Welcome to AU

(Aldent University)
Why did you decide to study to
become a lab technician/ dental
assistant?
Did you follow someone’s advice?
Did you do any research or shadowing?
Did you end up studying here by chance?
 Dental Assistant
Assisting the dentist during a variety of treatment procedures

• Taking and developing dental radiographs (x-rays)

• Helping patients feel comfortable before, during and after dental treatment
• Asking about the patient's medical history and taking blood pressure and pulse

• Taking impressions of patients' teeth for study casts (models of teeth)

• Providing patients with oral care instructions following surgery and other procedures,
such as the placement of a restoration (filling)
• Serving as an infection control officer, developing infection control protocol, and
preparing and sterilizing instruments and equipment
• Teaching patients appropriate oral hygiene strategies to maintain oral health, including
tooth brushing, flossing and nutritional counseling
• Communicating with patients and suppliers, which may involve scheduling appointments,
answering the telephone, billing and ordering supplies
 Dental Technician
Dental technicians make and repair dental appliances, such as …
false teeth, crowns, bridges, implants or braces. Dentists use these appliances to replace or improve
their patients’ teeth, speech, appearance or ability to chew.

SKILLS
• following written instructions from a dentist, giving exact details of the appliance to
be made
• using various materials such as metal, plaster or plastic
• carving
• moulding
• grinding and polishing the item,
• checking that the finished item is correct in colour and design
• adjusting or repairing dental appliances
What does a dentist do?

administers anesthetics Performs tooth fillings

Performs tooth extractions
Takes and interprets x-rays creates prosthetics

performs surgical
Repairs fractured Aligns teeth and procedures on the bone,
teeth jaws and soft tissue

Gives advice on oral

health
Why are dentists important?

Dentists help people take care of their mouths and teeth.

Key words
• Deal with = give your attention to something, and often solve a problem or make a decision
concerning them. For example, the doctor is going to deal with the infection first.
• Teeth gum = The tissue around the neck of the tooth
• Diagnose = identify the problem with something after examining it.
• Treat = cure (a disease)
• Advice = instructions
• Earn = get = obtain e.g., a degree in engineering/ languages/ dentistry/
• lisence = a permit, a document that states you are qualified or allowed to do something.
• Employ = give work to.
• Supportive staff = people that help for example dental assistant, lab technician etc.
Associate dentist?

• someone who works at a dental practice, as a dentist, but

does not own the practice and is not employed by the
owner of the dental practice.
Dental Lab Technician Wanted
Job details: ____________________________________

Requirements: __________________________________
____________________________________

Workplace: ____________________________________
Listening track
Deal with (g) a) identify the problem with something after examining it.
Teeth gum (c ) b) people that help for example dental assistant, lab technician etc.
Diagnose (a) c) The tissue around the neck of the tooth
Treat (f) d) get = obtain e.g., a degree in engineering/ languages/ dentistry/
Advice (h ) e) give work to.
Earn ( d) f) cure (a disease)
Lisence (i ) g) give your attention to something, and often solve
a problem or make a decision concerning them.
Employ (e) h) instructions
Supportive staff (b ) i)a permit, a document that states you are qualified or
allowed to do something.