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Oct 08, 2024
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2023-2024 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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DAE 166 - Dental Assisting II 3 Credits, 3 Contact Hours 3 lecture periods 0 lab periods
Principles and techniques of dental assisting. Includes pharmacology and therapeutics; and dental office inventory control. Also includes techniques and procedures for emergency medical/dental care as applied to dental assisting.
Prerequisite(s): DAE 159 , DAE 160 , DAE 161 , DAE 162 , DAE 162LB , DAE 163 , DAE 163LC , DAE 164 , DAE 164LB , and DAE 165 . Corequisite(s): DAE 167 , DAE 169 , DAE 169LC Information: Consent of program coordinator is required before enrolling in this course.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate competency in the knowledge and skills required to systematically collect diagnostic data.
- Demonstrate competency in the knowledge and skills required to perform a variety of clinical supportive treatments.
- Demonstrate competency in the knowledge and skills required to perform a variety of business office procedures.
- Demonstrate competency in the knowledge and skills required to manage infection hazard control protocol consistent with published professional guidelines.
- Demonstrate knowledge of biomedical dental science.
- Define and explain state and federal dental laws and regulations.
Outline:
- Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- General principles of drug action
- Characterization of drug actions
- Route of drug administration
- Definitions and general introductory considerations
- Terms
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacognosy
- Posology
- Toxicology
- Pharmacodynamics
- Pharmacology in dental practice
- Publications in pharmacology
- Drug nomenclature
- Federal regulatory agencies
- The Bureau of Narcotic and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD)
- Prescription writing, sedative and hypnotic drugs (barbiturates)
- Parental sedation and nitrous oxide analgesia
- General considerations
- Psychological aspects of patient management
- Medical history
- Limitations of oral sedation
- Agents and adverse effects
- General anesthesia
- Chemical properties
- Physical properties, uptake, and elimination
- Pharmacologic effects of the central nervous system
- Agents and adverse effects
- Local Anesthetics
- Chemical properties
- Pharmacologic effects on the peripheral nervous system
- Agents and adverse effects
- Emergency Medical/Dental Care
- Dental office emergencies
- Health histories
- Emergency kits
- Oxygen therapy
- Epileptic convulsions
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Hemorrhage
- Allergic reaction
- Dental emergencies
- Summary and evaluation
- Dental Office Inventory Control
- Types of inventory systems
- Ordering
- Expendable/non-expendable supplies
- Receiving orders
Effective Term: Full Academic Year 2017/18
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