DAA 118 - Dental Biomaterials

Description
This course is an in-depth study of the physical properties, manipulation, and utilization of dental materials, including the use of dental office laboratory equipment.

Credit Hours: 2
Contact Hours: 3

School: School of Health & Exercise Science
Department: Dental Auxiliaries
Discipline: DAA

Major Course Revisions: N/A
Last Revision Date Effective: 20240304T15:30:59
Course Review & Revision Year: 2028-2029

Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture/Lab - Must meet Lecture & Lab Ratios

General Education Requirement: None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA

Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Name the organizations that test and certify dental materials nationally and internationally.

2. List physical, biological and practical limitations and considerations to working in and restoring the mouth.

3. Define terms having to do with the properties of materials, including states of matter, stress and strain, hardness, cohesion and adhesion.

4. Describe the manufacturing, properties, manipulation and applications of dental gypsum products.

5. Correctly proportion and manipulate dental gypsum products to pour bubble free models from alginate impressions.

6. Describe the properties, manipulation and applications of alginate impression material.

7. Correctly proportion and manipulate alginate to take impressions of typodonts.

8. Name the categories of commonly used dental impression materials and their respective properties, advantages and disadvantages

9. Introduce the use of a Digital Impression scanner.

10. Safely use dental laboratory model trimmer.

11. Correctly trim and finish study models.

12. Implement basic rules for safe and proper use of dental materials.

13. Maintain laboratory asepsis and correct use of personal protective equipment

14. Describe the manufacturing, properties, manipulation and applications of dental amalgam.

15. Describe the use of various metals in restorative dentistry.

16. Describe various dental waxes.

Approved for Online Delivery?: No

Course Outline:
I. Impression materials 2 (10)

II. Gypsum products 2 (14)

III. Dental terminology 2

IV. Physical properties of dental materials 2

V. Amalgam and metals 3

VI. Course introduction, review and open questions 2

VII. Dental waxes 1

VIII. Remediation (4)

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Total hours 14 lecture (28) lab

Mandatory CLO Competency Assessment Measures:
None

Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 30-40%

Lab: 60-70%

Mandatory Course Components:
None

Academic Program Prerequisite: Dental Assisting Certificate; Dental Assisting, A.A.A.S.
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corerequisite(s): None
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with IRW: N/A
Consent to Enroll in Course: Department Consent Required

Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 1
Total Lab Hours Per Week: 2
Faculty Credential Requirements:
Certification/License Requirement (list below), Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement), Professionally qualified through work experience in field (Perkins Act or Other) (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details: Master’s degree in Education or a related credential is preferred. A minimum of 2 years of related work experience (4,000 hours) is required to satisfy Perkin’s Vocational Act requirements. Additionally, the Instructor must possess a RDA/CDA, or RDH License, or DDS/DMD License in Michigan. Documented expertise in the area of teaching responsibility and the area of content delivery method are required.

Maximum Course Enrollment: 8
Equivalent Courses: None
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: No
Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit Accepted: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Courses is a Requirement:
Dental Assisting, A.A.A.S., Dental Assisting Certificate
Course Fees: $60.00
People Soft Course ID Number: 100418
Course CIP Code: 51.0601

High School Articulation Agreements exist?: No
If yes, with which high schools?: NA
Non-Credit GRCC Agreement exist?: No
If yes, with which Departments?: NA
Corporate Articulation Agreement exist?: No
If yes, with which Companies?: NA