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COURSE SECTION INFORMATION
FACULTY OF HEALTH, PUBLIC SAFETY AND
COMMUNITY STUDIES
Dental Specialties
DENTAL ASSISTING (Levels I and II)
Professor’s
Name:
Diana McGee
[email protected]
Email:
Course
Number:
Course
Section:
Academic
Year:
DEN4386
010
Phone:
613-727-4723 ext. 6317
10/11
Office:
J117
Term:
W11
Out of
Class
Assistance:
voicemail or email
Academic
Level:
02
Section Specific Learning Resources
 The textbooks for this course are the same as those listed on the approved course
outline available on Blackboard.
 Other related materials will be provided to the student as required.
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Learning Schedule
Week
Content
1
Comments
Introduction/review course outline &
CSI
Assign field placement project
 Discuss lesson plan
Hours
2
Student/learner
placement consent
Blackboard documents
Community Dental Health
o
role of DA in community
health versus private practice
Lesson plan presentation
2
Assignments
o
o
CH Field Placement doc
Rubric
–
o
o
External Links
Lesson Plan Help folder
Pedo resources
Lecture notes
Complete Lesson plan presentation
3-4
5-6
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2
Communication skills
MDA text, beginning of
ch. 61
Target population needs presentation
Lecture notes & notes
from DEN4397
Complete: Target population needs
presentation
1
Pediatric dentistry
MDA text, ch. 57
 Specialty practice
 Treatment in a pedodontic practice
o First visit
o Diagnosis & treatment planning
o Preventive procedures
o Operative procedures
o Emergency treatment
 Childhood development
 Behavior management
 Special needs children
 Child abuse – online reference &
MDA text pp. 923-924,
handout
652 & 654
MDA text pp. 38-40, 934
External links (BB)
Complete pediatric dentistry lecture
Periodontics
 Indications & contraindications for
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1
MDA text ch. 14 & 55
3
Week
Content
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7
9
10-11
2010/2011
Hours
periodontal treatment
Characteristics of healthy gingivae
Stages of periodontal disease
Non-surgical & surgical
procedures
Periodontal dressing: mixing,
placing & removing
Pre & post-operative instructions
for surgical & non-surgical
periodontic procedures
Complete periodontic lecture
Implants
 Indications & contraindications for
dental implants
 Implant assessment
 Types of dental implants
 Components of endosteal implant
 Preparation & placement of dental
implants
o Timetable for typical implant
treatment
 Assisting in endosteal implant
surgery
 Maintenance of dental implants
8
Comments
Creation plan due
1
1
MDA text ch. 53

Mid-term test (30% of final grade)
1
Complete implant lecture
MDA text ch. 53
1
Oral surgery
 Oral surgeon’s relationship with
hospital
 Cyst removal & biopsy techniques
 Treatment of post-operative
complications
MDA text ch. 56
2
Orthodontics
 Specialty practice
o DA’s role
 Malocclusion
 Oral habits
 Tooth movement
o General concepts
 Types of orthodontic treatment
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Lesson plan due Week 10
•
see additional information
regarding due date in
‘Field Placement’
document
MDA text ch. 60
3
Week
Content
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13-14
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Hours
Sequence of appointments for
corrective orthodontics
1. Exam/records
 Clinical examination
 Physical growth evaluation
 Social & behavioural
evaluation
 Diagnostic records
2. Consult
3. Bonding/banding
4. Debanding/debonding
5. Retainers
6. Other orthodontic appliances
Endodontics
 Various ways to make an
endodontic diagnosis
 Conditions requiring endodontic
treatment
 Complications and/or failures of
endodontic treatment
 Surgical endodontics & how it
affects treatment
12
Comments
1
MDA text ch. 54
Ortho lab/clinic
 Demonstration, mixing & loading
(molar bands)
 Use of the digital camera
 Intra & extra oral photographs
 Orthodontic video
Complete endodontic lecture
Participation in ortho lab
 5% of final grade
Fixed & removable prosthodontics
 Compare fixed & removable
prosthetics
 Indications & contraindications
 Components of partial & full
dentures
 Clinical steps for try-in of fixed &
removable prosthetics
 Relationship between provisional
coverage, fixed & removable
prosthetics, & the health of the
gingivae
 Possible outcomes after insertion
or cementation
 Post-care instructions
MDA text ch. 50, 51 & 52
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1
3
Week
Content
Comments
Hours
40% of final grade
2
Fixed prosthodontics
 Basic principles of tooth
preparation & gingival margins
 Methods for displacing soft tissue
prior to taking an impression
 Clinical process & armamentarium
for bite registration
Removable prosthodontics
 Intra/extra oral factors that
influence the choice for a
removable prosthesis
 Minor tooth preparations
 Clinical steps for immediate
dentures, denture re-lining,
denture repairs & denture
duplication
15
Final exam scheduled during final
assessment week
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Other Important Information
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Students are responsible for printing and retaining the course outline and course
section information documents for reference during delivery of this course.
These documents will also assist students to prepare for tests and exams.
The course section information will be used as a guide only. Changes may occur
and will be announced in class and/or on Blackboard.
Students are responsible to read all announcements on blackboard and their
Algonquin College email account.
Students are responsible to print and bring posted lecture notes to each lecture.
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