DL 230 - Dental Laboratory Practice I

Credit Hours: 3

The fabrication of oral prostheses from casts and prescriptions of actual cases. The dentist-dental laboratory relationship is stressed. Students may choose cases in the specialty of their choice.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

interpret a dentist’s prescription;
construct an appliance per the prescription;
order supplies, maintain necessary inventory and price finished products;
approach a dentist to obtain cases;
illustrate lab management practices (billing, bookkeeping, etc.);
demonstrate the care and maintenance of equipment; and
explain the techniques of disinfecting and sanitizing.

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