize armamentarium used for each specialty procedure
Accurately state post operative instructions for the various dental specialties
Place topical anesthetic by the accurate intraoral landmark for the type of injection being given
Document patient chart using industry standard dental software
Related Instruction
Computation
Hours: 2- Perform, at an intermediate level, dental assisting chairside duties while demonstrating professionalism, safety, and the ability to anticipate the needs of the operator
- Demonstrate competence in electronic dental charting
- Perform intermediate chairside activities with dental students at OHSU, which includes: measuring and mixing materials and calculating patient's pulse and respirations
- Perform electronic dental charting on PCC clinic patients
Communication
Hours: 7- Perform, at an intermediate-level, dental assisting chairside duties while demonstrating professionalism, safety, and the ability to anticipate the needs of the operator
- Demonstrate the procedural steps, armamentarium, instrumentation, and post operative instructions for various dental specialties
- Demonstrate professionalism towards patients, students, dentists, and staff while assisting at OHSU
- Communicate in a professional manner before, during, and after all procedures performed in the clinic and at OHSU dental school
- Communicate with instructors in a professional manner during all interactions between the student and the instructor
- Verbalize the procedural steps, armamentarium, instrumentation, and post operative instructions for various dental specialties