Application

This unit of competency describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to take an accurate impression of teeth and their supporting structures for the construction of study models as prescribed by the dental practitioner.
This unit applies to dental assisting work under the instruction and supervision of the dental practitioner.
The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian standards and industry codes of practice.
No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

What You'll Learn

Assessment Requirements

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit in the context of the job role, and:
• undertake ten impression procedures on a minimum of at least five different people for study models ensuring patient safety and meeting the clinical requirements.

Knowledge Evidence

Demonstrated knowledge required to complete the tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit:
• national and State or Territory legal and ethical requirements and considerations for dental assisting work including:
• codes of practice
• discrimination
• duty of care
• informed consent and statutory requirements of consent
• practice standards and dental guidelines
• privacy, confidentiality and disclosure
• infection control guidelines and procedures
• records management
• work role boundaries including responsibilities and limitations
• work health and safety
• current Dental Board of Australia (DBA) and Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) guidelines and practice standards.
• fundamental oral anatomy:
• dentition, arrangement of the teeth, naming and coding of teeth
• structures of the oral cavity, hard and soft palate, lateral and posterior borders of the oral cavity, tongue and floor of the mouth
• teeth form and function
• principles and practices which underpin interpersonal communication
• principles of quality assurance and work effectiveness
• rationale and objectives for the taking of impressions for study models
• impression materials suitable for creating impressions for study models
• appropriate mechanisms for managing a gag reflex
• appropriate responses to patient’s reactions during impression taking procedure
• organisational policies for documenting dental procedures.

Assessment Conditions

Skills must be demonstrated in a dental clinic workplace with the addition of simulations and scenarios where the full range of contexts and situations cannot be provided in the workplace.
Assessment must ensure:
• access to suitable facilities, equipment and resources including:
• dental chair and unit
• impression material and equipment
• syringe suitable for saliva removal
• materials and mixing equipment
• practitioner, assistant and patient personal protective equipment
• waste disposal equipment
• current Dental Board of Australia (DBA) and Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) guidelines and practice standards
• modelling of industry operating conditions including access to people for simulations and scenarios in dental assisting work
Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations’ requirements for assessors and hold a minimum of five years clinical dental experience.

Foundation Skills

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