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den·tal aux·i·li·ary

(dentăl awg-zilyĕr-ē)
Employees or staff involved in provision of dental care (e.g., dental assistant, dental hygienist, office manager).
See also: auxiliary
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In addition, states that have some form of Expanded Functions Dental Auxiliary are in the majority and some have been utilizing EFDA for over 30 years.
Sealants are one of the best preventive measures we can offer our patients, and are cost-effective when placed by a dental auxiliary. If sealants are charged at approximately $45 per tooth, and four teeth can usually be sealed in 30 minutes, this yields a production rate of $360 per hour.
An extended series of studies have found that in most dental auxiliary programs students received limited if any classroom and/or clinical opportunities to develop the background and experience to provide services for individuals with special health care needs.
When asked to describe the ideal dental auxiliary, we all think about their ability to perform the duties they were hired to do.
Finkbeiner writes that the factors that impact the salary for each dental auxiliary should be job responsibilities, employee credentials, employee performance and commensurate jobs in the community.
The Dental Auxiliary's Role in Pain & Anxiety Control Coarse provides background information to better understand the prevalence, causes and signs of dental anxiety as well as techniques used to reduce the anxiety.
Her international experience includes establishing the German Summer Institute, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, and developing the dental auxiliary curriculum for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, University of Kentucky.
The Dental Auxiliary's Role in Pain & Anxiety Control #AC-1-84 (3 Hours) $28 ADAA Member $39 Non-member Patient Management in Pediatric Dentistry #AC-1-88 (3 Hours) $28 ADAA Member $39 Non-member CD ROM COURSES Self-contained interactive CD ROM courses include a printed test that must be mailed in for credit.
Doctors, assistants and other dental auxiliary staff were gathered for their quarterly all-DENTAC meeting with DARW as the theme.
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