DEA 503 - Principles of Dental Assisting

CAREER AND TECHNICAL CREDIT TYPE
4.5 credit(s)

Provides instruction on the principles of clinical chair side dental assisting: dental equipment use, care, maintenance, and safety; oral evacuation and instrument transfer; instrument identification; and tray set-ups by procedures for oral diagnosis, operative dentistry, and anesthesia. Emphasis is on patient management during restorative procedures, including applied infection control methods.