AHL 868 - Maryland Orthodontic Expanded Functions

4.2 Continuing Education Units (CEU). This course is not for Credit(s).

This course is designed to enable the student, who is a dental assistant, to learn expanded orthodontic dental assisting functions as approved by the Maryland Board of Dental Examiners (MBDE). The expanded functions are advanced tasks that require increased skill and responsibility. This course will prepare the student for the Maryland State Expanded Orthodontic Functions Examination. Topics to be covered include preparing, fitting and cementing orthodontic bands, placing and removing archwires, isolating, etching, bonding, and placing brackets.

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, the students should be able to:

1. demonstrate the ability to take alginate impressions for study models, diagnostic casts, and intraoral appliances,
2. apply and use fluorides;
3. prepare, fit, and cement orthodontic bands;
4. demonstrate use of athletic mouth guards on models;
5. demonstrate the ability isolate, etch, bond, and place brackets;
6. demonstrate the ability place and remove archwires;
7. demonstrate knowledge of the edgewise appliance (braces); and
8. demonstrate the ability place elastics and ligatures.