Location
Mountain Area Health Education Center
Pisgah Room
121 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803-2868
Dates & Times
Mar 14, 2026 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Contact
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This lecture and lab-based course includes a comprehensive 3-hour lecture followed by a 4-hour clinical lab session to provide the basic concepts and techniques in polishing all exposed tooth surfaces with a rubber cup or brush driven by a slow-speed hand piece.
This course meets the education requirements to prepare the dental assistant (whether a DA I or a DA II)* for core competence in coronal polishing as mandated by the NC Board of Dental Examiners.
This course meets the education requirements to prepare the dental assistant (whether a DA I or a DA II)* for core competence in coronal polishing as mandated by the NC Board of Dental Examiners.
Please become familiar with the following before class:
- Basic dental terminology
- Universal tooth numbering system
- Tooth surface identification
- Dental infection control
Some helpful free resources include:
- ADA Tooth Anatomy
- ADA Primary (Baby) and Permanent Tooth Chart
- ADA Glossary of Dental Clinical Terms
- Foundations: Building the Safest Dental Visit (a free, self-paced, online course from the CDC on dental infection control)
Required Forms
Each registrant must complete and return these four fillable forms, plus documentation of current BLS or CPR completion, by March 2, 2026, (at the latest) to participate in this class! Please scan and email the forms to Rosalyn Wasserman or fax them to her attention at 828-407-2876.1. Verification Form, along with documentation of current BLS or CPR completion
2. Proof of Professional Liability Insurance Coverage
3. Medical/Dental History Form
4. Consent/Release Form
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Required Supplies
- Lab coat
- Safety goggles or face shield
- KN95 mask
- Slow-speed hand piece or hygiene hand piece capable of accepting disposable prophy angles (if a hand piece is brought that only accepts individual prophy cups, such as screw-type or latch-type, please bring 6-8 prophy cups along with the hand piece)
Class lab supplies provided by BencoDental™ and Patterson Dental.
*The NCBDE approved updated amendments to 21 NCAC 16H .0104, which were reviewed and approved by the NC Rules Review Commission on July 31, 2024, and took effect on August 2, 2024. The language of the Rule adopts two substantive changes:
- Paragraph (a)(3) recognizes appropriate military training/certification as a pathway to be classified as a DA II
- Paragraph (b) removes the amendment, added in 2020, that requires working 3,000 hours before a DA I engaged in "in-office" training is allowed to take a course in coronal polishing that meets the requirements of 21 NCAC 16H .0203(b). The supervising dentist would be responsible for determining when a DA I in training can take a qualifying coronal polishing course and would retain responsibility for ensuring that the DA I is directly controlled and supervised while performing the procedure. This is the same standard applied to all delegable DA II functions set out in 21 NCAC 16H .0203(a).
