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Learner Name Company Name

Assessor Name Date Submitted

Anderson Stockley

Accredited Training Ltd

Level 3 Diploma in Dental Nursing - 5234

Preparation to Dental Nursing Workbook Welcome to your Diploma in Dental Nursing. Within this workbook you will find explanations, research and interactive exercises to complete. Please research and complete all exercises with as much detail as possible.

To achieve this workbook you will need to complete:

Task A Questions Task E Tooth Morphology Research

Task B Drawing Task F Label the Diagrams

Task C Test Your Knowledge Task G Design a Surgery

Task D Mix and Match Task H Decontamination Word search Task I HTM0105 Assignment & Questions

In addition to these tasks, your assessor and/or observer may ask you to complete a variety of further types of

evidence including; questions and answers, reflective accounts, expert witness testimonies and personal

statements.

When completing these tasks please use additional pages ensuring your name, signature any

questions are included on each page. Please ensure you keep copies of ALL your work.

The whole workbook along with all supporting evidence should be submitted when your assessor is satisfied

that the evidence meets the requirements in full.

Please ask your assessor how to refer to criteria numbers in the standards.

Suggested resources:-

• Dental Nursing Survival Guide • Internet

• Practice policies

• Plus the following textbooks:

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Task A Questions

Are You Ready?...... Please read the questions below and answer them with as much detail as possible. Please write your answers on a separate document.

1. Have you been provided the correct PPE? Yes/No

(If the answer is no please discuss this with your assessor)

2. Please list what PPE you have been provided.

3. Have you had a full induction at work? Yes/No (If the answer is no please discuss this with your assessor)

4. Where can you wear PPE?

5. Where can’t you wear PPE

6. Where is it acceptable to eat and drink at work?

7. Where is your medical emergency box and drugs kept?

8. Where is your Employers Liability Insurance certificate kept?

9. Do you know what Employers Liability Insurance is for?

10. What do you do in the event of a fire? Please detail your fire protocol.

11. Who is your trainer and mentor within the workplace?

12. Do you know what to do with regard to bullying/harassment in the workplace? Please attach a copy of your employer bullying and harassment policy.

13. What are the roles and responsibilities of a Dental Nurse? (302.1.1)

14. How should you present yourself for work?

15. What is the staffing model at your practice? (302.2.1)

16. What is you practices whistleblowing policy? (302.1.8) In order to undertake this qualification, to work in surgery and clean instruments safely you must have your Hep B vaccinations. Write the dates of your vaccinations in the table below:

1st Hep B Vaccination 2nd Hep B Vaccination 3rd Hep B Vaccination

Booster due date

Task B Drawing Draw a dental nurse in the box below wearing the correct PPE and then please label the picture. (Your drawing does not have to be perfect but the PPE does need to be accurate). (304.1.3)

Task C Test Your Knowledge

Listed below are procedures carried out in a dental surgery. Describe below each one, what the procedure is, what is included in the procedure, what the dentist is looking for, what instruments are used in the procedure, why the instrument is used and any other detail you can include, be careful to use the correct names, terminology and spellings. For example: Scale and polish – (308.1.2b) This is also called a Dental Hygiene appointment, this is when a clinician uses an ultrasonic scaler and/or a hand scaler to remove plaque and debris from under the patients gum line or on the tooth surface. Plaque and debris may also be called calculus and tartar. The clinician may sometimes use a hand piece with a brush/cup on the end to polish the teeth. Continue with the treatments below:

• Exam (306.1.2)

• Composite Restoration (308.1.2d)

• Crowns (309.1.2)

• Extraction (311.1.2a)

• Dentures (309.2.2)

• Root Canal Treatment (310.1.2)

• Whitening

• Fissure Sealant (308.1.2a)

Task D Mix and Match

Match the instrument to the correct name.

Mirror

Scalpel

Perio Probe

Tweezers

Burnisher

Amalgam Plugger

Straight Probe

Excavator

Forceps

Carver

Task E Tooth Morphology Research Research the words below and list as many facts as you can find relevant to each one; for example: Enamel – Enamel is the outer layer of the crown Enamel is harder than bone. It is made up of ……. Etc. See how many more facts you can find for Enamel and then continue with the words below: Dentine Pulp Cementum Supporting Structures Alveolar bone. Periodontal Ligament Gingivae

In the table below you will find descriptions of certain teeth, try to name the tooth that is being described.

Type of Tooth Description

These teeth have a flattened crown with one root. They are used for cutting food. The palatal or lingual surfaces of all these teeth have an enamel plateau called the cingulum.

They have a large conical crown with a pointed incisal edge and one long root. They are used to cut and tear food. The upper have the longest of all the roots.

These have two cusps, they are used for tearing and chewing. The upper first have two roots (buccal and palatal) all the others have one root.

They all have a large occlusal surface for grinding and chewing food. All upper have three roots (palatal, mesiobuccal and distobuccal) All the lower have two roots (mesial and distal). The upper first has five cusps, the fifth one is called the cusp of Carrabelli. The lower first has five cusps, three buccal and two lingual. All others have four cusps. The roots of the third vary in number, with the uppers often being fused together.

Task F Label the Diagrams Please label the picture, using the words below:

ROOT CEMENTUM ENAMEL

NECK PULP DENTINE CROWN

Salivary Glands Research the different Salivary glands and label the picture below:

Nerve Supply

Research and then label the diagram:

Task G Design a Surgery

In the box below/or on a separate sheet (you could even create a small model), research and design your ideal surgery. Taking into account clean and dirty areas, space, waste locations, stock/material storage, zoning and anything else you feel a dental surgery should contain. Use your imagination, you could have Brad Pitt as the dentist and Lady Gaga as the receptionist!

1. What machine do you use to sterilise instruments? 9 Letters

2. What do you use to debride instruments? 14 Letters

3. What do you put on your hands to pouch instruments? 14 Letters

4. A piece of PPE worn over uniform? 5 Letters

5. What helps decrease humidity in Decontamination room? 12 Letters

6. Piece of PPE worn over the mouth? 8 Letters

7. What temperature the water must be below when manual scrubbing? 16 Letters

8. Piece of PPE worn on hands when scrubbing instruments? 15 Letters

9. What you can use to pat dry instruments after sterilisation? 13 Letters

10. What is the maximum amount of time instruments can be pouched before reprocessing? 7 Letters

11. What can start to grow instruments if water is too hot when scrubbing? 7 Letters

12. What type of water should be used when rinsing instruments? 14 Letters

13. What should you do before scrubbing, after removing PPE and before pouching instruments? 16 Letters

14. What you can use to check the water temperature? 11 Letters

15. What is a method of validation used when sterilising instruments? 7 Letters

16. What is a piece of PPE worn to protect face and eyes? 5 Letters

17. What is the machine that cleans, disinfects and debrides instruments but DOES NOT sterilise them? 17

Letters

Task H Decontamination Word Search

Task I HTM 01 05 Research HTM 01 05 and then explain in full, how you would carry out your decontamination procedure according to this. You must include; Washer disinfection, Ultrasonic bath, Manual scrubbing, PPE, testing of autoclaves, records that need to be kept. (304.3.3/3.6/3/7)

HTM0105 Questions

1. Describe what the HTM0105 policy is.

2. How should PPE be removed correctly?

3. What should the temperature of the water be for manual scrubbing?

4. How many cycles does a washer disinfector have and what are they?

5. How long should water lines be run through for and when?

6. If instruments are stored in pouches, how long can they be stored for?

7. How long should un-pouched instruments be stored for?

8. How should instruments be stored according to best practice, if they are not pouched

during the day?

9. How should instruments be transported to and from the decontamination room?

10. What does the following symbol mean?

11. How long should records be retained for the servicing, inspection and testing of

decontamination equipment?

12. What policy relates to the management and disposal of waste?