Certificate IV in Dental Assisting

Sterilise loads

Maintain work health and safety

Interpret and apply medical terminology appropriately

Manage patient recordkeeping system

Coordinate business resources

Provide brief interventions

Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety

Provide community focused health promotion and prevention strategies

Use medical terminology in health care

Prepare for and assist with dental procedures

Implement an individualised oral hygiene program

Assist in dental procedures during general anaesthesia

Assist in dental procedures during conscious sedation

Apply the principles of radiation biology and protection in dental practice

Prepare to expose a prescribed dental radiographic image

Produce a prescribed dental radiographic image

Implement an oral hygiene program for older people

Implement an oral health promotion program

Take an impression for study models

Take a clinical photograph

Assist in dental procedures during relative analgesia

Construct models

Construct custom impression trays

Construct registration rims

Construct thermoformed bases and appliances

Recognise and respond to oral health issues

Inform and support patients and groups about oral health

Apply and use basic oral health products

Apply fluoride varnish

Manage sterile stock

Supervise and support frontline team members

Develop workplace policy and procedures