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Chapter 32 and 33: Clinical Dentistry
This deck covers key concepts and procedures in clinical dentistry, focusing on the reception environment, equipment, patient positioning, and dental assistant roles.
Reception environment
1st impression of a clinic, should never be called waiting room, should create a positive experience
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Term
Definition
Reception environment
1st impression of a clinic, should never be called waiting room, should create a positive experience
Operating light should only be cleaned when
It has completely cooled down
Equipment found in dental treatment area
Patient chair, operators chair, assistants stool, dental unit
Delivery systems can be
Front, side, rear
Central vacuum compressor provides suction for both
Saliva ejector and high volume evacuator
Vacuum tank does what
Screens air flow to create suction
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Reception environment | 1st impression of a clinic, should never be called waiting room, should create a positive experience |
Operating light should only be cleaned when | It has completely cooled down |
Equipment found in dental treatment area | Patient chair, operators chair, assistants stool, dental unit |
Delivery systems can be | Front, side, rear |
Central vacuum compressor provides suction for both | Saliva ejector and high volume evacuator |
Vacuum tank does what | Screens air flow to create suction |
Before you seat your patient you should | Prepare treatment area and review patient record. |
When greeting and seating a patient where should personal belongings be placed | Safe, visible space |
When positioning always check | Me, my patient, my light |
Operator positioning | Sitting as far back as possible, feet flat on the floor, backrest support lower back |
Your face should be how far away from patients face | 12-14 inches |
Dental assistant chair position | Sit back on still with feet resting on base of foot ring. Eye level 4-6 inches above the operators head for good visibility |
When a patient is in supine position their head and knees are | Approximately at the same level |
Subsupine is not used for dental treatment only recommended for | Emergency |
Class 1 classification of motions | Movements of fingers only |
Class II | Fingers and wrist motion only |
Class III | Fingers wrist and elbows |
Class IV | Entire arm and shoulder |
Class V | Entire upper torso |
Which classifications of movement are least desirable | IV & V |
Operators zone | Area where person who completes procedure is seated |
Transfer zone | Where instruments and materials are exchanged between DA and dentist. Located over patients chest |
Assistants zone | Area where DA is positioned |
Static zone | Located directly behind patient (countertop) |
Operating zones for right handed operator: operators zone ? | 7-12 o’clock |
Transfer zone is | 4-7 o’clock |
2-4 o’clock would be | Assistants zone |
Four handed dentistry | Process by which operator and assistant work together to perform clinical procedures |
Two handed exchange | Mouth mirror in right hand and explorer in left hand |
Single handed technique | Utilizes last 2 fingers on left hand to retrieve instruments |
4 uses of a mouth mirror are | Retraction, indirect vision, reflected light, transillumination |
Transillumination reflects light through | Anterior teething |
If fogging occurs on mouth mirror | Rub reflecting surface against patients buccaneers mucosa or blow a gentle stream of air across |
How should you pass the air water syringe | Pass with your left hand on the tip of the syringe |
what is a fulcrum | a point of rest which a lever turns in moving something (ring finger acts as support beam for the hand) |
intra oral finger rest and fulcrum | tip of ring finger rests on stable structure, is unbent, supporting weight of the hand and instrument |
tip of the ring finger will be on what tooth surface | occlusal surface / incisal surface |
direct supervision | skill is performed while the dentist is within the treatment area |