Expanded Functions for the Dental Assistant
Certification Course

Description

This 20-hour course is approved for certification and training in Expanded Functions for dental auxiliaries in Florida and Georgia per Florida Statutes, Section 466.024(6) and Board of Dentistry Rule 64B5-16.005.

This course includes self-study via required readings and trainings PLUS one weekend of in-person instruction.

Objectives

At the completion of the course participants will be certified to:

• Laws & Rules
• Infection Control
• Making impressions for study casts
• Topical application of fluoride (including foam & varnish)
• Placing and removing rubber dams
• Placing and removing periodontal dressings
• Polishing clinical crowns
• Polishing amalgam restorations
• Placing and removing matrices
• Placing intra-coronal provisional (temporary) restorations
• Placing bases and liners
• Suture removal
• Application of pit & fissure sealants
• Preliminary charting
• Packing and removing retraction cord
• Fabricating provisional crowns
• Cementing provisional crowns with temporary cement

Course Materials

After completing your registration you will receive an Enrollment Confirmation email with information to complete your requirements.

Course Director

Department: DN-OPERATIVE DIVISION

Alex J Delgado DDS, MS

Director Of Continuing Dental Education & Associate Professor

Faculty

• Jennifer Rieck, CDA, CRDH B.A.S., MHSc.

 “They declare that neither they nor any member of their family have a financial arrangement or affiliation with any corporate organization offering financial support or grant monies for this continuing dental education program greater than $999, nor do the instructors have a financial interest greater than $1,000 in any commercial product(s) the instructor will discuss in the presentation.”

Registration Information

This program has been approved for tuition payment under the Post-911 GI bill –

For Post 9/11 GI Bill® (Ch 33) students and VA Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Ch 31) students, our tuition policy complies with 38 USC 3679(e) which means Post 9/11 and Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment students will not be charged or otherwise penalized due to a delay in VA tuition and fee payments.  For eligibility consideration, a Post 9/11 GI Bill student must submit a VA Certificate of Eligibility (COE) and a Vocational Rehabilitation Student must provide a VAF 28-1905 form. [Please list all additional requirements your school will ask a student to satisfy which are permitted under 38 USC 3679(e)] Please see 38 USC 3679(e) for complete details.

GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government website at www.benefits.va.gov/gibill