Course	Learning Method	Price	Duration	Ideal for
Skills for trainee Dental Nurses	At Venue or in Practice	£799	9 hours 3 sessions 3 hours per session 1 day session -7 hours	Ideal for trainee dental nurses

 

Trainee Dental Nurse Courses

The course is designed to offers opportunities for trainee dental nurses to develop a range of skills and knowledge and build their confidence by knowing how to use best practice techniques for leading and developing. It gives an insight to chairside assistance and practical day to day skills required as a dental nurse.

Course Aim

To provide knowledge and skills on implementing the daily tasks of a dental nurse within a surgery setting.

Objectives

• State the role and responsibilities of a dental nurse
• Prepare and mix dental restorative materials for dentist
• Effective delivery of Chair Side assistants
• Setting up and closing a clinical area
• Provide high quality patient Care
• Cross Infection duties as a dental nurse
• Management of a dental software (Charting)

 

Course structure

This course consists of 3 units. Each unit is covered in 3 hours practical tutorial in surgery or at a venue. All units successfully cover the criteria for Record of Experience (ROE) completion.

Unit 1 :

• How to prepare and maintain a clinic area (Setting up and closing a surgery)
• Decontamination Process – (Flow of Clean to Dirty Area, Infection Control)
• Using Dental Software (SOE & R4, charting, adding patient information, consent forms, medical history forms)

 
Unit 2:

• Chair side Assistant (Suction techniques, assistant during radiography )
• Mixing Material (restorative material, impression material, preventative materials)
• Writing up ROE’s (Record of Experience) and SO (Supplementary outcomes)

 
Unit 3:

• Preparing surgery for restorative procedure (instruments and material used)
• Preparing surgery for endodontic procedure
• Preparing surgery for fixed and removable prosthesis procedure
• Preparing surgery for extraction procedures