Expanded Functions for the Dental Auxiliary: Certification Course (Aug 03 - 04, 2024)

Expanded Functions for the Dental Auxiliary: Certification Course is organized by University of Florida (UF) and will be held from Aug 03 - 04, 2024 at UF College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America.

Description:
This course is designed to teach the auxiliary to perform those expanded functions listed below including fabrication of provisional crowns. This course will include those duties which may be performed under the supervision of a dentist and for which formal training is required.

Objectives:
To provide training for certification in the following expanded functions:

• Laws & Rules
• Infection Control
• Taking impressions for study casts
• Topical application of fluoride (including foam & varnish)
• Placing and removing rubber dams
• Placing and removing periodontal dressings
• Polishing clinical crowns for removal of stains
• Polishing amalgam restorations
• Placing and removing matrices
• Placing intra-coronal provisional (temporary) restorations
• Placing bases and liners
• Suture removal
• Application of pit & fissure sealants
• Preliminary charting
• Packing and removing retraction cord
• Fabricating provisional crowns
• Cementing provisional crowns with temporary cement