New and Updated Course Descriptions

DAS 118 - Introduction to Clinical Dental Assisting Practice

This course has been deactivated and no longer offered at MCC

4 Credits

The course emphasis is on skills application allowed by the New York State Education Law, Section 6608. These skills include providing patient education, taking preliminary medical histories and vital signs to be reviewed by the dentist, placing and removing rubber dams, selecting and prefitting provisional crowns, selecting and prefitting orthodontic bands, removing orthodontic arch wires and ligatures, placing and removing matrix bands, taking impressions for study casts or diagnostic casts and removing periodontal dressings and removing sutures, and such other dental supportive services authorized in regulations promulgated by the commissioner. Clinical experience is gained through dental assisting practice. One conference hour per week. Enrollment limited to on-line students.

Prerequisite: Currently practicing dental assisting. Successful completion of all prior semester courses.

Course Offered Fall, Spring