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Career Guidance Skills assisting and caring S3.2 - providing health care or medical treatments S3.2.1 - providing medical, dental and nursing care Assist the dentist during the dental treatment procedure
Description
Actively participate in the treatment procedure to retract tissue, tongue and cheek. Keep area clear and prevent saliva build-up and debris in the patient`s mouth by using a suction tip and oral evacuator, stabilising tissue and clipping sutures in oral surgery and applying force to chisel guided by dentist in the removal of impacted teeth.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 1 occupations
- Optional in 0 occupations
- Total: 1 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 3 (Technicians and associate professionals)
Essential for
- Dental chairside assistantDental chairside assistants support dental practitioners in clinical treatments, as preparation and helping in practical execution and follow-up, and administrative tasks under sup…
Related skills
- Educate on the prevention of illness
- Perform multiple tasks at the same time
- Deal with patients’ anxiety
- Ensure safety of healthcare users
- Prepare dental instruments for sterilization
- Inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- Follow clinical guidelines
- Apply organisational techniques
- Observe patient throughout dental treatment
- Record healthcare users’ billing information
- Perform dental charting
- Develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
