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
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corequisite(s): None
Academic Program Prerequisite: Dental Assisting Certificate; Dental Assisting, A.A.A.S.
Consent to Enroll in Course: Department Consent Required
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: No
Course Fees: $60.00
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Course is a Requirement:
Dental Assisting, A.A.A.S., Dental Assisting Certificate

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.

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

Approved for Online and Hybrid Delivery?:
No
Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 30-40%

Lab: 60-70%
Mandatory Course Components:
None
Equivalent Courses:
None

Accepted GRCC Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Course prepares students to seek the following external certification:
No
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with ARW/IRW Pairing: N/A

Mandatory Department Assessment Measures:
None

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
Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 1
Total Lab Hours Per Week: 2
People Soft Course ID Number: 100418
Course CIP Code: 51.0601
Maximum Course Enrollment: 8
High School Articulation Agreements exist?: No
If yes, with which high schools?: NA
Non-Credit GRCC Articulation Agreement With What Area: No
Identify the Non Credit Programs this Course is Accepted: NA

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

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