Expanded Functions for Dental Auxiliary - Certification Course

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Prerequisite

Minimum of one year of experience as a general practice chair-side dental assistant or hygienist. A form will be provided upon registration to certify experience. Attendance of both Part I & II is required for certification. REGISTER EARLY — Limit is 30 participants, and course fills quickly.

Course Description

This two-part participation course is designed to teach the auxiliary to perform those expanded functions listed below. This course will include those duties which may be performed under the supervision of a dentist and for which formal training is required. Certificates will be awarded upon demonstration of competency and satisfactory completion of written and clinical post-tests.

Course Objectives

To provide training for certification in the following expanded functions:

Taking impressions for study casts
Topical application of fluoride
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 provisional restorations
Placing bases and liners
Suture removal
Application of pit & fissure sealants
Preliminary charting
Packing and removing retraction cord
Obtaining bacteriological cytological specimens
Cementing provisional crowns and bridges with temporary cement

All necessary supplies and instruments will be provided, including a four-hole slow speed handpiece with contra-angle and prophy angle, rubber dam tray and operative tray.

This course is approved for certification and training in Expanded Functions for dental auxiliaries in Florida and Georgia per Florida Statutes, Section 466.024(6) and Board of Dentistry Rule 64B5-16.005.

Faculty

University of Florida — College of Dentistry Faculty

Continuing Education Units

36 contact hours. (Participation)

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Course Limit

30 Participants

Trilogy of Certification Courses for Dental Auxiliary

Florida does not license dental assistants and there is no examination requirement. However, prior to the performance of expanded duties as defined by rule of the Board, the dental assistant must possess formal training. This certification training falls into 3 categories:

1. Expanded Functions: – Formal training which is required for certification in order to legally perform certain remediable tasks. Rules 64B5- 16.005 and 16.006, Florida Administrative Code, defines Remediable tasks (expanded functions) delegable to dental hygienists and dental assistants and the level of supervision required.
2. Radiography: – Radiography certification is obtained through the Department of Health by submitting documentation of successful completion of a Board approved certification course; after completing three months of on-the-job training through assisting in the positioning and exposing of dental radiographic film under the direct supervision of a Florida licensed dentist. Department of Health application and fee is required, in addition.
3. Fabricating Provisional Crowns and Bridges: – Advanced training for certification of additional expanded functions beyond those covered in the Expanded Functions course. Per Florida Statutes, Section 466-024(6) and Board of Dentistry Rule 64B5-16.005, this course is approved for the certification of dental auxiliaries to legally perform the expanded functions of cementing temporary crowns and bridges with temporary cement and fabricating temporary crowns and bridges intra-orally.

Registration
Fees
Breakfast is included 7:30 am: Sign in/breakfast 8:00 a.m. - 5 p.m.: Lecture Team Discount Available
$795 Auxiliaries Standard cancellation policy does not apply to this course. Refunds, less $150, will be processed for registrants who cancel less than 14 days before the course starting date. Refunds cannot be given for cancellations on or after the course starting date.
Dates	Location	Course #
Part I (Friday - Sunday) Part II (Saturday - Sunday)
Oct. 9-11, 2009 (Part I) and Oct. 24-25, 2009 (Part II)	Gainesville	090138.004
Jan. 8-10, 2010 (Part I) and Jan. 23-24, 2010 (Part II)	Gainesville	110009.01
Apr. 16-18, 2010 (Part I) and May 1-2, 2010 (Part II)	Gainesville	110009.02
Jul. 23-25, 2010 (Part I) and Aug. 7-8, 2010 (Part II)	Gainesville	110009.03
Oct. 22-24, 2010 (Part I) and Nov. 6-7, 2010 (Part II)	Gainesville	110009.04