DA_M5: Advanced series for DAs (Oral surgery): Dental assisting knowledge, skills and efficiencies required to assist for dental surgical procedures (8.5hrs of recorded online content)
IMPORTANT NOTES:
- Price quoted is per person for an Online-Self Paced course.
- If there are 3 or more members from the same group who wish to attend, then this course can be delivered Online-Live. Price for the Online Live session is Course fee/person +an additional fee of $500 for Online Live delivery over 7hrs (inc. upto 5 candidates)
- If you have more than 3 members wanting to do the course, please contact us on 0407732297 or send an email to admin@justexcel.com.au, before purchasing the course.
- Note: I am no longer delivering the course Face-to-Face onsite.
Fast track a new staff member through our in depth recorded online course covering simple and surgical oral surgery procedures. Best suited to newcomers who have had a minimum of 4 weeks in your practice. Save time and get them up to speed in one day (7hrs) or 2 separate days with assisting chairside. Let us do all the hard work with the theory, principles, anatomy explaining why we set up things in the way we do, explanation of instruments, infection control, etc and demo videos. Follow this up with practice sessions, using our templates, in your practice to learn and cement the information quickly.
Content:
Lesson 1: Basic Dental Anatomy (Tooth Root-Crown-Nerves-Gum-Bony Alveolus)
• Dental terminology, Anatomy and it’s relevance to Oral surgical procedures
• Understand what is in the mouth – basic structure of teeth, jaw bone, nerves, and soft and hard tissues
• Tooth numbers, surfaces, ADA item codes for oral surgery
• Furcation areas, root curvature, fusion, ankylosis, vertical fractures, and fractured tips
• Caries and Periodontal Disease and Reasons why some teeth are removed and complexity
Lesson 2: Extraction Procedure, Instruments and set up (Simple and Surgical)
• Knowledge of the principles of how teeth are extracted
• Setting up for X-rays and other tests
• Instruments: Extraction Forceps, Elevators, Luxators, Root picks, surgical burs, and surgical instruments
• Healing packs, Bone grafting material, and dressings
• Flap design, Suturing material and methods
• Incisions for drainage of abscessesM5)
Lesson 3: 4-handed Dental Assisting for Oral surgery procedures
• Complications of dental surgery and assisting for these problems
• Morning huddles and anticipation
• 4-handed dental assisting for extractions
• Charting and ADA item numbers for extractions
• Record keeping, medical history checks, and note writing
• Consent paperwork
• How to retract tissues, how to have a clear field of vision, How to support the TMJ
• Communication and support of patient during procedures
• Post op instructions following extractions
• Time and stress management under difficult conditions
• Dental terminology
Lesson 4: Principles of Infection control, PPE, WHS, Waste management, and tracking
• Infection control and sterilisation principles around blood-soaked instruments
• Concept of Universal and Standard precautions, hand washing and minimising cross contamination
• Critical instruments and instrument tracking, Bagging and Loading instruments in autoclaves
• WHS, PPE, Sharps injury prevention and management, Inoculations
• Waste segregation and disposal
• Cleaning up surgery after a patient and setting up for new patient – turnaround time
• Dental terminology
• NOTE: Lesson 4 is an overview of general principle rather than detailed sterilising procedures as every practice needs to follow their own protocol as per recommended guidelines.
Course Features
- Lectures 6
- Quizzes 0
- Duration Lifetime access
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 348
- Assessments Self
Curriculum
- 4 Sections
- 6 Lessons
- 25 Weeks
- Lesson 1: Foundation knowledge of Oral Anatomy, Disease Process, Reasons for Extraction, ADA codes1
- Lesson 2: Principles of Extraction, Instrument set up, Complications1
- Lesson 3: Post-op Complications, Post-op Instructions, Morning huddles, 4-handed Dental Assisting3
- Lesson 4: Infection Control, Decontamination, Tracking, Waste Management1






