DENT 102 - Pre-Clinical Assisting I

Credits 6
In this course of study, the student begins to acquire appropriate skills to interact with patients, maintain the operating field, use and manipulate dental instrument set-ups, transfer instruments while assisting with dental procedures, and perform other basic chairside procedures. The student also learns dental charting, knowledge and skills for taking vital signs on a patient, pre-screening health histories, preventing, identifying and addressing medical and dental emergencies, steps in taking and pouring alginate impressions, and safety/professional/aseptic techniques and procedures. This course is taught at the in-depth level.