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DAT 160 - Expanded Duties/Specialties


Class: 2 Credits: 2
This course provides practical experience in performing the expanded duties designated by the SC Board of Dentistry for Expanded Duty Dental Assistants. In addition, course covers an overview of dental specialties.

Prerequisite(s): Take AHS 113 , DAT 113 , DAT 115 , DAT 118 , DAT 121 , and DAT 154  with a minimum grade of “C”.
Corequisite(s): Take DAT 123 , DAT 124 , DAT 127 , and DAT 164 .
Course Topics:
  • Administrative Office Duties
  • Clinical Office Duties
  • Clinical Laboratory duties
  • Legal Concepts
  • Patient Instructions
  • Operational Functions
  • Moisture Control

Textbooks:
Textbook information can be found on the Book Inn Web site
Required Materials:
None
Grading System:
An overall grade of B or higher is required for transferability.

A 90 - 100
B 80 - 89
C 70 - 79
D 60 - 69
F 0 - 59


Student Learning Outcomes:
  1. Perform administrative office duties.
  2. Perform clinical office duties.
  3. Perform clinical laboratory duties.
  4. Apply legal concepts.
  5. Discuss patient instructions and SC Expanded Duty Dental procedures.
  6. Discuss operation functions.
  7. Discuss moisture control.

For SCC Online Courses:
If the course you are taking is online, please review the SCC Online Policies that include:

  • Required materials for all online courses
  • Mandatory Attendance Requirement
  • Proctored Exams

Face Covering Requirements:
All faculty, staff and students must wear a face mask/covering at all times (absent a medical condition) on all SCC campuses when safe social distancing measures are not possible or difficult to follow. For further details, refer to the Student Guidelines for Face Coverings and Social Distancing on the SCC Coronavirus COVID-19 Information page.
Standard SCC Course Policies:
Please review the Standard SCC Course Polices on the following topics:

  • Academic Integrity
  • Academic Misconduct
  • Add/Drop period
  • Appeals Process
  • Class Attendance
  • Classroom Behavior (traditional and online)
  • Classroom Conduct/Expectations
  • Lab Procedures (general SCC policy regarding this)
  • Online Confidentiality
  • Services For Students with Disabilities
  • Withdrawal Policy


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2020-2021