Coronal Polishing & Topical Fluoride ($425)
A dental assistant holding this expanded duty permit may polish coronal surfaces of teeth, or prepare teeth for band cementation or bonding of brackets utilizing a slow speed rotary handpiece and rubber cup or brush (examination for calculus and scaling must be done by a dentist or dental hygienist), and apply topical fluoride and desensitizing agents..
Please read the following information before proceeding to the application at the bottom of the page.
(Failure to do so could potentially delay or void your enrollment.)
Requirements:
(Each of the below requirements must be met)
- Participant has a minimum of one consecutive year active chair side experience as a dental assistant
- Participant has worked for at least one practice no less than six (6) months since being employed as an active chair side dental assistant.
- Hold a current Dental Assisting Permit from the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry.
- Must be currently employed as a chairside dental assistant.
- The first two requirements are waived if the assistant graduated from an Oklahoma CODA Accredited Dental Assisting Program (click link to see list)
- Participants are required to provide their own slow speed handpiece. Please do not enroll more employees than you have available handpieces.
- Participant is required to provide a patient (and potentially a stand-in patient) for this course. Please refer to the Patient Requirements link below for more details.
Before Enrolling
- ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED ONLINE. Hard copy applications will not be accepted.
- All course dates will say [Join Waitlist]. This does NOT mean the course is full. It is an internal programming feature we cannot change.
- Enrollment fee must be PAID IN FULL and the application approved before the applicant will be given a spot in the course.
- You will not be considered for enrollment with an incomplete application (includes Employment Verification Forms that do not include (1) chairside start date, (2) employing dentist's signature, (3) DA's signature.)
- Applications will be processed in the order they are received.
- Once payment is received and the application is approved, a final confirmation with receipt will be sent. If payment was submitted online, please allow up to 7 business days for your final confirmation.
- To avoid confirmation emails and course packets from being blocked or sent to junk/spam/clutter folders, click HERE for helpful instructions. The email addresses you will want to add are [email protected] and [email protected].
- SPACE IS LIMITED.
View the General FAQ and the Coronal Polishing FAQ for any questions.
- Forms & Information
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Employment Verification Form
- MUST be signed by BOTH the employing dentist AND the applicant.
- Chairside start date MUST be filled in.
- The Employment Verification Form is NOT the application.
How to Upload Documents
Patient Requirements
Handpiece Requirements
- Application
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We are not currently taking new course applications. For more information, click HERE
- You must have a patient for this course (possibly two)
- All course participants are required to provide their own slow speed handpiece. Please do not enroll more employees than you have available handpieces.