RDAEF Curriculum

Program for RDAs

This 410-hour certification program trains and prepares currently licensed RDAs for the California State Board exam for extended functions. RDAs successfully completing this program will be able to perform all the new procedures in extended functions which include:

• Performing patient oral health evaluations, charting and evaluating of soft tissue, classifying occlusion and myofunctional evaluation
• Performing oral health assessments in community and school-based settings under the direction of a dentist, RDH or RDHAP
• Sizing and fitting endodontic master points and accessory points
• Taking final impressions for tooth-borne removable prostheses
• Polishing and contouring existing amalgam restorations
• Placing, contouring, finishing and adjusting all direct restorations
• Adjusting and cementing permanent indirect restorations

Additionally, participants will be trained to perform:

• Cord retraction of gingiva for impressions procedures
• Cementing endodontic master points and accessory points
• Taking final impressions for permanent indirect restorations
• All other procedures authorized and adopted by the dental board*

*Please see Section 1753.5 of the California Business and Professionals Code

program for Existing RDAEFs

This 342-hour program updates existing RDAEFs (who were licensed prior to January 1, 2010) in the new, allowable procedures for RDAEFs described above. Participants who successfully complete the program will be eligible to take the new RDAEF exam, and upon successful completion, will be able to perform all the expanded duties of lcurrently icensed California RDAEFs.

Length of the Program

The program is offered over an 10-month period and is held on various Saturdays and Sundays at the Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco. The next session of the certification program will start on August 11, 2012. All segments of this program are delivered face-to-face, with a low faculty-to-student ratio, allowing for an exceptional educational experience at the world-renowned Dugoni School of Dentistry. There are some homework assignments that you will be asked to complete during the course of this program. The dental school faculty members involved in this program will be available to you throughout the duration of the program to help you succeed.