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LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE 80TH ANNIVERSARY CATALOG 2008-2009
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
DENTAL TECHNOLOGY
Certificate
This curriculum is specifically designed to provide students with the skills,
knowledge and background necessary to become a dental technician in
either a commercial dental laboratory or dental office laboratory. Good
eye/hand coordination, communication skills and the ability to follow
directions are requisites for successful entrance into this program. Students
selected for each new group are admitted into the program based upon
their successful completion of DT 100 course; their dexterity exam score
administered during the DT 100 course; evaluation of the student’s level of
commitment and determination and the ability to follow directions. All
candidates for the Dental Technology Program must have a high school
diploma or G.E.D.
Courses in the Dental Technology curriculum are designed to be taken in
sequence. Successful completion of each Dental Technology course in a
particular sequence with at a grade of “C” or better is required before the
student may progress into the next level of courses in the sequence. All
courses listed are required for the Associate of Science degree with a major
in Dental Technology. Students who successfully complete all the Dental
Technology courses will be eligible to sit for the Recognized Graduate
Certified Dental Technician Exam given by the National Board for
Certification of Dental Technicians.
A certificate in Dental Technology will be issued by the Dental Technology
Department upon successful completion of all Dental Technology courses.
Courses in the Dental Technology Certificate program are the following:
Note: Math 112 Pre-Algebra or higher must be taken before completion of
the Dental Technology Program.
PREREQUISITE COURSE UNITS
Dental Technology 100 ............................................................................ 2
COURSES UNITS
First Semester
Dental Technology 101 ............................................................................ 2
Dental Technology 102 ............................................................................ 3
Dental Technology 103 ............................................................................ 5
Dental Technology 109 ............................................................................ 4
Intersession
Dental Technology 106 ............................................................................ 3
Second Semester
Dental Technology 105 ............................................................................ 2
Dental Technology 108 ............................................................................ 3
Dental Technology 111 ............................................................................. 5
Dental Technology 112 ............................................................................. 3
Intersession
Dental Technology 203 ............................................................................ 2
Third Semester
Dental Technology 204 ............................................................................ 3
Dental Technology 205 OR 206 ............................................................. 10
- 101 -
Fourth Semester
Dental Technology 207 or 208 ............................................................... 10
Dental Technology 202 ............................................................................ 2
Total Units ............................................................................................. 58
MASTER CERAMIST
Certificate
The Master Ceramist Program offered by LACC at UCLA dental school is a
unique program that trains dental technicians in the art and science of
esthetic dental restorations. Successful completion of the Dental
Technology Associate or Certificate Program is the prerequisite for selection
into the UCLA Master Ceramist Program. The Master Ceramist Program
requires the candidate to take a prerequisite course DT 300. The selection
of each group is based upon the student’s progress during this course and
an oral interview conducted by the course instructor and the director of the
UCLA program. The Program consists of courses in the arts and sciences
of esthetic dental restorations.
A certificate will be issued by UCLA Center for Esthetic Dental Design upon
completion of the following courses:
PREREQUISITE COURSE Units
DT 300...............................................................................................0.5
First Semester
DT 301...............................................................................................3.5
DT 302...............................................................................................1
DT 303...............................................................................................4
DT 304...............................................................................................4
DT 305...............................................................................................4
Intersession
DT 306................................................................................................3
DT 307................................................................................................2
Second Semester
DT 309................................................................................................14
DT 310................................................................................................11
Intersession
DT 308................................................................................................4
Third Semester
DT 301...............................................................................................3.5
DT 302...............................................................................................1
DT 303...............................................................................................4
DT 304...............................................................................................4
DT 305...............................................................................................4
Intersession
DT 306................................................................................................3
DT 307................................................................................................2
Fourth Semester
DT 309................................................................................................14
DT 310................................................................................................11
Intersession
DT 308................................................................................................4