Teacher: Beverly Brader, East Campus

The Dental Occupations program integrates lectures, demonstrations and hands on experiences to teach students a variety of dental related subjects.  The program provides leading edge training for careers as a dental assistant, dental laboratory technician assistant, and also incorporates a pre-dental hygiene program for students interested in preparing for a post-secondary institution to become a dental hygienist.  

The curriculum covers an introduction to health care, infection control, safety and emergency procedures, ethical/legal responsibilities, normal body functions and common disorders, patient care and procedures, office procedures, pharmacology, radiology, operative dentistry, dental materials, dental laboratory procedures, oral surgery, periodontics, and prosthodontics.

By completing this program, students are well prepared for their chosen careers.
As dental assistants, they assist dentists during examination and treatment of patients.  Students learn to prepare patients for treatment, sterilize instruments,
prepare materials and make study models from impressions, expose and process
x-ray film and provide chairside assistance for the dentist. Dental laboratory
technician assistants learn to work in a dental laboratory assisting with the
creation of dental prostheses (replacements for natural teeth). Pre-dental hygiene students prepare for dental hygiene school. They learn radiology, anatomy,
dental procedures, instruments, sterilization, and other topics in preparation for
further schooling.

The program provides leading edge training for careers as a dental assistant and
dental laboratory technician or prepares them for post-secondary education to become a dental hygienist.

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