Dental Nursing - Advanced Apprenticeship - Level 3

The Level 3 Diploma combines both the competence and knowledge elements. The mandatory units are:

• Ensure your own actions reduce the risk to health and safety
• Reflect on and develop your practice
• Emergency First Aid Skills
• Prepare and maintain environments, instruments, and equipment for clinical dental procedures
• Offer information and support to individuals on the protection of their oral health
• Provide chairside support during the assessment of patients’ oral health
• Contribute to the production of dental images
• Provide chairside support during the prevention and control of periodontal disease and caries and the restoration of cavities
• Provide chairside support during the provision of fixed and removable prostheses
• Provide chairside support during non-surgical endodontic treatment
• Provide chairside support during the extraction of teeth and minor oral surgery
• Principles of infection control in the dental environment

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