UDNT 150 - Expanded Function: Dental Auxiliary and Restorative

88 Noncredit Contact Hours
40 Lecture Hours 48 Lab Hours


This course is designed to meet the Arizona State training requirements for Dental Assistants and Dental Hygienists taking the DANB-Certified Restorative Functions Examination required for certification. The content of the course has been approved by the Arizona State Board of Health, Dental Hygiene Licensing Board.

Prerequisites:

Dental Assistants: At the time of course registration, we require proof of one year of chairside assisting experience in general dentistry within the past 2 years

Dental Hygienists: At the time of course registration, we require proof of current status as a Registered Dental Hygienist (License), current CPR certification, HepB Immunization, and current malpractice insurance

Information:

Each participant will have a personal dental operatory to work in. Fees include supplies, materials, and typodont needed to perform the tasks and services. Participants will be able to rent the lab kit instruments.

Required Armamentarium that is not supplied:

Proper clinic attire, PPE: Safety glasses or Face shield, Proper footwear: shoes must be solid material (leather/vegan leather), no mesh, cloth, or holes.

 

1. Identify dental restorative vocabulary terms
2. Describe current concepts and basic techniques in cariology and classification of dental caries
3. Demonstrate basic principles of properly preparing the tooth, such as isolation, selection, and placement of liners and bases, and insertion and finishing of amalgam and composite resin restorative
4. Identify tooth morphology, structure, anatomy, colors, and shade
5. Use dental instruments and instrumentation skills to manipulate the restorative material
6. Describe dental material characteristics, properties, weaknesses and strengths, including dental sealants and fluoride varnish
7. Explain preventive suggestions and recommendations to increase the life of the dental restoration
8. Explain provisional restoration’s purpose, criteria, types, properties, materials, techniques, and procedural considerations
9. Explain proper infection control and OSHA protocol
10. Apply legal responsibilities of Arizona in the field of dental restoration

1. Dental Restorative Vocabulary Terms
2. Current Concepts and Basic Techniques in Cariology
3. Basic Principles of Tooth preparation such as Isolation, Selection, and Placement of Liners and Bases, and Insertion and Finishing of Amalgam and Composite Resin Restorative
   1. Place cavity liner/base and bonding agents
   2. Demonstrate proper isolation technique and placing wedges and matrix systems
   3. Perform gingival retraction using single-cord techniques
4. Tooth Morphology, Structure, Anatomy, Colors, and Shade
   1. Recognize and duplicate ideal dental anatomy in adult dentition
   2. Select a composite shade and apply composite layering
5. Dental Material Characteristics, Properties, Weaknesses, and Strengths, including Dental Sealants and Fluoride Varnish
   1. Recognize properties and indications for use of different dental materials
   2. Describe and apply the proper steps for dental cements
6. Dental instruments and instrumentation skills to manipulate the restorative material
   1. Condense, place, carve, and polish amalgam restorations (Class I, II, & V)
   2. Place, contour, finish, and polish composite restorations (Class I & V and Class II)
   3. Apply the proper steps in placing interim therapeutic restorations, adapt, cement prefabricated crowns, and remove excess cement
   4. Evaluate, adjust, and make corrections for amalgam and composite on newly placed restorations using critical thinking and problem-solving skills
7. Preventive Suggestions and Recommendations to Increase the Life of the Dental Restorative
   1. Use evidence-based research to guide practitioners’ decisions on technique approach, type of dental material for patient restorative needs, and preventive recommendations to increase the life of the dental restorative
   2. Use the psychosocial dimension of the patient for patient-centered care
8. Provisional Restorations- Stainless Steel Crowns
   1. Distinguish the differences between the types of provisional crowns and their purposes and how to place them.
      
      Legal Responsibilities of Arizona