Week 1
- Characteristics of a Professional Dental Assistant
- Dental Law
- Dental Team Members
- Microbiology
- CDC & OSHA
- Infection Control & Sterilization
- Learning teeth numbering
- Identification, naming, and surfaces
- Pouring up an alginate impression, and teeth charting
- Hand hygiene
- Applying first aid after an exposure incident
- Placing and removing personal protective equipment
- Disinfecting an alginate impression
- Placing and removing surface barriers
- Treatment room cleaning and disinfection
- Performing the sterilization of dental instruments
Week 2
- Week 1 Test
- Performing Bitewing
- Anterior PA
- Posterior PA and Pano x-rays
- Dentrix training
- Procedure tray setup
Week 3
- Dental unit waterlines
- Ergonomics
- General anatomy and physiology
- Oral histology
- Anatomy, landmarks of the face, and oral cavity
- Dentition and tooth morphology
- Dental caries and periodontal disease
- Preventive dentistry
- Nutrition And oral pathology
- Patient dental records
- Vital signs
- Oral diagnosing and treatment planning
- Pharmacology
- CPR Class
Week 4
- Dental office layout and equipment
- Delivering dental care
- Dental hand instruments
- Dental headpieces and accessories
- Moisture control during procedures
- Coronal polishing
- Restorative and esthetic dental materials
- Dental liners and bases
- Bonding systems and dental cements
- Impression materials
- Laboratory procedures and materials
- Week 3 Test
- Applying fluoride
- Assisting the patient with dental floss
- Registering a new patient
- Obtaining a medical health record
- Seating a patient
- Charting of teeth
- Taking vital signs and coronal polishing
- HVE
- Performing a mouth rinse
- Placing and removing cotton rolls
- Transferring instruments
- Using the dental mirror intraorally
- Using a dental instrument intraorally
- Identify handpieces
- Preparing and removing the dental dam
- Morning and evening routine
Week 5
- Anesthesia and pain control
- General dentistry
- Matrix systems for restorative dentistry
- Fixed prosthodontics
- Provisional coverage
- Removable prosthodontics
- Dental implants
- Endodontics
- Periodontics
- Oral and maxillofacial surgery
- Pediatric dentistry
- Dental sealants
- Orthodontics
- Week 4 Test
- Mixing alginate impression material
- Taking a preliminary impression
- Pouring dental models
- Mixing polysiloxane
- Preparing acrylic resin
- Removing cement from cementation
- Preparing an auto mix impression
- Taking a wax bite registration
- Mixing glass ionomer
- Mixing zinc oxide-eugenol
Week 6
- Week 5 Test
- Interviews and Resume Training
- Placing and removing gingival cord
- Applying topical anesthetic
- Assisting with local anesthetic
- Assisting with nitrous
- Assembling a matrix and universal retainer
- Placing and removing matrix band and wedge
- Placing a matrix for class III and IV restoration
- Fabricating crowns
- Assisting in crown and bridge prep and seat
- Assisting in the delivery of a partial and complete denture
- Assisting in composite restoration
- Assisting in root canal therapy
- Assisting with dental prophylaxis, and simulating passing instruments for crown prep
- Seat, root canal, and fillings
- Dental sealants
- Sterile field
- Sterile gloving
- Assisting in suture placement
- Suture removal
- Assisting in crown prep and seat
- Root canal and filling