1.

1. toilet 7. consulting room

2. filing cabinet 8. recovery room
3. reception 9. X-ray room
4. cloackroom 10. staff room
5. waiting room 11. dental lab
6. treatment room 12. oral hygienist’s office

TRANSCRIPT
The first thing you see when you enter this surgery is the reception desk. Immediately on your left
you will find the toilet. On the receptionist's right there are the filing cabinets with the patients'
dental records. When you stand with your back to the WC you can see the waiting room with chairs
for the patients, a table with magazines and a coffee and tea machines. On the receptionist's left
there is a small cloakroom for the patients to leave their coats and umbrellas. The large room that
faces the loo is the consulting room. This is where patients can be interviewed, treatment plan
explained, and medical history taken - away from the potentially frightening dental chair. The
surgery, or the treatment room is on the left. This is where the GDP and his DSA work. The room
on the right, which you can enter only through the consulting room, is the recovery room. The only
piece of furniture there is a couch for the patients to lie down after general anaesthetic session, or to
recover after fainting. The last room on your left along the corridor is the X-ray room which also
serves as the dark room. Here, the radiographer takes and develops dental pictures. Opposite, there
is the dental technician's laboratory where he is busy constructing orthodontic appliances and
prostheses. An oral hygienist whose job is to instruct patients in oral hygiene takes the office
opposite the recovery room. All the people who work in this dental clinic can rest and have
something to eat and to drink in the staff room at the end of the corridor.

2.
1. dental technician, 2. oral hygienist, 3. DSA, 4. secretary/receptionist, 5. radiographer

LANGUAGE SPOT 1
1 .bill, 2. prescription, 3. receipt, 4. invoice, 5. recipe

4.
a. saliva ejector, b. air spray, c. curing lamp, d. water syringe, e. suction, f. spittoon, g. X-ray viewer

5.
a. spoon excavator, b. elevator, c. mirror, d. probe, e. periodontal probe, f. forceps, g. chisel, h.
pliers, i. scaler, j. cheek retractor

6.
1. covered, prevent, 2. include, 3. sending, 4. protects, 5. use, 6. press, 7. rotate, 8. disposed, 9.
mixing, 10. rinsing, reduces, 11. shining, 12. are made

LANGUAGE SPOT 2
B.
brainy knowledgeable sophisticated
educated outspoken well-read
gifted shrewd wise
intelligent smart witty

TEST YOURSELF
A.
1. made 9. performed 17. filed
2. illuminates 10. referred 18. applied
3. tidy 11. explained 19. examined
4.light-cured 12. view 20. sterilized, prevent
5. loosened/luxated 13. mixed 21. sent
6. interviewed, elicit 14. prepared 22. positioned
7. taken 15. attached
8. removes, accumulated 16. present, alleviate

B.
1. receptionist, image 10. suction 19. attachments
2. records 11. tray 20. syringe
3. practitioner 12. light-curing 21. debris
4. interviewed 13. unsound 22. spray
5. diet 14. retract 23. mask, goggles, shield
6. invoice 15. flossing 24. chisel
7. upright 16. reusable 25. multi-functional
8. manual 17. recover
9. sickle 18. overhead