DCB catalog 2024-25

113 DENTAL ASSISTING (DAST) DAST 122 DA Radiology Lab I (1CR) Pre: DENT 116 and Acceptance into the dental assisting program Co: DENT 119 Dental Assisting students will be introduced to techniques for exposing digital intra-oral full mouth series and extra-oral dental radiographs on manikins. The student will learn how to evaluate these images for diagnostic quality using the Criteria for Radiographic Acceptability. The students will also learn the process for exporting radiographs to other dental healthcare providers. Students will document radiology services on electronic dental software. DAST 123 DA Radiology Lab II (1CR) Pre: DENT 116, DENT 119, DAST 122 This course is a continuation of DAST 122 Dental Assisting Radiology Lab I. Dental Assisting students will refine their skills in intraoral radiology by exposing diagnostic intraoral and extraoral digital images on manikins and patients. The student will also study radiographic interpretation basics. Appropriate infection control techniques and radiation safety precautions required in a dental setting will be implemented. DAST 124 Clinical Assisting I (5CR) Pre: DENT 116 and Accepted into the Dental Assisting Program Co: DENT 117 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. DAST 125 Clinical Assisting II (4CR) Pre: DENT 116, DENT 117, DENT 118, DAST 124, DAST 144 Co: DAST 128 This course is a continuation of DAST 124 Clinical Assisting I. This course will provide the student with increased knowledge and clinical skills to perform the major responsibilities of a chairside dental assistant in general and specialty dental practices. The management of special needs patients, and nutrition and dental health will also be studied. DAST 126 Dental Practice Management (2CR) Pre: DAST 124 The student will be introduced to the responsibilities of dental office management and the administrative assistant, including scheduling and appointment control, patient and business records management, recall systems, financial transactions, telephone technique and etiquette, dental insurance, inventory control, and application of dental practice management software. Information regarding patient rights and privacy under the Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) will be practiced. DAST 128 Advanced Functions (4CR) Pre: DENT 116, DENT 117, DENT 118, DAST 124, Acceptance into the Dental Assisting Program Co: DAST 125 The student will gain an advanced level of skills and knowledge to provide intra-oral patient care procedures, beyond traditional dental assisting duties. Procedures emphasized will be those legally allowed by the North Dakota State Board of Dentistry for Registered Dental Assistants. The course includes didactic, laboratory and clinical instruction. The student will perform procedures according to specific criteria using typodonts or patients. Infection control, safety and standard precautions will be applied.