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Davidson Dental Education is a level 1 extra curricular program designed for dental assistants and dental hygienists that wish to pursue further education and skills to benefit their office and patients. To attend classes, the dental assistant must have a minimum of 3 months of experience in clinical dental assisting as a RDA or graduated from an accredited dental assisting school. Any licensed dental hygienist may take this program. If the student is wanting to do level 2 expanded functions training, level 1 training must be completed first.

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Classes:

Complete Active Level I Expanded Functions

• General Knowledge
• Cementation of Temporary Crowns
• Placement of Class I Temporary Filling Materials
• Applying Cavity Liners & Bases, Desensitizing Agents, and Bonding Systems
• Taking Final Impressions
• Taking Occlusal Registration
• Removal of Dental Adhesives - Hand Instrumentation Only
• Placement and Removal of Gingival Retraction Material
• Fabrication and Removal of Provisional Restorations​
• Monitoring Nitrous Oxide
• Oral Adjustments to Acrylic Dentures (no adjustment prosthetic  teeth)
  
• Tissue Conditioning (Soft Reline only)
  

Monitoring Nitrous Oxide

• General Knowledge
  
• Monitoring Nitrous Oxide

​Ortho Expanded Functions

• General Knowledge
  
• Applying Cavity Liners & Bases, Desensitizing Agents, and Bonding Systems
• Taking Final Impressions
• Taking Occlusal Registration
• Removal of Dental Adhesives - Hand Instrumentation Only

Temp Crowns & Class I Fillings

• General Knowledge
• Cementation of Temporary Crowns
• Placement of Class I Temporary Filling Materials​

​Oral Adjustment to Acrylic Dentures (no adjustment to prosthetic teeth)

• Oral Adjustment to Acrylic Dentures Without Adjusting Prosthetic teeth (currently taught in class)

​Tissue Conditioning (soft reline only)

• ​Soft Tissue Reline  (currently taught in class)​​​

The following four courses, previously removed, will now be available as continuing education credit. These classes will be conducted online and hands on demonstrations at your office. Testing will be done in class. 

Continued Education for Removed Expanded Function Classes

• Placement and Removal of Dry Socket Medication
• Testing Pulp Vitality
• Preliminary Charting of Existing Dental Restorations
• Placement of Periodontal Dressings​

​Class Administration: 

• For courses that include active expanded functions, a pre-test will be given before each section to assess the student's current knowledge.
• All video lectures are available online and can be viewed at the student's convenience.
• For active expanded function classes, final exams will be administered on-site during one of the scheduled dates listed on the Upcoming Classes page. Time will be provided for questions and review prior to the exam.
  • For the continuing education course covering the four previously removed expanded functions, final exams will be completed in class. 
• Grading is pass/fail, with a minimum score of 75% required to pass the final exam.
• After passing the exam, students must demonstrate a functional, hands-on understanding of the course material.
  • Students in active expanded function courses will be able to complete all hands-on demonstrations on-site after the exam.
• Once both the final exam is passed and the Student Documentation of Training form is submitted, a certificate of completion and CEU's will be issued.
• Remediation time and opportunities for questions will be provided to support students with any difficulties in the material.​