vcc.ca
DENT 1270: Dental Laboratory Patient Care 2
Effective date
September 2021
Department
Dental Tech
School
Health Sciences
Description
This course builds on the knowledge and skills acquired from Dental Laboratory Patient Care 1. Students will continue to develop their abilities to operate in a safe and competent manner in a dental laboratory environment. Students will learn about intra and extra oral photographing of patients to assist in the technical treatment planning. Students will also learn to perform clinical laboratory procedures (preliminary impression taking and tooth shade matching) in a competent manner.
Credits
1.0
Year of study
1st Year Post-secondary
Prerequisites
DENT 1100, DENT 1110, DENT 1130, DENT 1170, DENT 1180.
Corequisites
None
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Engage a patient in the informed consent process.
- Conduct and review a patient medical history and dental history.
- Apply cultural competence to practice when providing services to patients.
- Demonstrate skills in taking intra oral and extra oral photographs of patients to support the design, fabrication or repair of dental restorations and appliances.
- Demonstrate competency in safely and effectively taking analogue and digital dental impressions.
- Demonstrate tooth shade matching.
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 5
Clinical, Lab, Rehearsal, Shop, Kitchen, Simulation, Studio: 25
Total Hours: 30
Clinical, Lab, Rehearsal, Shop, Kitchen, Simulation, Studio: 25
Total Hours: 30
Instructional Strategies
Demonstration, simulation, lab work, role play, case scenarios and online
Grading System
Letter Grade (A-F)
Passing grade
C+ (64%) and (S) Satisfactory Grade for all Lab Works
Evaluation Plan
|
Type |
Percentage |
Assessment activity |
|
Quizzes/Tests |
20 |
2 quizzes (10% each) |
|
Final Exam |
25 |
Accumulative (all units) |
|
Assignments |
45 |
3 assignments (15% each): (1) Analogue dual arch dental impression; (2) Digital dual arch impression; (3) Custom sports guard |
|
Lab Work |
Satisfactory |
Practical Projects |
|
Participation |
10 |
|
Course topics
- Anatomy of oral cavity and custom sports guard function
- Analogue dental impressions, including: (Simulation). - patient informed consent process - conducting and reviewing patient medical history and dental history. - applying cultural competence
- Digital dental impressions, including: (Simulation). - patient informed consent process - conducting and reviewing patient medical history and dental history. - applying cultural competence
- Design, fabrication and final insert of a custom sports guard
- Intra-oral Photography and tooth shade matching
Learning resources
Resources are items in addition to tuition that the student is responsible for purchasing. Course resource information will be supplied by the department/instructor.
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/. - To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.