DA 4 — Chairside Assisting and Coronal Polish
This course is designed to teach basic chairside dental assisting and to meet the Dental Board of California 's regulation for Coronal Polish. This course includes lecture and clinical hours. Students will be instructed in the role and functions of chairside assisting, oral evacuation, preparing the operatory, instrument identification and grasps/transfers, and the use of a slow speed handpiece. Included will be techniques for the removal of the pellicle, biofilm, and extrinsic stain from the clinical crown. Students will be required to provide their own clinical patients and follow the course sterilization and infection control policies. (A, CSU)