Curriculum

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

Week 7

  • Mock Dental Office
  • Intraoral photos
  • Packing cord
  • Coronal polishing, quadrant isolation and suctioning
  • Making a temp crown

Week 8

  • Mock Dental Office
  • Final clinical pass offs