If you're interested in dental assisting as a career or already a dental assistant and are looking for more chairside skills, particularly in orthodontics, check out Wake Tech's non-degree dental assisting training.
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This course provides a basic view of the principles and procedures of radiology as they apply to dentistry. Topics include techniques in exposing, processing, and evaluating digital images, as well as radiation safety, quality assurance, and legal issues. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate at a minimum competency manikin level in the production of diagnostically acceptable dental images using appropriate safety precautions.
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This course provides hands-on, manikin-based training in the duties and functions performed by an orthodontic assistant in an orthodontist's practice. Students will learn about orthodontic instruments and their functions, digital scanning with iTero, and intraoral photography, as well as how to provide oral hygiene instruction to patients wearing appliances and how to communicate with their parents or guardians. The course also covers orthodontic DA II functions recognized by the NC Board of Dental Examiners, including placing and removing orthodontic arch wires, ligature wires, or lock pins; inserting interdental spacers; and fitting orthodontic bands or brackets. On completion, students will receive a certificate of completion for 16 hours of orthodontic dental assisting training.
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This course is designed to equip dental professionals with the cultural knowledge and basic dental terminology to communicate with their Spanish-speaking patients.
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This course introduces the infection and hazard control procedures necessary for the safe practice of dentistry. Topics covered include microbiology, practical infection control, sterilization and monitoring, chemical disinfectants, aseptic technique, infectious diseases, OSHA standards, and applicable North Carolina laws. Upon completion, participants should be able to understand infectious diseases, disease transmission, infection control procedures, biohazard management, OSHA standards, the North Carolina Statewide Program of Infection Control and Epidemiology (SPICE) and other applicable North Carolina laws.
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