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牙科助理在任何牙科护理团队中都扮演着重要的角色, 经常处理各种各样的任务,从协助治疗程序到行政职责. 这个100%的在线课程将帮助你获得作为临床牙科助理加入牙科诊所所需的技术技能. Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive vouchers to sit for the Anatomy, Morphology, and Physiology (AMP), Infection Control (ICE), 和辐射健康与安全(RHS)部分的牙科辅助国家委员会考试.
What does a clinical dental assistant do?
临床牙科助理的工作根据牙科诊所和你所在的州而有所不同. Typical duties include preparing patients for treatment, sterilizing tools, instructing on proper dental hygiene, passing instruments to the dentist during procedures, keeping records of treatments, scheduling appointments and processing x-rays.
成为临床牙科助理需要多长时间?
大多数临床牙科助理培训项目可以在一年或更短的时间内完成. 这还不包括你在实习或类似职位上获得该领域经验的时间. 它也不包括获得认证所需的两年工作经验.
成为合格牙科助理员的条件是什么?
To become a Certified Dental Assistant, 你需要通过牙科助理国家委员会(DANB)认证考试的三个组成部分,并满足委员会的工作经验要求. You will need to pass the Radiation Health and Safety, Infection Control, 和DANB认证考试的一般主席部分,以及至少两年的工作经验(或者在两到四年的时间里累计至少3500小时).
What kind of hours do clinical dental assistants work?
大多数牙科助理每周全职工作40小时, 然而, there are some dental assistants that work part-time. Many of the hours will be worked during the day, but depending on your dental office, you may be asked to work some evenings or weekends.
Where do clinical dental assistants work?
几乎所有的临床牙科助理都在牙医的监督下在牙科诊所工作, 尽管有些人可能会在政府或医生办公室找到工作. 牙科助理与牙科保健员密切合作. In this position, 你一天中的大部分时间都要站着,还要戴上医用口罩, safety goggles, 手套, 以及防止传染病传播的防护服.
临床牙科助理和行政牙科助理的区别是什么?
虽然这两个角色都是牙科人员的重要组成部分, 行政牙科助理更侧重于办公室的行政工作, such as greeting patients, collecting patient information, filling out medical forms, organizing office records, and other clerical tasks. On the other hand, 临床牙科助理帮助牙医和牙科保健师进行治疗程序, sterilization and disinfection of dental tools, patient charting, taking vital signs, processing quality radiographs (x-rays), 和更多的.