Course Content and Outcomes Guides (CCOG)

CCOG for DA 113 Winter 2025


Course Number:
DA 113
Course Title:
Intermediate Concepts in Dental Procedures (Lab)
Credit Hours:
1.5
Lecture Hours:
0
Lecture/Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
45

Course Description

Covers intermediate clinical training and practical experience in general dentistry and dental assisting duties and responsibilities. Introduces dental specialties such as periodontics, oral surgery, and periodontal surgery. Provides an opportunity to gain chairside dental assisting experiences through the PCC Dental Clinic. Introduces the intraoral camera, isolite system, and independent charting of existing restorations and conditions from radiographs and clinical evaluation. Continues experience in electronic records and dental software. Prerequisites: DA 111, and acceptance in the Dental Assisting program. Corequisites: DA 112.

Intended Outcomes for the course

Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to:

  1. Perform dental assisting chairside duties while demonstrating professionalism, safety, and the ability to anticipate the needs of the operator at an intermediate level.

  2. Demonstrate the proper use and grasp of dental instruments.

  3. Demonstrate the procedural steps, armamentarium, instrumentation, and post-operative instructions for various dental specialties.

  4. Demonstrate competence in dental charting and the use of the electronic records.

  5. Display professionalism towards patients and others while assisting with chairside duties.

Outcome Assessment Strategies

Clinic objectives and competencies 

Patient chart entries 

Chairside performance evaluations

Final clinical exam

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

Themes:

Dental Assisting Clinical Duties

Professionalism

Communication

Teamwork

Concepts:

OSHA Universal Precautions

BBP Standards

Anticipation of dentist's needs

Armamentarium 

Four-handed dentistry 

Dental dam 

Patient management 

Periodontal procedures and steps 

Endodontic procedures and steps

Oral surgery procedures and steps 

Dental specialty instruments and armamentarium 

Dental specialty post operative instruction 

Topical anesthetic 

Intraoral landmarks 

Intra-oral charting of existing restorations

In-office care and cleaning of removable appliances

Issues: 

Time management

Organization

Self-direction

Safety

Skills:

Anticipate the needs of the operator while assisting chairside

Pass instruments while utilizing safe practices 

Correctly mix, load, and seat an alginate impression tray

Prepare a nitrous oxide/oxygen unit for use 

Document exam findings, health history updates, vitals, and services rendered

Preparation, application, and removal of dental dam

Demonstrate proper instrument grasps and transfers as it relates to dental specialty instruments

Identify specialty instruments

Place dental specialty procedural steps in order

Recognize armamentarium used for each specialty procedure

Accurately state post operative instructions for the various dental specialties

Place topical anesthetic by the accurate intraoral landmark for the type of injection being given 

Document patient chart using industry standard dental software

Related Instruction

Computation
Hours: 2

  • Perform, at an intermediate level, dental assisting chairside duties while demonstrating professionalism, safety, and the ability to anticipate the needs of the operator
  • Demonstrate competence in electronic dental charting

  • Perform intermediate chairside activities with dental students at OHSU, which includes: measuring and mixing materials and calculating patient's pulse and respirations
  • Perform electronic dental charting on PCC clinic patients

Communication
Hours: 7

  • Perform, at an intermediate-level, dental assisting chairside duties while demonstrating professionalism, safety, and the ability to anticipate the needs of the operator
  • Demonstrate the procedural steps, armamentarium, instrumentation, and post operative instructions for various dental specialties
  • Demonstrate professionalism towards patients, students, dentists, and staff while assisting at OHSU

  • Communicate in a professional manner before, during, and after all procedures performed in the clinic and at OHSU dental school
  • Communicate with instructors in a professional manner during all interactions between the student and the instructor
  • Verbalize the procedural steps, armamentarium, instrumentation, and post operative instructions for various dental specialties