5.00 Credits
This course provides didactic and clinical practice experience for the student dental assistant. The didactic portion of this course relates to preventive dentistry and the treatment of patients with special needs. Emphasis is also on the dental specialties of pediatric dentistry, endodontics, oral pathology, oral maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, periodontics, prosthodontics and dental public health. Students will be supervised in all phases of dental assisting while rotating through selected departments at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine and the WCCC Dental Hygiene Clinic. Prerequisite(s): DAS 100, DAS 101, DAS 102,DAS 103, DAS 105, BIO 107 Corequisite(s): DAS 104, ENG 161, PSY 160
Prerequisite:
DAS 100, DAS 101, DAS 102, DAS 103, DAS 105, BIO 107
Corequisite:
DAS 104, ENG 161, PSY 160