EDDA PROGRAM

EXPANDED DUTY DENTAL ASSISTING

 

The Expanded Duty Dental Assisting program includes instruction in restorative dentistry and preventive oral care, including teaching patients oral self-care, applying sealants to the grooves of patients’ teeth, producing diagnostically acceptable intraoral radiographs (x-rays), polishing teeth and fillings, assisting the dentist, preparing the filling materials, scheduling patients and managing health information and monitoring nitrous oxide-sedation.

 


Expanded Duty Dental Assisting class of 2005

 

Employment opportunities in South Carolina include private practice; i.e., as chair-side Expanded Duty Dental Assistants, treatment coordinators, OSHA compliance specialists, dental laboratory assistants, secretarial assistants and office managers. There are also opportunities in public health settings, hospital dental practices, prison dental clinics and insurance companies.

Related careers include dental product sales representative, infection control consultant for private dental office, dental office business manager and Expanded Duty Dental Assisting education.

See the South Carolina Dental Assistants Association website.

 


Expanded Duty Dental Assisting students in front of "Eddie" at EdVenture Children's  Museum.

 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Students must receive a grade of “C” or better on all Expanded Duty Dental Assisting courses. Students are required to pass a comprehensive examination in each clinical course to continue in the program the following semester. Additionally, they must pass a final comprehensive exit examination to graduate from the program. Students may not repeat an Expanded Duty Dental Assisting course more than once, nor may they progress to the next semester until that course is passed. Students may repeat only two Expanded Duty Dental Assisting courses.

Students are encouraged to join the Student American Expanded Duty Dental Assistants’ Association and to participate in its scheduled activities, including attendance at the annual meeting of the South Carolina Dental Assistants’ Association. In addition, they are required to participate in scheduled activities, such as visits to elementary schools for dental health educational presentations, and to take three national examinations (Infection Control Exam, Radiation Health and Safety, General Chairside).

Students will rotate through private dental offices and clinics in the immediate area for practical experience in Expanded Duty Dental Assisting.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS HERE

COURSE TITLE

LEC

LAB

SHC

FALL

 

 

 

 

ENG 101 ENGLISH COMPOSITION I

3

0

3

BlO 110 GEN. ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY

3

0

3

DAT 113 DENTAL MATERIALS

2

6

4

DAT 115 ETHICS & PROFESSIONALISM

1

0

1

DAT 118 DENTAL MORPHOLOGY

1

3

2

DAT 122 DENTAL OFFICE MANAGEMENT

1

3

2

DAT 154 CLINICAL PROCEDURES

2

6

4

 

TOTAL

13

18

19

SPRING

 

 

 

 

DAT 121 DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION

1

3

2

DAT 123 ORAL MEDICINE/ORAL BIOLOGY

2

3

3

DAT 183  SPECIALTY FUNCTIONS

1

6

3

DAT 127 DENTAL RADIOGRAPHY

2

6

4

DAT 174 OFFICE ROTATIONS

2

6

4

TOTAL

13

18

19

SUMMER

MAT 155 CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS

 

 

 

PSY 201 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

 

 

 

DAT 177 OFFICE EXPERIENCE

 

 

 

TOTAL

8

15

13

 

EDDA TOTAL

32

12

36

This program is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association. Graduates are eligible to be credentialed as Certified Dental Assistants upon satisfactory completion of the three examinations administered by the Dental Assisting National Board.  The South Carolina Board of Dentistry recognizes the Midlands Technical College graduate as an EDDA, as defined by Regulation 39-13 of the South Carolina Code of Laws.

 

See our EDDA Capstone Competencies

 

Maria Marchant, CDA
Program Director, Expanded Duty Dental Assisting
MarchantM@midlandstech.edu
(803) 822-3453

Aida Sandy
Administrative Assistant, Allied Dental Education Programs
SandyA@midlandstech.edu
(803) 822-3439

 

 

Allied Dental Education Programs
PO Box 2408 | Columbia, SC 29202
 803-822-3439

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