DAST 124: Clinical Assisting I

This course provides information on the history of dentistry, members of the dental healthcare team and their roles in the practice of dentistry. The student will be performing the CDC Standards of Infection Control in Dental Settings while learning chairside skills such as taking and recording medical and dental histories, dental charting, and the use of the air-water syringe and oral evacuation devices. Students will identify dental hand and rotary instruments and practice instrument transfer. Students will demonstrate proficiency in chairside ergonomics and oral hygiene instruction.