Diploma in Applied Science - Expanded Duty Dental Assisting
The Expanded Duty Dental Assisting program includes instruction in restorative dentistry and preventive oral care, including teaching patients oral self-care, applying sealants to the grooves of patients’ teeth, taking impressions of teeth, producing diagnostically acceptable dental radiographs (X-rays), polishing teeth and fillings, assisting the dentist, preparing the filling materials, scheduling patients, managing health information and monitoring nitrous oxide. Employment opportunities in South Carolina include private practice positions for example chair-side dental assistants in General Dentistry as well as many specialty practices such as Oral Surgery, Orthodontics, Endodontics, Pros
Courses
- BIO110 — Gen Anatomy & Physiology
- COL106 — Skills for College Success
- DAT113 — Dental Materials
- DAT115 — Ethics & Professionalism
- DAT118 — Dental Morphology
- DAT121 — Dental Health Education
- DAT122 — Dental Office Management
- DAT123 — Oral Medicine/Oral Biolo
- DAT127 — Dental Radiography
- DAT154 — Clinical Procedures I
- DAT174 — Office Rotations
- DAT177 — Dental Office Experience
- DAT183 — Specialty Functions
- ENG160 — Technical Communications
- MAT155 — Contemporary Mathematics
- PSY201 — General Psychology