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May 04, 2024
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DTA 2050 - Operative II
Clock Hours: 80
Delivery Mode on-ground
Course Description: This course is designed to provide the dental assisting student with fundamental skills and knowledge of the clinical aspect of basic operative procedures. Upon completion of the course she/he will be able to assist in a prophylaxis appointment, apply topical anesthetic, prepare and assist during an injection place rubber dam and identify the principles of cavity preparation while demonstrating correct four-handed dentistry principles, and correct oral evacuation asepsis and patient management.
Student Learning Outcomes: UNIT #1 PROPHYLAXIS
- Demonstrate the ability to prepare the necessary armamentarium and arrange in sequence on the tray for a prophylaxis procedure.
- Prepare the operatory, tray set-up and assist during a prophylaxis appointment.
- Demonstrate principles of operator/patient safety and asepsis of equipment operatory and instrumentation.
UNIT #2 ANESTHESIA
- List the three principle injection methods used in dentistry.
- Describe the location of injection sites, and the methods used anesthetize specific structures.
- List some of the common gauges of injection needles used in dentistry.
- Demonstrate the loading and unloading of an aspirating syringe.
- Use and types of needle guards and scoop techniques.
- Apply topical anesthetic for all areas of injection sites in the oral cavity.
- Describe the different ways topical is dispensed, the advantages of each and duration times.
- Prepare the operatory, tray set-up, and assist during an injection of a patient.
- Analyze which needle length and gauge would be used for all types of injections of the oral cavity.
- Demonstrate principles of operator/patient safety and asepsis of equipment, operatory, and instruments demonstrate disposal of sharps.
UNIT # 3 RUBBER DAM
- List the four categories which represents the need of the placement of a rubber dam.
- Select the teeth which would be included in the application of a rubber dam when given a specific tooth number.
- Describe the name of the tooth that is usually the most distal in the operating field.
- Name the teeth associated with the hole position of a five hole rubber dam punch.
- Demonstrate and list the three steps in the preparation of a rubber dam.
- Select the correct armamentarium needed for the placement of a rubber dam.
- Differentiate between anterior and posterior rubber dam clamps, identify the parts of a clamp and the use of each part.
- Analyze the need for a rubber dam during endodontic procedures.
- Name the terms used to represent the rubber dam material in between each hole.
- Identify what materials can be used to stabilize the rubber dam material or clamps.
- Examine the need for a rubber dam napkin.
- Analyze what problems may occur if a hole is incorrectly punched.
- Demonstrate and list the steps in the procedure of the preparation of a patient in the application of a rubber dam.
- Demonstrate the procedure for trying on the rubber dam clamp.
- Prepare an operatory, tray set-up and apply a rubber dam using all three methods of application.
- Demonstrate the removal of a rubber dam.
- Demonstrate pre-operative and post -operative instructions needs for a rubber dam procedure.
- Demonstrate principles of operator/patient safety and asepsis of equipment, operator and instrumentation.
- Tofflemire
- Aspirating syringe prep.
UNIT # 4 PRINCIPLES OF CAVITY PREPARATION
- Compare the principles of cavity preparations.
- Differentiate between the types of classifications of cavity preparations.
- Define the following term or label a diagram of a cavity preparation: cavity wall, point angle, cavo-surface, margin, line angles, axial wall, cavity floor, bevel, dovetail, undercut.
- Describe the assistants role and functions during a cavity preparation
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