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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
- Maintain dental station and operatory
- Provide dental administrative post-treatment patient services
- Promote inclusion
- Work in multidisciplinary health teams
- Deal with emergency care situations
- Interact with healthcare users
- Perform dental radiographs
- Prepare materials for dental procedures
- Follow dentists’ instructions
- Respond to changing situations in health care
- Accept own accountability
- Provide health education
