Turbyne & Associates

P.O. Box 738

Auburn, ME 04210

207-577-3149

Participant(s) Name(s):

Goal:  Participants shall review, understand and demonstrate effective clinical Chairside Dental Assisting knowledge and skills that protect the patient, efficiently assist the dentist to provide excellent patient care, and to prepare for the DANB General Chairside Assisting Examination.

PLEASE NOTE:  To meet DANB qualification requirements to take the DANB General Chairside Assisting Examination, Dental Assistants must have a minimum of two years of chairside experience documented by your dental employer(s).

 Didactic: The course will require the purchase of  two Textbooks: (1)  Torres & Ehrlich “Modern Dental Assisting” 12^th Edition, Authors Doni L. Bird & Debbie S. Robinson.  (2)Wire-bound flip Text on dental instruments by the same Authors, Edition 6th Edition.  These books can be ordered second hand on Amazon.com.  Students will have access to instructors via email for assignments and questions.

PROGRAM COST:   $325.00 per student, for the 1-day course.  This fee does not include the texts that will be ordered and paid for by the student.

THE INSTRUCTORS:

Cathy Turbyne, Ed.D., M.S., RDH & Bee Day, CDA, RAD

"DANB is a registered trademark of the Dental Assisting National Board, Inc. (DANB),  The course is not reviewed or endorsed by DANB" 

Course Topics: Sunday:

      Introductions:  Exam Discussion

1.     Review of the Legal Regulation of Dentistry and Dental Assisting

a. Ethics and Jurisprudence

 b. Dental Assisting Rules and Regulations in the State of Maine

2.     Review of Basic Dental Sciences:

a.       General Anatomy/Physiology

b.      Head and Neck Anatomy/Pathology

c.       Tooth Structure and Morphology

d.      Dental Caries and Diseases of the Supporting Structures

      3.   The Patient and the Patient Record:  

a.    Medical History

b.    Vital Signs

c.    Pharmacology

d.    Oral Cancer Screening and Oral Pathology

e.    Dental Charting, Decay Classifications

f.     Prosthodontics

g.    Treatment Planning

h.    Patient Education, Communication

i.     Treatment Consent and Refusal Forms

j.     Medical/Dental Emergency Management

k.    Pain and Anesthesia Management

l.     Management of Referrals

m.  Management of Patient telephone and written communications

          4. Clinical Dental Procedures

                a.  Review of Chairside Assisting

                b.  Review of Instruments, Handpieces and Burs

                c.  At the chair:

                      - Treatment Rooms/Dental Equipment and Preparation

  - Instrument Transfer

  - Maintaining an Operating Field

  - Dry Field Maintenance

  - Ergonomics

- Chairside Restorative Materials

- Laboratory Materials and Techniques

- Advanced Chairside Functions, Fluoride, Sealants

5.      Dental Specialties and Chairside Assisting

a.    Endodontics

b.    Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

c.    Orthodontics

d.    Pediatric Dentistry

e.    Periodontics

f.     Fixed Prosthodontics

g.    Removable Prosthodontics

h.    Implants

i.     Special Needs Patients

                  6.    Questions, Discussion, and Course Evaluation

To Register:   Please send this form and a $295.00  check payable to

              Turbyne & Associates:   P.O. Box 738,  Auburn, ME  04210-0738, or register on-line!

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