DA 103L - Dental Materials Lab

1 Credit(s)

Prerequisite(s): Successful admittance into a Dental program.

Corequisite(s): DA 103

Course Description: Hands-on activities using materials in a dental office including impression materials, model and die materials, fabrication of dental trays, preventive dental materials, esthetic and restorative dental materials, amalgam, dental cements, waxes, and temporary restorative materials. Course is dual numbered as DH 104L.

Course Learning Outcomes:

CLO#1: Demonstrate use of dental materials in a laboratory setting. (ILO: Critical Thinking)
CLO #2: Identify the names, functions, and proper handling techniques of dental lab equipment.
CLO #3: Assemble the proper armamentarium of a variety of dental materials used for different dental procedures.
CLO #4: Implement proper infection control protocols in a dental laboratory setting.

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.