Dental Assistant
Competency-based
ONET: 31-9091.00
1
Years
35
Skills
200h
Related instructions
Classroom instruction topics
- Demonstrate knowledge of the dental health care delivery system and dental health occupations
- Use oral, written, and electronic communication skills with professional etiquette in creating, expressing, and interpreting information and ideas
- Demonstrate an understanding of general anatomy and physiology and apply wellness and disease concepts.
- Demonstrate the importance of health, safety, and environmental management systems in dental organizations and their importance to organizational performance and regulatory compliance.
- Use information technology tools
- Explain the importance of employability skills
- Describe principles and perform techniques of preventive dentistry
On-the-job training
- Assist practitioners to perform dental procedures
- Prepare patient, sterilize or disinfect instruments, set up instrument trays, prepare materials, or assist dentist during dental procedures.
- Assist dentist in management of medical or dental emergencies
- Clean dental equipment
- Prepare patient, sterilize or disinfect instruments, set up instrument trays, prepare materials, or assist dentist during dental procedures.
- Clean and polish removable appliances.
- Prepare medical instruments or equipment for use
- Prepare patient, sterilize or disinfect instruments, set up instrument trays, prepare materials, or assist dentist during dental procedures.
- Maintain medical records
- Records patient health history, vital signs, medication, medical alerts with updates as required, and treatment procedures and other required information in the electronic dental record.
- Schedule appointments, initiate pre-authorization for applicable procedures and maintain records electronically.
- Explain technical dental information to patients
- Provide postoperative instructions prescribed by the dentist
- Inventory medical supplies or equipment
- Order and monitor dental supplies and equipment inventory
- Operate dental equipment
- Take digital dental diagnostic x-rays.
- Take digital panoramic diagnostic x-rays.
- Scan oral cavity with 3D impression scanner
- CAD CAM
- Intraoral camera
- Teledentistry
- Teach dental procedures or dental equipment used to patients
- Instruct patients in oral hygiene and plaque control programs.
- Provide age-specific oral health education: Prenatal, Pediatric, Adolescent, Adult, Geriatric.
- Interview patients to gather medical information
- Take and record medical and dental histories and vital signs of patients
- Record vital statistics or other health information
- Take and record medical and dental histories and vital signs of patients
- Administer basic health care or dental treatments
- Apply protective coating of fluoride to teeth
- Perform prophy using dental instruments
- Process dental billing information
- Schedule appointments, initiate pre-authorization for applicable procedures and maintain records electronically
- Schedule patient procedures or appointments
- Schedule appointments, initiate pre-authorization for applicable procedures and maintain records electronically
- Make patient-assistive devices or device models
- Make preliminary impressions for study casts and occlusal registrations for mounting study casts.
- Pour, trim, and polish study casts.
- Fabricate temporary restorations or custom impressions from preliminary impressions.
- Assist in Fabricating space maintainers.
- Fit patients for assistive devices
- Assist in Fabricating space maintainers
- Point of Care Services
- HIV screenings
- COVID-19 Rapid Tests
- Hemoglobin A1c Screenings
- Oral cancer screenings (DA will learn how to prepare the patient for the screening)
- Glucose screenings
- Caries Risk Assessment
- Water quality testing in the dental operatory
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