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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
DA 65 | Title:
DENTAL SCIENCE |
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| Full Title:
Dental Science |
| Last Reviewed:11/22/2021 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 2.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 35.00 |
| Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 min. | Lab Scheduled | 52.50 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 5.00 | | Contact Total | 87.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 70.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade Only
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
DNA 64
Catalog Description:
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This course focuses on the etiology, recognition and prevention of dental disease. Topics include pharmacology, oral pathology, periodontology, and community oral health. Students will gain knowledge in the science and manipulation of alginate, gypsum, fluoride, sealants and teeth whitening products. The didactic and clinical components meet the requirements for a California State approved course in both coronal polish and pit and fissure sealants certificates.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of DA 60
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Acceptance to Allied Dental Program
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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This course focuses on the etiology, recognition and prevention of dental disease. Topics include pharmacology, oral pathology, periodontology, and community oral health. Students will gain knowledge in the science and manipulation of alginate, gypsum, fluoride, sealants and teeth whitening products. The didactic and clinical components meet the requirements for a California State approved course in both coronal polish and pit and fissure sealants certificates.
(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of DA 60
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:Acceptance to Allied Dental Program
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Certificate Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Assess and manage patient care to a diverse dental population based on evidence-based
decision-making within the scope of practice of the Registered Dental Assistant (RDA).
2. Differentiate between health and disease that utilize concepts from caries risk assessment, oral
pathology, pharmacology and periodontology.
3. Customize patient instruction, provide rationale for treatment, and evaluate patient responses.
Objectives:
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Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate the technique utilizing the appropriate materials for performing coronal
polishing.
2. Explain the indications and contraindications for coronal polish and discuss the rationale for
selective polishing.
3. Describe the components of plaque, calculus and stains, and their formation and pattern of
accumulation on the teeth.
4. Identify the key components in preventive dentistry and discuss the role of systemic and
topical fluoride, sealants, diet, risk assessment and patient education.
5. Develop an individualized plaque control program utilizing appropriate patient education
techniques, toothbrushing methods, interproximal cleaning aids, diet counseling, plaque
indices and risk assessment.
6. Describe the purpose, types, and indications and contraindications of dental sealants.
7. Demonstrate for technique for fluoride varnish placement.
8. Demonstrate the technique for dental sealant placement utilizing proper safety measures and
infection control procedures.
9. Discuss the etiology, prevention and transmission of dental caries.
10. List the risk factors for early childhood caries.
11. Demonstrate the use of a laser caries detection device.
12. Identify and describe the properties and uses of hydrocolloid impression materials and
gypsum products.
13. Demonstrate the technique for taking alginate impression and bite registrations.
14. Demonstrate the technique for pouring and trimming study models.
15. Identify the purpose of a facebow transfer and describe the auxiliary's role in a facebow
transfer technique.
16. Identify types of digital impression systems and describe the auxiliary's role in taking digital
impressions.
17. Describe the etiology, clinical features, and treatment for developmental disturbances;
diseases of the teeth and soft tissues; eating disorders and malignant and benign neoplasms.
18. Identify a target group within the community and develop and present a disease prevention
program.
19. Differentiate between normal and abnormal intraoral findings.
20. Identify and describe the actions and dental implications of commonly prescribed and
over-the-counter (OTC) medications, utilizing drug reference material.
21. Discuss the dental implications of illegal drug use.
22. Identify the etiology of periodontal disease and its relationship to systemic health.
23. Describe the components of a periodontal exam and the role of the dental assistant in
performing a comprehensive periodontal exam.
24. List the products, indications and contraindications for teeth-whitening.
25. Demonstrate the technique for making a custom whitening tray.
26. Describe the special needs dental patient with physical or mental limitations and the
techniques used in providing dental treatment for these patients.
27. Describe the auxiliary's role in intraoral and extraoral photography.
28. Perform intraoral and extraoral photography using correct patient and operator positioning,
camera settings and retractor and mirror placement.
Topics and Scope
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I. Coronal Polish*
A. Technique*
B. Plaque, calculus and stains
C. Rationale for selective polishing
II. Fluoride*
A. Technique*
B. Systemic and topical fluoride
III. Sealants*
A. Technique*
B. Types
C. Indications and contraindications
IV. Caries and Risk Assessment
A. Etiology, prevention and transmission
B. Early childhood caries
C. Role of risk assessment
D. Caries detection devices*
V. Patient Education and Plaque Control*
A. Key components in preventive dentistry
B. Patient education techniques*
C. Plaque indices*
D. Toothbrushing methods*
E. Interproximal cleaning methods*
F. Risk assessment
VI. Nutrition and Eating Disorders
A. Role of nutrition in preventive dentistry
B. Oral implications of eating disorders
VII. Impressions and models
A. Components and properties of alginate and gypsum products
B. Techniques*
C. Bite registration*
D. Facebow transfer*
E. Digital impressions
VIII. Community Health
A. Evaluation of need
B. Presentation
IX. Oral Pathology
A. Oral pathological conditions of hard and soft tissues.
B. Risk factors contributing to oral pathology
X. Pharmacology
A. Action and dental implications of common over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription
medications
B. Drug reference material project
C. Dental implications of illegal drugs use
XI. Periodontology
A. Periodontal examination
B. Etiology
C. Relationship to systemic health
XII. Teeth-Whitening*
A. Products, indications and contraindications
B. Technique*
XIII. Special Needs Patient
A. Recognition
B. Dental needs
C. Treatment Techniques
XIV. Intraoral and Extraoral Photography*
A. Types of poses, camera settings, distances
B. Retraction and mirrors
XV. Laboratory Competencies
A. Coronal polish
B. Dental sealants
C. Alginate impression
D. Gypsum models
E. Oral hygiene instruction
F. Caries detection
G. Extraoral and intraoral photography
H. Bleaching trays
I. Facebow
*These items are introduced in lecture, and the related skill is performed in the lab.
Assignments:
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Lecture
1. Reading assignments (20-40) pages a week.
2. 10-12 quizzes, midterm and final (written) examination.
3. Community health project.
4. Drug reference information assignment.
5. Risk assessment assignment.
Laboratory
1. Alginate impressions - 2-4 competencies.
2. Study models - 2-4 competencies.
3. Sealant placement - 3-5 competencies.
4. Coronal polish - 3-5 competencies.
5. Fluoride application - 2 -4 competencies.
6. Patient oral hygiene instruction - 2-4 competencies.
7. Bleaching trays - 2-4 competencies.
8. Facebow competency.
9. Intraoral and extraoral photography - 2-4 competencies.
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
10 - 15% |
| Community Health project - written analysis | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
15 - 30% |
| Homework assignments: risk assessment assignment; community health project - lesson plan and drug reference information assignment. | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
30 - 40% |
| Lab competencies | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
30 - 45% |
| Quizzes, midterm and final (written) examination. | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
0 - 0% |
| None | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Modern Dental Assisting. 11th Bird. Doni and Robinson, Debbie, Elsevier, 2015.
Dental Materials - Clinical Applications for Dental Assistants and Dental Hygienists. 3rd Ed. Hatrick, Carol and Eakle, Steve. Elsevier. 2016
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