This course is designed for the Expanded Functions Dental Assistant or Registered Dental Hygienist who wishes to apply for a Restorative Functions permit from the Oregon Board of Dentistry. It is designed to meet the minimal requirements of an RDH restorative course that is given by a school that is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) and includes the necessary didactic and lab instruction and patient care that the board has deemed necessary for minimum competency. This is a 65-hour course, 18 of which are didactic, 24 of which are lab, and 27 hours of which are patient care. Attached is a template of such a course, provided by the Oregon Board of Dentistry, as well as an outline of the proposed course for OHSU.

CLASSIFICATION OF CARIES AND PREPARATIONS

ISOLATION TECHNIQUES:

• RUBBER DAM
• MATRIX AND WEDGE

• TISSUE RETRACTION

SAFETY AND ASEPSIS

• MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT SAFETY

DENTAL MATERIALS:

• AMALGAM

• CAVITY SEALERS, LINERS AND BASES

• ADHESIVE SYSTEMS

OPERATIVE INSTRUMENTS:

• AMALGAM RESTORATIONS

• COMPOSITE (RESIN) RESTORATIONS

• FINISHING AND POLISHING

Click here to open BasicRestorativeCourseObjectives.pdf

Christina Tselnik attended the University of California, San Francisco after serving eight years in the United States Air Force as a dental assistant and working as an RDA in the civilian sector. Upon graduating from UCSF with a Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene, she enjoyed private practice exclusively for seven before pursuing her passion for teaching and answering the call to become a dental educator.  Her extensive experience in general dentistry and specialty practices, both as a Dental Assistant and as a Dental Hygienist, has benefited her teaching.  Christina has taught clinical and didactic courses in various subjects as full-time and part-time faculty at Carrington College and Mount Hood Community College over the past eight years, and has held lead instructor rolls in Dental Materials, Dental Hygiene Expanded Functions, and Restorative.  She has given multiple CE courses on Tobacco Cessation and Counseling for the Dental Hygienist, and continues to enjoy her role as a dental educator as well as a private practice dental hygienist. She lives in Portland Oregon with her husband and twin boys, who are 10 years old, and enjoys life as a wife and mother.  When she isn’t driving her boys to futsal, judo, or other activities, she loves knitting, taking photographs around Portland, and working on her jewelry side-business.

Douglas K. Matz, DMD
Portland, OR

Education & Experience

Dr. Matz graduated from Oregon Health Science University Dental School in 1980 and has practiced dentistry for over thirty years. He is native Hawaiian making his home in Portland, Oregon since dental school.

G.V. Black, the father of dentistry said, "It's the obligation of every dentist to be a lifelong student of learning." Dr. Matz philosophy has been to continuously become committed to this creed, and this creed has led to Dr. Matz obtaining his Fellowship and Mastership in the Academy of General Dentistry . The Fellowship consist of 500 hours of post grad classes and an eight hour comprehensive general dentistry exam. The Mastership consists of 1,100 hours of graduate classes in 16 different areas of dentistry. Only 1% of general dentists since 1952 have gotten this award.

Students are required to bring:

• Acadental Typodant ModuPRO One
  • http://acadental.com/magento/modupro-one

• Prepped Posterior class 2 Teeth –Class 2 fillings

Students will be responsible for providing their own patients, who will arrive for treatment with a signed diagnosis by their dentist. The patients will need Class l and Class ll composites and amalgams, and they should be smaller MO's and DO's.

There is a minimum number of 7 participants required for the class to take place. If the minimum number of participants is not met the course will have to be canceled.

OHSU Continuing Dental Education Department Cancellation/Refund Policy

The Continuing Dental Education Department must receive all cancellations in writing by mail, fax or email, prior to the course date for the appropriate refund to be issued.

• At any time if the registrant cancels there will be $35 administrative fee on all cancellations to cover staff time and credit card transaction fees.
• Cancellations by the participant more than 30 days prior to the course date will receive a full refund, minus the $35 administrative fee.
• Cancellations by the participant less than 30 days prior to the course date will NOT receive a refund.
• 'No shows' for a course will forfeit the full registration tuition.
• Tuition will be refunded in total if a course is cancelled by the Continuing Dental Education Department.
• A set deadline is required for certain courses; no registrations or cancellations are accepted after the course's set deadline. Please see course listings for those with specific, set deadlines.
• Emergencies involving the registrant or immediate family will be taken into consideration on a case-by-case basis.
• In the event of snow, earthquake or other act of nature, please visit the CDE homepage or call the CDE office and listen to the instructions on the voicemail.

Registering for any continuing education activity or event constitutes acceptance of these terms.

Oregon Health & Science University is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.