10 courses with the subject DENT, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
DENT 1100Dental Science4
This course provides an overview of basic normal body structure and function including an understanding of the common disease process. Special attention will be given to a comprehensive overview of the oral anatomical structures, functions, and development of the oral cavity, as well as the identification of structures of the head and neck and their functions.
Admission to Dental Assisting Program Learning Outcomes Practice professional behavior using both written and oral communication. Accurately identify structures of the head and neck and their functions. Identify basic normal body structure and identify a comprehensive understanding of the oral anatomical structures.
DENT 1110Pre-Clinical Dental Assisting3
This course will introduce the student to the health and safety considerations for basic infection control and dental emergencies. Topics will include occupational exposure risks, personal protection, exposure control, hazard communication standards, and medical waste disposal, as defined by government guidelines and regulations including OSHA standards. Special attention will be given on how to reduce the risk of transmission of disease commonly found in the dental office between dental assisants and patients, including various sterilization and disinfection techniques. This course will also discuss the prevention and treatment of medical emergencies commonly found in the dental office. The student will have a basic understanding of theclassification, administration, use, and effects of drugs commonly used in a dental office.
Admission to Dental Assisting Program Learning Outcomes Demonstrate proficiency in sterilizing instruments and disinfecting techniques. Apply current concepts of infection control and occupation safety. Identify medical emergencies related to dental care and the dental assistants role in a medical emergency.
DENT 1120Dental Health2
This course is designed to provide the student with the knowledge necessary to instruct a patient in proper oral hygiene and explain the benefits of fluoride. It also will provide the students with basic nutritional concepts and their practical applications.
Admission to Dental Assisting Program Learning Outcomes Identify the role of the dental assistant in preventive dentistry. Describe the dietary management of patients with special needs. Demonstrate proficiency in providing instruction on plaque control and tool brushing techniques.
DENT 1135Chairside Assisting I4
This course introduces the student to the fundamentals of working in a dental office setting as a chairside assistant. It introduces concepts of dental charting, techniques of basic equipment, supplies, four-handed dentistry, oral evacuation and instrument identification and their proper use. This course also provides an introduction to the psychology of patient management skills necessary for effective interaction with patients. Learning Outcomes Practice professional behavior in a dental environment using both written and oral communication. Demonstrate the proper techniques of seating preparing and dismissing of patients. Define and demonstrate how to maintain the oral cavity and the equipment utilized in treatment of the oral cavity. Demonstrate proper tray set-up. Perform various chair side skills, including four handed dentistry. Accurately identify dental conditions and record information correctly into patient charts.
This course provides the student with the knowledge and practical application of dental materials commonly found in the dental office. Emphasis will be on chemical and physical properties, uses, types and applications. Students will be able to identify uses for specific dental products and be aware of specific care and storage properties of various materials. Learning Outcomes Demonstrate proper verbal and on verbal communication in the dental lab. Demonstrate ethical conduct during laboratory with classmates. Demonstrate the use of dental materials used in the dental office. Identify specific uses of dental products to include safety.
This course requires instructor approval if not taken in the semester sequence. This course assists the student with an understanding of how radiation is produced, principles of protection for the patient and the operator, and techniques for processing radiographs as well as identifying processing errors. This course covers the techniques used in exposing intraoral radiographs as well as technical errors and corrections. Students will learn to mount and evaluate films for their diagnostic vale. The student will be exposed to the extraoral accessory films utilized in the dental office and the procedural techniques for exposing them.
Admission to Dental Assisting Program or instructor permission. Learning Outcomes Communicate effectively and establish a positive relationship with dental patients and student team members. Demonstrate proficiency in taking radiographs for a Minnesota licensed dental assistant. Demonstrate the knowledge necessary to become a licensed dental assistant in Minnesota by passing national and state board examinations.
DENT 1260Expanded Functions5
This course prepares the assistant to perform all functions legally performed by a licensed dental assistant (LDA) according to the Minnesota Dental Practice Act. This course covers the following expanded functions: alginate impressions for opposing models and study casts with bite registration, mechanical polishing of the clinical crowns, application of topical fluoride, rubber dam applications and removal, application of topical medications, orthodontic skills of preselecting orthodontic bans, removing and replacing ligature ties, and placement and removal of elastic separators. Also included are suture removal, placement and removal of periodontal dressings, adaptation of temporary crowns, cement removal, pit and fissure sealants, enaml etching, removal of bonding material, gingival displacement, dry root canal with paper points, place cotton pellets and temporary restorative materials into endodonlic openings, and nitrous oxide monitoring.
Admission to Dental Assiting Program or instructor approval Learning Outcomes Communicate effectively and establish positive working relationships with patients and dental team members. Demonstrate the knowledge necessary to become a licensed dental assistant in the state of Minnesota by successfully completing national and state dental assisting board examinations. Demonstrate proficiency in performing expanded functions for Minnesota licensed dental assistants.
DENT 1275Chairside Assisting II4
This course furthers knowledge of chairside assisting duties by presenting tray set-ups and the restorative process to help further the development of basic skills of four handed dentistry. This course also introduces basic concepts of the differentspecialities in dentistry, including orthodontics, oral surgery, endodontics, pediatrics, prosthodontics, and oral pathology. The student will be taught to identify the instruments, materials, and procedures needed to gain skills in assisting the dentist with each speciality. Learning Outcomes Demonstrate ethical conduct, moral attitudes and principles essential for maintaining trust of dental professionals and confidence of the patient. Utilize innovative technology as it relates to the dental profession. Demonstrate the dental assisting duties of the various dental specialties.
This course is an overview of duties performed by a dental assistant with emphasis on patient registration, medical history forms, telephone skills, appointments, recordkeeping, and correspondence. It also will provide the student with knowledge ofprofessional ethics and dental laws with emphasis on the Minnesota Dental Practice Act. Students will write the Minnesota Dental Jurisprudence Exam.
Admission to Dental Assisting Program or instructor permission Learning Outcomes Identify the importance of staff and patient communication. Understand the Minnesota dental practice act and they professional standards for licensure. Demonstrate the importance of communication in an organizational culture and common organizational cultures that could be applied to a dental practice. Identify the importance of dentistry as a service profession.
DENT 2970EXTERNSHIP: Dental Assistant7
This course provides the student with actual experience assisting in an off-campus clinical setting in private dental offices, group practices, or specialty dental offices.
