Under the indirect supervision of a dentist:
- Perform mouth mirror inspection of the oral cavity.
- Chart existing restorations and conditions as instructed by the dentist.
- Prepare patients for treatment/seating/positioning chair/placing napkin.
- Prep lab forms for signature by the dentist.
- Maintenance of dental equipment.
- Place and remove post-extraction dressings/monitor bleeding.
- Polish coronal portion of teeth with rotary hand piece and rubber prophy cup or brush.
- Transfer dental instruments.
- Apply fluoride varnish.
- Mix dental materials.
- Take x-ray film and expose radiographs.
- Preventive education and oral hygiene instruction.
- Give oral hygiene instructions.
- Sterilization and disinfection procedures.
- Provide pre-and-post-operative instructions.
- Make impressions.
- Select and fit bands for cementation by dentist.
- Complia...