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Unit/ Standard Number | Dental Assisting/Assistant CIP 51.0601 Task Grid | Proficiency Level Achieved: (X) Indicates Competency Achieved to Industry Proficiency Level
 | Secondary Competency Task List
100 | INTRODUCTION TO DENTAL ASSISTING
101 | Identify career:  role, function, obligations and limitations of the dental care provider as a member of the dental team.
102 | Define dental related terms and abbreviations.
103 | Practice appropriate personal hygiene, dress practices, personal qualities/characteristics.
200 | APPLY PRINCIPLES OF INFECTION CONTROL
201 | Wash hands and follow gloving procedures.
202 | Maintain asepsis to control the spread of infection.
203 | Clean and prepare instruments for sterilization.
204 | Use ultrasonic cleaner.
205 | Use chemicals to sterilize and disinfect instruments.
206 | Sterilize instruments using autoclave and maintain equipment.
207 | Perform disinfection and sterilization procedures on dental equipment.
208 | Comply with OSHA regulations in respect to dental occupations.
209 | Use MSDS sheets to label appropriate materials.
210 | Dispose of sharps, infectious and hazardous wastes.
211 | Maintain evacuation system.
212 | Maintain dental handpieces.
213 | Use infection control procedures to send/receive dental laboratory items.
300 | SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
301 | Use general safety standards.
302 | Practice proper body mechanics.
303 | Perform CPR/AED procedures..
304 | Prepare for medical emergencies.
400 | ETHICAL/LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES
401 | Practice legal and ethical standards of behavior and compliance, including HIPPA policies.
402 | Maintain acceptable personal hygiene and exhibit appropriate dress practices.
500 | ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
501 | Identify parts, names, shapes and surfaces of teeth.
502 | Identify structures of oral cavity.
503 | Describe basic head and neck anatomy.
504 | Describe disturbances in dental development.
505 | Identify landmarks and structures of the face.
506 | Identify landmarks, structures and normal tissues of the mouth.
507 | Identify primary and permanent teeth - type, anterior or posterior, maxillary and mandibular.
508 | Identify primary and permanent teeth using Universal, Palmer and FDI Designation Systems.
600 | OFFICE PROCEDURES
601 | Utilize a computerized office management system to maintain patient records.
602 | Process/maintain inventory system.
603 | Process insurance claims and medical assistance forms.
604 | Receive and dismiss patients and visitors.
605 | Prepare correspondence.
606 | Maintain correspondence file.
607 | Communicate effectively with public, patients and co-workers.
608 | Schedule and maintain appointment book/daily schedule.
700 | PHARMACOLOGY
701 | Describe methods of pain, anxiety control and pre-meds used in dentistry.
702 | Use physician's desk reference (PDR) as a resource.
703 | Recognize pharmacology terms and abbreviations, related to the field of dentistry.
800 | RADIOLOGY SKILLS
801 | Describe history and principles of dental radiology.
802 | Follow safety measures for radiographic examination.
803 | Position patient for radiographic examination.
804 | Select accessories for radiographic technique.
805 | Select film size appropriate for patient's mouth and indicate technique.
806 | Maintain unexposed radiographic film storage.
807 | Expose intra-oral radiographs using long-cone paralleling technique.
808 | Develop radiographs.
809 | Mount full-mouth series of radiographs.
810 | Maintain radiographic records.
811 | Duplicate dental radiographs.
812 | Identify normal radiographic appearances of the teeth and jaws.
813 | Evaluate dental radiographs for diagnostic quality.
814 | Expose an intra-oral maxillary anterior and posterior occlusal radiograph.
815 | Expose an intra-oral mandibular anterior and posterior occlusal radiograph.
816 | Expose a panoramic radiograph.
817 | Introduce students to computerized digital radiography.
900 | OPERATIVE DENTISTRY (CHAIR SIDE DENTISTRY)
901 | Seat/dismiss a patient, including special needs and elderly.
902 | Prepare and set up examination tray for appropriate procedure.
903 | Record and chart oral conditions and vital signs.
904 | Instruct and assist patient and oral hygiene and prevention techniques.
905 | Take and record patient's dental and medical histories.
906 | Prepare, set up, and assist with oral prophylaxis tray.
907 | Transfer instruments for four-handed dentistry.
908 | Evacuate oral cavity.
909 | Identify and transfer various types of dental hand instruments.
910 | Prepare set up and assist with administration of  topical and local anesthesia.
911 | Prepare set up and assist with applying and removal of rubber dam.
912 | Identify/change burs in low and high speed hand pieces.
913 | Prepare tofflemire matrix band.
914 | Prepare set up and assist with amalgam restoration operative.
915 | Prepare set up and assist with composite/resin restoration.
916 | Prepare set up and assist with pit and fissure sealants.
917 | Prepare set up and assist with whitening and bleaching procedures.
918 | Provide patients with preventative dentistry information.
1000 | DENTAL MATERIALS
1001 | Mix and prepare various cements, liners, bases, impression, and desensitization materials.
1002 | Prepare set up for and take alginate impressions of the maxillary and mandibular arches.
1100 | DENTAL LABORATORY PROCEDURES
1101 | Pour an alginate impression with gypsum product.
1102 | Trim a maxillary and mandibular study cast.
1103 | Construct an upper and lower custom tray.
1104 | Polish full dentures/partial dentures.
1105 | Create a mouth guard using the dental omnivac.
1106 | Fabricate a temporary crown/provisional.
1107 | Prepare a bleaching tray.
 | DENTAL SPECIALTIES:
1200 | ORAL SURGERY
1201 | Prepare set ups and assist with dental procedures.
1202 | Explain pre-operative and post-operative procedures to patient.
1300 | PERIODONTICS
1301 | Record periodontal probings and periodontal findings.
1302 | Provide post-operative instruction for periodontal procedures.
1303 | Prepare set up for periodontal treatment.
1304 | Assist with periodontal procedures.
1400 | PROSTHODONTICS
1401 | Prepare tray setup for fixed prosthetics.
1402 | Identify dental instruments and describe the total process of providing a fixed prosthesis for a patient.
1403 | Identify dental instruments and describe the total process of providing a removable prosthesis for a patient.
1404 | Give instructions regarding maintenance of fixed and removable prostheses.
1405 | Explain the concept of dental implants.
1500 | ENDODONTICS
1501 | Describe the set up for endodontic procedures.
1502 | Describe the procedures involved in an endodontic treatment..
1600 | CERTIFICATION
1601 | Prepare to obtain Radiation, Safety and Health certification.
1602 | Prepare to obtain Dental Assisting National Board (DANB) certification.
1603 | Prepare to obtain CPR/AED certification.