Course Outline

Skills taught at Texas Academy of Dental Assisting, LLC

• Four-handed dental assisting for all dental procedures
• Sterilization procedures, autoclaving of instruments and disinfection of operatories and treatment areas
• Dental terminology
• Oral anatomy
• Primary and permanent tooth  numbering
• New Patient work up
• How to take a new patient history
• Charting of dental restorations and periodontal pocket charting
• X-Ray techniques for taking periapical films and bitewings, full mouth series and panoramic films
• How to mount X-Rays
• Radiation safety precautions, the different types of film holders and film processing
• Intra Oral Camera and how it aids in diagnosis and patient education
• Cosmetic Dentistry
• Tooth Whitening
• Crown and Bridge, making temporaries, cement removal
• Oral Surgery
• Endodontics
• Impressions and model trimming
• Interviewing skills-how to prepare for a job interview, including proper dress, resume preparation
• OHSA requirements
• CPR

Tuition includes

• Textbook (s)
• All supplies and materials
• CPR certification
• Certificate of Completion upon successful passage of all areas of the course with a 70% average or above