1. How was the Mock Test?
Lesson aim: to highlight main areas of the mock test

2. Communication for effective working in practice in Dental Settings
10 Marks

3. What factors might impact on the patients behaviour?
Pain, fear, anxiety & Phobias
Can cause patients to become distressed, maybe angry, quiet, unresponsive
The need to feel in control of treatment
Trust
Need to feel comfortable with staff and settings

4. What makes a good record ?

5. Can you read it ??
Illegible

8. Contemporaneous ?

9. What does Contemporaneous mean?
Completing notes straight away rather than later

10. What makes a good record ?
Correct Forms
Attention to detail
- Spelling & Grammer
Relevance of content
Mrs Smith attended
wearing a pink cardigan
Accuracy
Extraction UR6…or was it LR6?
Complete
(signed and dated)
Needed for medical history
or prescription
Legibility
Timing
Contemporaneous

11. Introduction to Dental Treatments
20 Marks

12. How many dental instruments can you think of ?
Wards Carver
Mouth mirror
Ball Burnisher
LA syringe
Excavator
3 in 1 tip
Matrix band
High speed
Shade Guide
Plugger
How many dental instruments can you think of ?
Tweezers
Ultrasonic scaler
Slow speed
Hand scaler
BPE Probe
Flat plastic
Forceps
Probe
Straight hand piece

13. 3 in 1 Tip Used in check ups to see the tooth clearly
1. Sprays water
2. Blows air
3. Sprays water and blows air
Used in check ups to see the tooth clearly
And in fillings to wash or keep areas dry

14. Flat Plastic

15. Excavator

16. Fissure Sealant Restorative Materials
Seals Fissures to Prevent Tooth decay

17. Extra Oral ExaminationEO
Disabilities (physical and mental)
Wheelchair –
access
Broken arm –
How good is the tooth brushing
Dementia –
Consent
Lymph Nodes
Thyroid gland
TMJ (Jaw)
Laura Marshall DHT

18. Radiographic Examination (xrays)
What can you use xrays for?
Tooth decay (caries)
Abscess
Bone loss – gum disease
Development
Anomalies
Determine the unknown or confirm the suspected
Laura Marshall DHT

19. Reception & Administration in Dental Settings
10 Marks

20. Welcoming Environment
Personal Presentation
Image and values of organisation
Good communication
Housekeeping/cleanliness

21. Security and Safety in a work placement
Characteristics & behaviour
Staff Responsibilities
Boundaries with challenging
Behaviour
Recording incidents
Aggression
Upholding professionalism
Anxiety
Knowing when to get the
manager.
Influence alcohol & drugs
Medical Conditions
- Mental illness
Monitoring behaviour

22. Standards and Principles in the Dental Setting
20 Marks

23. What Regulatory Bodies do we have in Dentistry ?

24. Patient centre approach
1. Patient’s Choice
2. Patient Care
Dentist: You need this tooth taking out
Patient: No
…….
DUTY OF CARE
GDC Standards
Patient centre approach
3. Patient’s needs
4. Treatment plans
Depends on a patients priorities

26. 9 Marks Scenario Michael is 70 years old and a smoker.
He has a loose front tooth.
He has recently lost his wife and is receiving benefits.
Discuss potential treatment options available to Michael and factors that may influence the decision making.
9 Marks