Course Description
This course prepares students to work in the front office of a dental practice.
Course Objectives
The Dental Front Office course will teach students to greet patients, schedule procedures, bill and submit claims, read a patient record, chart a patient's oral cavity and run reports.
Course Objectives
The Dental Front Office course will teach students to greet patients, schedule procedures, bill and submit claims, read a patient record, chart a patient's oral cavity and run reports.
Description
The first module in a series of modules aimed at preparing students to work in the front office.
Module Objectives
Introduction to the Dental Office
Description
This module teaches:
A dental chart, and charting symbols,
The legal importance of a record,
Entering treatments into the patient record
Module Objectives
The patient record is a legal record of the patient's dental history and procedures during their period of being a patient at the dental office. The student will learn how to keep, administer and read a patient record.
Description
charting, inputting Treatment, moving and mount X-rays on software.
Module Objectives
The student will learn to chart the oral cavity, mount x-rays, read and input treatment.
Description
Philosophies of scheduling, emergencies, cancellations, multiple operatories, doctor vs assistant time, insurance and maximums.
Module Objectives
Teach the student how to schedule a new patient and an existing patten with a treatment plan.
Description
The student will learn to submit a claim to the patient's insurance company.
Module Objectives
The student will learn to submit a claim to the patient's insurance company.
Description
Module Objectives
The student will know how to collect and post payments, run reports for accounts payable and receivables, print a walkout statement.
Description
Module Objectives
Learn the HIPAA regulations
Description
Hand in for check off.
Module Objectives
Each student will build and create a resume to hand in.
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