Bristol School for Dental Care Professionals
Course Details for Extended Duties Course 2016 for Qualified Hygienists & Therapists
Each course has a maximum of 12 participants and places allocated on a first come, first serve basis.
Course: Temporary dressings, removal of cement with rotary instruments & recementing crowns with temporary cement
Date: Thursday 9th June 2016
Cost: £150.00
Time: 9.30am to 1pm
Aim:
To give the hygienist or therapist theoretical knowledge and confidence to place temporary restorations if existing restorations are lost or displaced during a routine hygiene appointment. It includes a practical element of selecting, mixing and placing correct restorative materials in different types of cavities.
In addition the course enables the participant to remove composite and cements particularly for post orthodontic treatment and recementing crowns with temporary cement.
Objectives:
- Describe types of materials available and perform effective placement on different types of cavities
- Removal of cement with rotary instrument
- Re-cementing crowns with temporary cement
Course: Taking Alginate Impressions
Date: Thursday 9th June 2016
Cost: £100.00
Time 2pm to 4pm
Aim:
To deliver theoretical knowledge and practical experience to enable the hygienist to take effective impressions for study models.
Objectives:
- To be aware of the different impression materials available.
- To be aware of the properties of alginate.
- To understand the clinical techniques involved.
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Course: Local Anaesthetic Administration (2 day course)
Dates: Friday 10th June 2016 & Friday 2nd September 2016 (both days mandatory)
Cost: £300
Time: 9.30am to 5pm both days
Aim:
To acquire the knowledge and skills to be able to administer a safe, comfortable and effective technique for both local infiltration and inferior dental block administration. The training days consist of both theoretical and practical components.
The participant will be issued with a log book after the first training day to complete the administration of 10 local infiltrations and 10 inferior dental blocks under the direct supervised of a Registered Dentist in the participant’s practice setting before full certification.
Objectives – Day 1:
- Describe relevant anatomy and physiology
- Understand different anaesthetic agents and constituents of LA cartridges
- Understand drug interactions, complications and contraindications associated with LA
- Identify the anatomy of relevant landmarks
Objectives – Day 2:
- Discuss clinic technique and variations from personal experiences.
- Explain latest developments for local anaesthetic delivery.
- Demonstrate placement and positioning of additional and alternative injections.
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