Rochester Community and Technical College · Courses
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15 courses with the subject DA, 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.
DA 1200Dental Communications3
3 hours lecture/week - Common Course Outline The first part of this course introduces the dental assisting student to the members of dental health team, training and credentialing requirements, methods of delivering dental care, and the professional dental organizations. The second component focuses on verbal and non- verbal communications and psychology as they relate to dentistry. The final component covers principles of dental jurisprudence and ethics. This course is to be taken the first year of the two year option. (
3 hours lecture/week - Common Course Outline Dental Science I covers anatomy and physiology of the teeth, the oral structures, and structures of the head and neck. Emphasis will be given to their anatomical parts, shape and form, clinical characteristics, development, and physiology. Dental Science I provides the student with foundation information required to effectively communicate and perform in a dental setting. This course is a prerequisite to all clinical courses in dental assisting and a prerequisite to Dental Science II. (
1 hour lecture/week - 2 hours lab/week - Common Course Outline This course focuses on developing skills as a dental business assistant. Topics include reception skills, business letter writing, telephone techniques, bookkeeping/accounting procedures, banking procedures, dental insurance, preventive recall programs, appointment scheduling, inventory control and management, general office procedures, and dental computer applications. This course also focuses on employment seeking skills to include preparation of resumes, job application letters, job application form, and follow-up letters and preparing for an employment interview. (
2 hours lecture/week - 8 hours lab/week - Common Course Outline Chairside Assisting I covers the following fundamental areas of four-handed dentistry: dental office layout and design, dental equipment, operatory preparation, patient and team positioning; maintenance of the operating field; dental instruments and supplies, instrument transfer; patient management; taking patient health histories and vital signs, the principles of operative dentistry; assisting for oral diagnosis, oral prophylaxis, amalgams and composites; and recognition and treatment of medical/dental emergencies. This course should be taken concurrently with Dental Infection Control and is a prerequisite to Chairside Assisting II. (
*DA 1265, Expanded Functions, 7 cr *DA 1270, Expanded Functions II, 1 cr *DA 1275: Dental Radiology, 3 cr TOTAL ................................................................................................ PROGRAM OUTCOMES: Upon completion of the Dental Assistant program at RCTC, students will achieve the following outcomes: • Demonstrate a working knowledge of dental terminology and the dental sciences. • Collect systematically and record accurately record diagnostic and clinical data. • Employ current principles of effective chairside assisting for general and dental specialty procedures and dental/medical emergencies. • Demonstrate proficiency in performing expanded functions for Minnesota licensed dental assistants. • Implement current principles and guidelines of dental infection control, aseptic techniques and hazards management. • Prepare and manipulate chairside and dental laboratory materials and fabricate dental models, impression trays and appliances. • Provide oral health instruction to dental patients and community groups. • Perform patient reception and dental business office procedures effectively. • Communicate effectively and establish positive working relationships with patients and members of the dental health care team. • Function in a responsible, professional and ethical manner. ADDITIONAL NOTES: PURPOSE: This certificate program focuses specifically on Minnesota Expanded Functions for Dental Assistants. Approved curriculum includes academic and laboratory/clinical experience in all Minnesota Dental Assistant Expanded Functions. For entry into this certificate program, the applicant must currently be a Certified Dental Assistant, certified by the Dental Assisting National Board, Inc. and hold a current CPR/First Aid Certificate from the American Red Cross. Upon successful completion of the certificate requirements, the student is eligible to take the Minnesota Licensing Examination for Dental Assistants. Clinical experience is obtained in the technically current dental clinic. The clinic has twelve operatories equipped for four-handed dentistry, a recirculation/sterilization room, a darkroom for processing x-rays, a dental reception area, and a complete dental laboratory. Patients come to the dental clinic for tooth polishing, fluoride treatments, dental x-rays, pit and fissure sealants and preventive oral care instruction. A dentist is on staff to aid in the direct instruction and supervisi of students. ....................13 CREDITS on
2 hours lecture/week - 1 hour lab/week - Common Course Outline This course focuses on disease prevention. Specific emphasis is on the nature of healthy oral tissues, dental decay and periodontal disease, plaque removal techniques, gum stimulation techniques, nutrition, nutritional counseling, and patient dental education presentations. (DA Program Admission is required) (
3 hours lecture/week - Common Course Outline This course is a course with four separate focuses. Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology will include an overview of the body layout and each body systems. Dental Charting will teach the student how to correctly record patient information, chart oral conditions, and service rendered. Oral Pathology reviews disease processes and dental disease conditions. Dental Pharmacology reviews a study of common drugs and therapies used in dentistry. (
2 hours lecture/week - 4 hours lab/week - Common Course Outline Dental Materials is a study of the properties, uses, and manipulation of chairside and dental laboratory materials. These materials are used in the reconstruction and restoration of the teeth and oral structures. The students will have extensive laboratory experience with the chairside and dental laboratory materials. (
2 hours lecture/week - 10 hours lab/week - Common Course Outline Expanded Functions I covers the theory and pre-clinical/clinical experiences required by the Minnesota Board of Dentistry in preparation for becoming a Licensed Dental Assistant in Minnesota. After the theory and demonstrations are presented, the students receive practical experience on manikins and patients under the direct supervision of the dental assisting instructors and the clinic dentist. Students will be required to demonstrate professional attitudes and communications, ethical decision-making, effective chairside assisting, dental infection control and hazards management and dental practice management. (
1 hour lecture/week - Common Course Outline Expanded Functions II will provide the remainder of the required instruction in Minnesota Expanded Functions required to become a Minnesota Licensed dental assistant. This nitrous oxide-oxygen inhalation sedation course covers the theory and pre-clinical/clinical experiences required by the Minnesota Board of Dentistry to administer and monitor nitrous oxide inhalation sedation. (
2 hours lecture/week - 2 hours lab/week - Common Course Outline This course includes the history of radiology, theoretical concepts of the characteristics of radiation, the effects of radiation exposure, roentgenographic anatomy and pathology, radiographic exposure techniques, film processing and mounting, film evaluation, radiation biology and protection, and intra and extra-oral radiographic procedures. (
21 hours lab/week - Common Course Outline This course is designed to provide the student with a meaningful occupational experience in dental assisting. A training plan will be developed for each student including three separate rotations in three different dental practices. Two internship rotations will be in a general dental practice and one internship rotation will be in a dental specialty practice. Seminars are part of the required internship experience and attendance is required. Successful completion of this internship is required to graduate from this accredited Dental Assisting Program (
DA 2291Dental Practice Management - Computer Applications1
hours/week vary - Common Course Outline In this course students will have hands on experience in dental computer applications. Students will perform the following computers skills: creating and managing patient clinical records, dental charting, appointment scheduling, and accounting procedures. (
DA 2292Dental Infection Control/Hazards Mgmt Review1
1 hour lab/week – Common Course Outline The Dental Infection Control and Hazards Management Review course will prepare the dental assisting student to function aseptically and safely in the dental clinical environment. This course will review the principles of microbiology and disease transmission, current concepts of infection control, and hazard communication and management in dental practice. The review will address the requirements and protocols as recommended by the American Dental Association, The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control. This course is a pre-requisite for any dental assisting clinical courses. (Prerequisites:
