Mar 14, 2025  
2024-25 RCC Catalog 
    
2024-25 RCC Catalog
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DA 101L - Dental Assisting I Lab


1 Credit(s)

Prerequisite(s):  

Current or prior enrollment in DA 101  or Department approval.

Course Description: Provides hands-on, clinical instruction of the lecture material presented in DA 101 . Students demonstrate their capabilities and understanding of the dental assistant’s role through clinical evaluation in a lab setting. Tasks practiced include, but are not limited to: use of dental terminology, dental tray set-up, recognition of instruments used by dentist, basic chairside procedures such as saliva evacuation, assisting during restorative treatment, four-handed dentistry, chairside charting using tooth numbering systems, and names of tooth surfaces. Students are introduced to the various day-to-day operations within a dental office.

Course Learning Outcomes:

  • CLO#1: Demonstrate proficiency in using diverse dental terminology
  • CLO#2: Identify common dental hand instruments and explain how they are used in delivering dental care.
  • CLO#3: Describe and perform the sterilization processes and principles of dental asepsis. (ILO: Critical Thinking)

ACTI Code and Course Type
210 Career / Tech Preparatory

Length of Course:
A required State minimum of (30) and a standard RCC delivery of (33) lab hours per term, not to exceed (36) hours per term.



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