Dental assistants place an important role in the delivery of dental care. This quarter I learned about basic dental procedures such as composite and amalgam restorations, as well as how to fabricate and cement a temporary crown. I applied this information during our lab class and made a temporary for my typodont. I was good at making a triple tray so we don’t need to make all those three opposing arch impression, bite registration and final impression which made the procedure done efficiently . Also, I placed amalgam restoration on my typodont with amalgam carrier, condenser and other instruments. As a result, I got to understand the procedure more, so it will make it easier for me when I need to assist an amalgam restoration. Because I have
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And how to place the film correctly such as, for anterior teeth, you need to place the film vertically, and for posterior teeth we should place the film horizontally. Actually, I started to take BWS on my student partner under the supervision of my instructor. Before I let my patient come in, I disinfected the unit and put barriers on. And get everything I need for BWS like 6 films, 2 cups, cotton rolls, and tabs so you don’t need to get something during the procedure. I was good at placing the film so I can get half canine for my premolar shot, and half second premolar for my molar shot. Also I can get the upper and lower teeth half and half in the image by making the middle of the PID be directed at the level of the occlusal plane. However I still need to practice more for setting the horizontal angulation so I can get the open contact for doctors to check the interproximal …show more content…
I worked at a dental office before I got admitted into the dental assisting program. Some of our patient are hepatitis B carriers and our dental assistant always wear double gloves during assisting, and sometimes they were not nice to those patient and look them as monster. And sometimes when somebody came to the office asking the price for specific procedures, our front desk lady would treat those people differently by their look and wearing. Both of the dental assistant and front desk lady violated the ethical principle of justice which is just and fair treatment for all. During our Monday lab, we did limited and full mouth rinse for each other, I observed my classmate dropped the saliva ejector on the ground, instead of picking up the ejector and put it back, she just took off her gloves and get another saliva ejector then put it on. The classmate followed an ethical principle of beneficence, because once things dropped on the ground, it would cause cross contamination. and if those contaminated instruments went into patient’s mouth, we can not imagine the result. My classmates followed an ethical principle of
And how to place the film correctly such as, for anterior teeth, you need to place the film vertically, and for posterior teeth we should place the film horizontally. Actually, I started to take BWS on my student partner under the supervision of my instructor. Before I let my patient come in, I disinfected the unit and put barriers on. And get everything I need for BWS like 6 films, 2 cups, cotton rolls, and tabs so you don’t need to get something during the procedure. I was good at placing the film so I can get half canine for my premolar shot, and half second premolar for my molar shot. Also I can get the upper and lower teeth half and half in the image by making the middle of the PID be directed at the level of the occlusal plane. However I still need to practice more for setting the horizontal angulation so I can get the open contact for doctors to check the interproximal …show more content…
I worked at a dental office before I got admitted into the dental assisting program. Some of our patient are hepatitis B carriers and our dental assistant always wear double gloves during assisting, and sometimes they were not nice to those patient and look them as monster. And sometimes when somebody came to the office asking the price for specific procedures, our front desk lady would treat those people differently by their look and wearing. Both of the dental assistant and front desk lady violated the ethical principle of justice which is just and fair treatment for all. During our Monday lab, we did limited and full mouth rinse for each other, I observed my classmate dropped the saliva ejector on the ground, instead of picking up the ejector and put it back, she just took off her gloves and get another saliva ejector then put it on. The classmate followed an ethical principle of beneficence, because once things dropped on the ground, it would cause cross contamination. and if those contaminated instruments went into patient’s mouth, we can not imagine the result. My classmates followed an ethical principle of