STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 1.   Identify the members of the dental health team, the duties typically performed by each and professional organizations for each.

 2.   Understand the educational requirements for each dental team member including specialty practitioners.

 3.   Discuss the issue of licensure and identify the team members that it affects.

 4.   Identify the credentials that may be held by a dental assistant.

 5.   Discriminate between the functions of the ADAA and DANB.

 6.   Identify the various parts of the Colorado Dental Practice Law and discuss the legal implications for each dental health team member.

 7.   Identify the tasks that can be legally performed by a dental assistant.

 8.   Explain the terms "personal direction", "general supervision" and "direct supervision".

 9.   Rationalize the responsibility not to practice beyond the law.

 10. Identify the purpose of the rules and regulations included in the dental practice law and explain the difference between them and the statute.

 11. Identify the ethical and legal duties each team member has not only to the patients but also to the office by which they are employed.

 12. Identify the difference between contract law and tort law.

 13. Define malpractice; identify the types and common grounds for malpractice.

 14. Explain consent, its importance, the types of consent.

 15. Identify the pioneers in dentistry and important events leading to the advancement of the profession.

 16. Demonstrate an understanding of the difference between ethics and jurisprudence.

 17. Identify the tools of risk management and the dental assistant's role in this capacity.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      Members of the Dental Health Team

         A.      Education and Professional organizations of dental assistants

         B.      Education and Professional organizations of dentists including the specialties recognized by the ADA

         C.      Education and Professional organizations of dental hygienists

 II.     Jurisprudence

         A.      Criminal law

         B.      Tort law

         C.      Contract law

 III.    Ethics

         A.      Difference between ethic and jurisprudence

         B.      Ethically based decision making

         C.      Dental assistants ethical duty to patient and employer

 IV.     The Colorado Dental Practice Law

         A.      Term definitions

         B.      Law as it pertains to dental assistants

         C.      Rules and Regulations

         D.      What constitutes practicing dentistry with or without a license.

 V.      Risk Management

         A.      Tools used in risk management

         B.      Dental assistants role in risk management

         C.      Consent: he types of consent and their importance

 VI.     History

         A.      Famous people and events in dental history

         B.      History of the ADAA