DEA 268 - Pharmacology and Emergency Procedures for Dental Assisting

1. The student will demonstrate familiarity in understanding pharmacology as it relates to dental assisting procedures; including drug requirements, agencies and regulations, drug prescriptions.
2. The student will differentiate between a drugs chemical, generic, and brand or trade name.
3. The student will describe the dispensing of drugs which includes; schedule of drugs, DEA, parts of a prescription.
4. The student will describe drug actions and side effects, indications and contraindications, common drugs used in dentistry, properties of anesthesia, drugs and agents used to treat dental -related infections.
5. The student will list the drugs commonly prescribed in dentistry and medicine.
6. The student will identify the need for local anesthesia and discuss the properties of local anesthesia and demonstrate the assistant’s role in preparing for local anesthesia in a dental office.
7. The student will identify, assess, and respond to medical and dental emergencies that may occur.