# DEN220 Dental Practice Management

College of Health Science Dental Assisting Department

**Course Description:** This course introduces the student to administrative procedures for a dental office. Students will learn to develop skills in communications and interpersonal relations, appointment scheduling and recall systems, supply and inventory control, account payables and account receivables (collections) as well as other business procedures. Included also, the importance of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in dentistry and its implications for record-keeping. Students will learn to pronounce, define, and spell key terms.

**Credit Hours:** 1.00

**Prerequisites:** All of: [DEN100](https://www.ecpi.edu/course/DEN100 "View DEN100"), [DEN110](https://www.ecpi.edu/course/DEN110 "View DEN110")

**Corequisites:** None

## Programs offering this course

- [Dental Assisting (AAS)](https://www.ecpi.edu/programs/dental-assistant-school-dental-assistant-associate-degree)

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