Dental Assisting, Certificate of Completion

Curriculum

In order to take these courses a student must be accepted into the program:

First Quarter

DATD100	Infection Control and Hazardous Materials	1
	AND
DATD101	Infection Control Lab	2
DATD110	Intro to Chairside Assisting	1
	AND
DATD111	Intro to Chairside Assisting Lab	2
DATD112.2	Introduction to Dental Assisting	1
DATD113.2	Oral Preventive Services	1
	AND
DATD113.3	Oral Preventive Services	1
DATD118	Dental Anatomy	2
CAPP104	Computer Literacy for Allied Health	1
Total Credit Hours:		12

CAPP 104 is the designated information literacy course for the Dental Assisting Technology Program.

Second Quarter

DATD120	Intermediate Chairside Assisting	1
	AND
DATD121	Intermediate Chairside Assisting Lab	2
DATD122.1	Chairside Related Theory	1
DATD122.2	Chairside Related Theory II	1
DATD124	Dental Radiography I	1
	AND
DATD125	Dental Radiography I Lab	2
DATD126	Dental Restorative Techniques I	1
	AND
DATD127.1	Dental Restorative Techniques I Lab	1
DATD127.2	Dental Restorative Techniques I Lab	1
DATD128	Dental Specialties	1
DATD150	Dental Service Learning	1
NASD101	History of Indians in the United States	3
Total Credit Hours:		16

Third Quarter

DATD130	Advanced Chairside Techniques	1
	AND
DATD131	Advanced Chairside Techniques Lab	1
DATD133	Dental Radiography II	1
	AND
DATD135	Dental Radiography II Lab	1
DATD136	Dental Restorative Techniques II	1
	AND
DATD137	Dental Restorative Techniques II Lab	1
DATD138	Office Management	2
Total Credit Hours:		8

Clinical Externship Requirement

300 hours of clinical externship must be completed to graduate with a Certificate of Completion.

DATD140	Clinical Externship	10
Total Credit Hours:		10

Total Credit Hours: 46

The Dental Assisting Technology Program has designated the following courses as meeting the 4 Cs competencies: Communications: DATD 113, Oral Preventive Services, and DATD 121, Intermediate Chairside Assisting Lab. Critical Thinking: DATD 131 Advanced Chairside Techniques Lab, DATD 135, Dental Radiography II Lab, and DATD 137, Dental Restorative Techniques II Lab.  Cultural Understanding: DATD 140, Clinical Externship.  Citizenship:  DATD 150, Dental Service Learning.