Expanded Functions for the Dental Assistant (Mar 14 - 15, 2026)

Expanded Functions for the Dental Assistant is organized by University of Florida (UF) College of Dentistry and will be held from Mar 14 - 15, 2026 at UF College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America.

Description:
This 20-hour course is approved for certification and training in Expanded Functions for dental auxiliaries in Florida and Georgia per Florida Statutes.

Objectives:
At the completion of the course participants will be certified to:

• Laws & Rules
• Infection Control
• Making impressions for study casts
• Topical application of fluoride (including foam & varnish)
• Placing and removing rubber dams
• Placing and removing periodontal dressings
• Polishing clinical crowns
• 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