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DENTAL ASSISTING Mary Ann Sumerlin
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The Dental Assisting program is a fifteen-month (full-time) sequence of courses designed to prepare students to assist dentists in dental operations. The program provides learning opportunities which introduce, develop, and reinforce academic and occupational knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for job acquisition, retention, and advancement. Program graduates will be competent in the technical areas of preventive dentistry, four-handed dentistry; chair side assisting with emphasis in diagnostics operative, fixed prosthodontics, pediatric dentistry, orthodontic procedures, endodontic procedures, and surgical and expanded functions; dental practice management; specialties; and dental radiology.
Diploma/Certification Program graduates receive a Dental Assisting Diploma.
Diploma Admission Requirements:
Applicants must meet general admissions requirements and must also:
Be at least 18 years of age. Present official documentation of an earned high school diploma, GED or college degree.
Present acceptable ASSET, COMPASS, SAT, ACT or CPE scores taken within the last five years or transfer of program level English and math from a regionally accredited college or university with a grade of C or better.
Upon successful completion (or transfer in) of ENG 101, MAT 101 (for meds), PSY 101, SCT 100, AHS 104 with a minimum grade of "C" in each course and a grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 or higher, the student will be "program ready" and eligible for admission into the Dental Assisting Program.
The student will be placed on a list in the order of their program ready date. It is the student’s responsibility to notify the Dental Assisting Advisor when all core courses have been completed.
If the student changes his/her declared major from Dental Assisting to a different diploma or degree program, and then back to Dental Assisting, the latest program application date will be used to determine placement.
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Students enrolling in the Dental Assisting program have the potential for routine or unplanned exposure to blood and/or other potentially infectious body materials and pathogens in the normal conduct of student instructional activities. For further information please visit: http://www.dtae.org/dtaepolicy/docs/04-03-17.html |
Curriculum
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NAME
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21
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| ENG | 101 | English |
5
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| MAT | 101 | Basic Mathematics |
5
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| PSY | 101 | Basic Psychology |
5
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NAME
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NO.
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68
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| SCT | 100 | Introduction to Microcomputers |
3
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| AHS | 104 | Introduction to Healthcare |
3
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| DEN | 101 | Basic Human Biology |
3
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| DEN | 102 | Head and Neck Anatomy |
2
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| DEN | 103 | Preventive Dentistry |
4
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| DEN | 105 | Microbiology and Infection Control |
3
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| DEN | 106 | Oral Anatomy |
5
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| DEN | 107 | Oral Pathology and Therapeutics |
4
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| DEN | 109 | Dental Assisting National Board Exam Prep |
3
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| DEN | 134 | Dental Assisting I |
7
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| DEN | 135 | Dental Assisting II |
7
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| DEN | 136 | Dental Assisting III |
4
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| DEN | 137 | Dental Assisting - Expanded Functions |
4
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| DEN | 138 | Scopes of Professional Practices |
2
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| DEN | 139 | Dental Radiology |
5
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| DEN | 140 | Dental Practice Management |
5
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| DEN | 146 | Dental Practicum I |
2
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| DEN | 147 | Dental Practicum II |
2
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| DEN | 148 | Dental Practicum III |
8
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