619.ACADEMYUpon completing DA100 and DA200, students are eligible to enroll in DA300: Dental Materials & Protection, where they will learn protocol and skills necessary to perform preventative care and operate dental equipment. DA300 covers essential topics for dental assistants, including preventative medicine, pharmacology, oral hygiene methods, and more. Additionally, DA300 gives students instruction and practice on a number of essential dental assistant functions. Under the supervision of highly-experienced instructors, students will practice manipulation of and armamentarium of dental materials to include wide array of dental functions ranging from flossing to restorative dental techniques. Thanks to the partnership between Howard Academy and The Super Dentists, one of San Diego’s leading dental groups, students will get the chance to test their skills in real dental office setting. Students will also supplement in-class lessons with out-of-class work and reading assignments. Learn more about DA300: Dental Materials & Prevention, and
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An Oral Hygiene and Preventative Medicine Course
Learning the ins and outs of oral hygiene and preventative medicine is essential for success in the dental assistant field. One of a dental assistant’s primary functions is to administer preventative treatment to keep teeth and gums healthy. Together with dentists, dental assistants also help patients build their own at-home oral hygiene plans. Thus, both preventative dental care and oral hygiene are key topics that all dental assistants should understand comprehensively.
DA300 prepares students by furthering their knowledge of these essential topics and more. Building off the foundation set by DA100 and DA200, DA300 delves further into a number of subject areas, including preventive dental care, nutrition, oral hygiene methods, vital signs, pharmacology and medical emergencies. Students will benefit from detailed lectures on these topics by instructors with decades of experience in the dental field. Seminar discussions, class reviews and quizzes, group projects, and in-class presentations will help students further their knowledge of oral hygiene, preventative dental care, and other important topics.
Learn How to Use Dental Materials
In addition to covering a number of essential dental topics, DA300 gives students the opportunity to develop proficiency with a wide range of dental materials and techniques. As its name suggests, DA300: Dental Materials & Prevention delves deeper into the operation of materials essential to the dental assistant position, including mirrors, sickle probes, dental drills, scalers, suction devices, syringes, molds, and more. Under the direction of class instructors, students will get to practice manipulation of and armamentarium of these dental materials to perform a number of essential dental assistant functions, including restorative work, taking impressions, applying cements, liners and bases, tooth brushing, flossing, and taking blood pressure. Correct usage of these dental materials and subsequent performance of the above techniques is covered extensively in DA300 to help students prepare for immediate, successful matriculation into a dental office.
Practice in Professional Settings
To prepare students for professional success, our Dental Assistant Program here at Howard Academy emphasizes learning in real-world, professional settings. Our Dental Assistant Program is distinguished in large part by our partnership with The Super Dentists, one of San Diego’s leading dental care providers. In DA300 and other dental assistant courses, students will get the opportunity to practice dental techniques in The Super Dentists’ state-of-the-art facilities. Learning through hands-on instruction in a professional dental office setting will give students the real-world experience they need to succeed as dental assistants wherever they choose. The hands-on, real-world learning methods stressed by our Dental Assistant Program here at Howard Academy are especially relevant to DA300, which focuses largely on the proper usage of dental materials.
Improve Your Proficiency with Out-of-Class Work
In addition to in-class and in-office exercises, DA300 provides students with a healthy amount of out-of-class work to foster proficiency and increased retention of course topics. Out of class work for DA300 will include such as reading and writing assignments, as well as practice and practical application assignments and projects.
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