The SECRET WEAPON of the Best Paid Dental Assistants:

Expanded Functions for Dental Auxiliary

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

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 40 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.

Expanded Functions to be taught include:

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 provisional cement

FACULTY: University of Florida College of Dentistry Faculty

TIME: Sign in and breakfast begin at 7:30 AM; lecture begins at 8:30 AM

LOCATION: University of Florida College of Dentistry

REGISTRATION FEE: $745 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.

CEUs: 36 Contact Hours. Participation.

Dates	Course #
Aug. 25-27, 2006 (Part I) and Sep. 16-17 (Part II)	060418-003	sold out
Nov. 3-5, 2006 (Part I) and Nov. 18-19 (Part II)	060418-004

Continuing Education at UFCD wishes to express its appreciation to American Handpiece Service for an unrestricted educational grant, which helped, in part, to make this course possible.