Role of Dental Assistants

What is expected from a Dental

Assistant?
 Good Teamwork - The efficiency of a dental
clinic is based on the teamwork between the
dentist and his/her assistants
 Before the patient is admitted to the operating
room the dental assistant should:
– Remove materials left over from previous patient
– The chair arms, the waste receptacle and cuspidor
should be clean
– The patient’s dental charts and other
important records should be ready for the
dentist
– The chair should be in position
– The head rest, inclination of the chair should
be for the average person
 Training Technics
The assistant should:
• Stand behind the chair while the patient
is being seated
• Backrest should be inclined until the it is
in line with the lower part of the
shoulder blades
• Headrest should be adjusted
• Inclination of the chair varies according
to the procedure
5. All necessary instruments should be
placed on the bracket table
6. Pilot light should be turned on and
adjusted
 Securing Dental Operating Spaces
I. Dental Chair
1. Clean and polish the upholstered parts
2. Put on clean headrest covers
3. Bring the chair to lowest and most basic
position
II. Dental Unit
1. Clean and polish with non abrasive metal
2. The waste trap in cuspidor should be
emptied and cleaned
3. Clean and polish bright the cuspidor
4. Put off electric switch
5. Put out bunsen burner
6. Put off the supply to the cuspidor
7. Put off compressed air
III. Room in General
1. Clean towels, gauze and cotton rolls should
be ready for the next day
2. Shades are lowered half-way into the
windows
3. Put off all electrical devices
4. Doors and windows should be locked
5. All electric gas, and adequate switches
should be turned off.
6. Keys of equipment should be in proper place
7. Towels and tissues should be ready for the
next day
IV. Reception Room and Appointment
Desk
1. Furniture and fixtures should be cleaned and
polished
2. Drinking fountain should be cleaned
3. Computer should not be visible
4. Clock must be set
5. Keep lavatories cleaned
V. Prosthetic Laboratory
1. Put off burn-furnaces, water baths, vacular,
boil-out tanks, lathes and dental medicines
2. Put off and polish the lathe blower
3. Close the air and gas valves
4. Check and fill the plastic artificial stones
5. Clean and store crucible rings and flasks
6. Tools should be returned to the instrument
drawer
7. Clean the boil out tank and remove the wax
residue
8. Eliminate waxes from casting ovens