Course Outline
Skills taught at Texas Academy of Dental Assisting, LLC
- Four-handed dental assisting
- Infection control procedures, sterilization of instruments and disinfection of treatment areas
- Dental terminology
- Oral anatomy
- Primary and permanent tooth numbering
- Patient medical history
- Charting of dental restorations and periodontal conditions
- X-ray techniques for taking periapical, bitewings and full mouth series films
- How to mount x-rays on computer monitor
- Radiation safety precautions and using different types of x-ray sensor holders
- Intra Oral Camera and how it aids in diagnosis and patient education
- Cosmetic Dentistry
- Crown and Bridge, making temporaries, cement removal
- Oral Surgery, Endodontics, Orthodontics, Pedodontics, Periodontics
- Taking and pouring up impressions and model trimming
- OHSA requirements
Tuition includes
- Textbook (s)
- All supplies and materials used in course
- Certificate of completion upon successfully passing the course