- 10 Jan, 2025
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DA161 – Dental Practice Administration
The dental assistant student can defend the importance of being fluent in dental/medical terminology. Students will learn the history of dentistry, describe career skills of the direct and indirect care dental team members, explain the job responsibilities and roles of the dental team members, identify career opportunities for a dental assistant. Students will also learn how Maslow’s hierarchy of needs relates to communication in today’s dental office, how to achieve resolution in conflicts related to office stress and discuss techniques to communicate with people from diverse cultures. Students will learn how to explain how jurisprudence is related to the dental assistant and discuss violations of law in a dental setting. Identify the responsibilities of the dental team in relation to HIPAA and the individual roles OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Act), EPA, FDA, CDC (Centers for Disease Control) (Centers for Disease Control), OSP, NIOSH.