DAE 164 - Dental Materials

1. Demonstrate proper use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards, the identification of Globally Harmonized System (GHS), and manufacturer’s’ Safety Data Sheets (SDS).
2. Define and explain state and federal dental laws and regulations.
3. Compare and contrast different dental restorative materials and their biocompatibility significance.
4. Explain the importance of the study of dental materials.
5. Identify, synthesize, and evaluate dental materials in radiographic imagery.
6. Demonstrate effective communication skills using verbal, non-verbal, and written forms.
7. Demonstrate knowledge of properties and manipulation of dental materials.
8. Demonstrate at competency level the use of various types of dental materials

1. Identify the properties of matter and material
2. Operatie and maintain laboratory equipment safetly
3. Prepare dental waxes, cements, preventive sealants, and restorative materials.
4. Explain the importance of the study of dental materials
5. Identify, synthesize, and evaluate dental materials in radiographic imagery.
6. Demonstrate effective communication skills using verbal, non-verbal, and written forms.
7. Demonstrate knowledge of properties and manipulation of dental materials
8. Demonstrate at compentency level the use of various types of dental materials

1. Introduction to Dental Materials
   1. American Dental Association (ADA) specifications
   2. Proper use of PPE with guidance by the Center of Disease Control (CDC)
   3. Properties of matter
   4. Physical and chemical properties required for dental materials
   5. Precautions
      1. Handling materials to the standards of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Pima’s Environmental Health and Safety (EHS)
      2. Hazardous substances as labeled by Globally Harmonized System (GHS)
      3. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations
   6. Safe use of laboratory equipment
2. Arizona State dental statutes and regulations for auxiliary practitioners
3. Preventive Sealants and Restorative Materials
   1. Types of preventive sealants
      1. Indications for use
      2. Properties, advantages, and disadvantages
      3. Manipulation
   2. Direct filling materials and armamentarium
      1. Esthetic/ Resins
      2. Amalgam
      3. Finish and polish esthetic and amalgam restorations
      4. Matrices
      5. Rubber dam
4. Dental Cements
   1. Temporary and permanent cements and cement bases
   2. Composition and uses of various types
   3. Manipulation of cements
   4. Cavity liners and varnishes
   5. Special applications of cements
5. Impression Materials
   1. Types of impression materials
   2. Types of impression trays
   3. Custom, mouth guard, and whitening trays
   4. Agar hydrocolloid (reversible hydrocolloid)
   5. Rubber impression materials and elastomers
   6. Alginate
   7. Bite registration
   8. Disinfection of impressions
6. Gypsum Products
   1. Classification of uses of gypsum products
   2. Composition and manufacture
   3. Variables
   4. Manipulation
   5. Construction of model, cast, or die
   6. Modeling trimming
   7. Articulation
7. Miscellaneous Dental Materials
   1. Uses of resins and acrylic
   2. Waxes
   3. Dental ceramics and porcelain
   4. Polishing and cleaning agents
   5. Periodontal dressings
   6. Provisional restorations
8. Gold, Non-Precious Alloys, and Casting of Metals
   1. Gold foil
   2. Gold casting alloys
   3. Wrought metals
   4. Dental implant materials