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    Role of Dental Assistants

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    The dental assistant is responsible for ensuring the dental operatory is clean and prepared for patients. This includes cleaning equipment such as the dental chair, dental unit, and cuspidor between patients. The assistant also prepares necessary instruments and records for the dentist. Proper positioning and adjustment of the dental chair and preparation of the room are important roles of the dental assistant to ensure efficiency and safety.

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    Role of Dental Assistants

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    The dental assistant is responsible for ensuring the dental operatory is clean and prepared for patients. This includes cleaning equipment such as the dental chair, dental unit, and cuspidor between patients. The assistant also prepares necessary instruments and records for the dentist. Proper positioning and adjustment of the dental chair and preparation of the room are important roles of the dental assistant to ensure efficiency and safety.

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    The dental assistant is responsible for ensuring the dental operatory is clean and prepared for patients. This includes cleaning equipment such as the dental chair, dental unit, and cuspidor between patients. The assistant also prepares necessary instruments and records for the dentist. Proper positioning and adjustment of the dental chair and preparation of the room are important roles of the dental assistant to ensure efficiency and safety.

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    Role of Dental Assistants

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    Bea Dominguez
    The dental assistant is responsible for ensuring the dental operatory is clean and prepared for patients. This includes cleaning equipment such as the dental chair, dental unit, and cuspidor between patients. The assistant also prepares necessary instruments and records for the dentist. Proper positioning and adjustment of the dental chair and preparation of the room are important roles of the dental assistant to ensure efficiency and safety.

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    Role of Dental Assistants

    What is expected from a Dental


    Assistant?
     Good Teamwork - The efficiency of a dental
    clinic is based on the teamwork between the
    dentist and his/her assistants
     Before the patient is admitted to the operating
    room the dental assistant should:
    – Remove materials left over from previous patient
    – The chair arms, the waste receptacle and cuspidor
    should be clean
    – The patient’s dental charts and other
    important records should be ready for the
    dentist
    – The chair should be in position
    – The head rest, inclination of the chair should
    be for the average person
    Training Technics
    The assistant should:
    • Stand behind the chair while the patient
    is being seated
    • Backrest should be inclined until the it is
    in line with the lower part of the
    shoulder blades
    • Headrest should be adjusted
    • Inclination of the chair varies according
    to the procedure
    5. All necessary instruments should be
    placed on the bracket table
    6. Pilot light should be turned on and
    adjusted
    Securing Dental Operating Spaces
    I. Dental Chair
    1. Clean and polish the upholstered parts
    2. Put on clean headrest covers
    3. Bring the chair to lowest and most basic
    position
    II. Dental Unit
    1. Clean and polish with non abrasive metal
    2. The waste trap in cuspidor should be
    emptied and cleaned
    3. Clean and polish bright the cuspidor
    4. Put off electric switch
    5. Put out bunsen burner
    6. Put off the supply to the cuspidor
    7. Put off compressed air
    III. Room in General
    1. Clean towels, gauze and cotton rolls should
    be ready for the next day
    2. Shades are lowered half-way into the
    windows
    3. Put off all electrical devices
    4. Doors and windows should be locked
    5. All electric gas, and adequate switches
    should be turned off.
    6. Keys of equipment should be in proper place
    7. Towels and tissues should be ready for the
    next day
    IV. Reception Room and Appointment
    Desk
    1. Furniture and fixtures should be cleaned and
    polished
    2. Drinking fountain should be cleaned
    3. Computer should not be visible
    4. Clock must be set
    5. Keep lavatories cleaned
    V. Prosthetic Laboratory
    1. Put off burn-furnaces, water baths, vacular,
    boil-out tanks, lathes and dental medicines
    2. Put off and polish the lathe blower
    3. Close the air and gas valves
    4. Check and fill the plastic artificial stones
    5. Clean and store crucible rings and flasks
    6. Tools should be returned to the instrument
    drawer
    7. Clean the boil out tank and remove the wax
    residue
    8. Eliminate waxes from casting ovens

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