A study of the clinical application of dental materials. and their relationship to the oral environment is essential for the dental assistant. This course is designed to provide the dental assistant with a sound knowledge base in the science of dental materials. Emphasis will be placed on why specific material is used rather solely upon the techniques of manipulating materials.
Objectives will be equally balanced among .the cognitive، psychomotor، and affective domains of learning and within the dental assistant scope of practice. A primary objective of this course is to enhance the student›s ability to make clinical judgments regarding the application of dental materials and the ways in which these materials react to the oral environment.