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DNTA 152 Dental Materials III 4 This course has emphasis on the fabrication of a variety of provisional crowns as well as the fabrication of bleaching trays. Prerequisite: Successful completion of the second trimester.
DNTA 297 Work-based Learning Seminar 1-2 Students enroll in the work-based learning seminar in order to receive an orientation to the work-based learning experience. Faculty meet with the students to provide support and assistance during the experience.
DNTA 160 Clinical Experience II 5 A continuation of DNTA 151, students acquire clinical practice to perfect their skills in performing dental assisting functions including expanded functions. General dentistry is emphasized. Weekly seminars are held to evaluate and review clinical applications. Prerequisite: Successful completion of the second trimester as well as DNTA 151.
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DNTA 161 Dental Office Administration 5 Students learn the basic business administration skills necessary to manage a dental office. Customer service, appointment scheduling, patient files, record management, maintaining an inventory system, and familiarization with dental software programs are included. The use of mathematics to maintain records and accounts is emphasized. Prerequisite: Successful completion of the second trimester. DNTA 291 Practical Applications 1-18 This course offers students an opportunity to work on a lab-based project instead of a work-based learning component. The project should be based on prior course work and should result in the achievement of advanced learning in the subject area chosen. DNTA 292 Independent Projects 1-5 This course offers students an opportunity to work independently on a project that is determined by both the instructor and the student. The project should be based on prior course work and should result in the achievement of advanced learning in the subject area chosen. DNTA 293 Independent Projects 1-5 This course offers students an opportunity to work independently on a project that is determined by both the instructor and the student. The project should be based on prior course work and should result in the achievement of advanced learning in the subject area chosen. DNTA 294 Independent Projects 1-5 This course offers students an opportunity to work independently on a project that is determined by both the instructor and the student. The project should be based on prior course work and should result in the achievement of advanced learning in the subject area chosen. DNTA 296 Work-based Learning Experience 1-18 Work-based learning (WBL) allows students to participate in on-the-job training in the field in which they are studying. They apply the skills they have learned in the classroom to specific areas of employment in a variety of businesses/industries in the area. The learning activity is based on a written agreement with the participating training provider.
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Work-based Learning – 1-18 No Seminar This course is provided for students who participate in a work-based learning experience but cannot meet for the weekly seminar. This usually applies to specialized areas where the worksite is outside of the geographical area.
DENTAL LAB TECHNICIAN DENLB
Introduction to 3 Dental Lab Technology This course is an introduction to basic concepts of the dental laboratory industry: history, ethics, and jurisprudence; terminology, identification, safety practices, and the use of dental tools and machinery.
DENLB 110 Esthetic Arrangement 3 This course introduces the student to modification of the idealized setup so that the positions and relationships of the teeth enhance the age, sex, and personality of the individual. DENLB 111 Introduction to Orthodontics 3 This course is an introduction to the various mal-occlusion situations, the fundamentals of wire bending, and soldering. DENLB 112 Orthodontic Appliances – Fixed 3 This course introduces the student to pouring Orthodontic Study Models and Orthodontic Appliances that are fixed.
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DENLB 102 Health and Safety 2 This course is an introduction to the safety practices used in the dental laboratory industry including OSHA/WISHA requirements and the sterilization and disinfection methods used to prevent disease. DENLB 103 Dental Anatomy 3 This course is an introduction to skeletal, muscular, edentulous, and temperomandibular joint anatomy. DENLB 104 Dental Materials 2 This course is an introduction to the various materials used in the first year of the dental laboratory program. DENLB 105 Dentures – Casts/Trays/Rims 4 This course is an introduction to the preliminary steps involved in denture construction. DENLB 106 Denture Setup 3 This course is an introduction to the articulation, tooth selection, and arrangement of denture teeth. DENLB 107 Denture Processes 4 This course introduces the student to festooning, flasking, boil-out, packing, processing, deflasking, selective grinding, finishing and polishing a denture. DENLB 108 Immediate Dentures 3 This course introduces the student in the fabrication of an immediate denture. The purpose of an immediate denture is to provide the patient with a denture upon extraction of the last remaining teeth. DENLB 109 Denture Repair 2 This course introduces the student to denture repair, reline, and rebase techniques.
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Orthodontic Appliances – 2 Removable This course introduces the student to orthodontic appliances that are removable. DENLB
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Introduction to 2 Removable Prosthetic Devices (RPD) This course is an introduction to removable partial dentures and its components. The student will learn how to survey, the principals of dentistry, physics, and the materials used to construct an RPD. DENLB 120 RPD Survey and Design 2 This course assists the student in understanding RPD design, various lever systems, and the forces applied to the oral tissues. DENLB 121 Refractory Cast Production 2 This course is an introduction to the step-bystep process in duplicating the master model in order to pour a refractory cast in a special investment material. DENLB 122 Wax Pattern Construction 3 This course is an introduction transferring the design of the partial from the master cast to the refractory model, use of adhesive, and applying plastic patterns. DENLB 123 RPD Processes 3 This course is assists the student in Spruing, Investing, Casting, Finishing and Polishing RPD Frameworks. DENLB 124 Frame Construction 2 This course introduces the student to various RPD frame fabrication, designing, duplicating, waxing, spruing, investing, electropolishing, finishing, and polishing according to Kennedy Classifications. Student will fabricate one RPD entirely with tooth setting and processing. DENLB 201 Plaster Carving 5 This course is an introduction to forming the shapes and contours of a 3-dimensional tooth
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