Clinic Preparedness Course Flashcards
What are the traits of a good dental student in clinic?
- prepared
- lead learning
- engaged
- accountable
- patient first
What do you need to understand to function in clinic?
- Infection control
- Dispensary
- CSR
- Axium
- Presenting to faculty
- Start checks
- Writing notes
- Etc…
What is the flow for a case based project?
- diagnosis
- treatment planning
- perio
- operative
- endo
- fixed
- removeable
- oral surgery
- clinic process
- clinic project
What do you do during a diagnosis appointment?
- Patient Motivation (Chief Complaint)
- Medical History
–Med Consults
—First Appointment - Head and Neck Exam
- Overall (Big) Picture
- Charting
–PERIO
–ODONTOGRAM
–CONSULTS?? - Models
What are the steps of the treatment planning?
- Interpret the data
- Take into account all information/patient wants
- Address concerns
- Consults
- BIG PICTURE
What are the phases of treatment planning (depending on the case)?
- Acute
—Emergent Care (Extraction, RCT, Perio, Broken Tooth) - Perio
- Caries Control
—Definitive Treatment plans
—Options - Fixed
—When do you place crown? - Removeable/Implants
What should you know when you go to clinic everyday?
- Chief complaint
- Med History
- History of treatment
-Crown has recurrent caries
—When/where was crown fabricated - Procedure
-What are you planning to do that day
-Does it fit with overall treatment plan
—Can’t do crown before perio/operative
Can’t do ________ before perio/operative
crown
How does the signed in process work in the clinic?
- Med history
- Radiographs
- Faculty will take a look at treatment plan
- Faculty will evaluate tooth
—May alter treatment - Present to faculty
—Med History
—Procedure
—Factors that may influence appointment
What is the process of preparing a tooth in clinic?
- Will have discussion with faculty before starting at what point they will want to look at preparation
-Great time to work on asking for modifications (know your dental terminology) - For Fixed will also have a stopping point
-Will be more conservative initially
-As gain more experience will allow further prepping - Faculty may have you adjust prep
- Case Based Project
What is the process of restoring a tooth in clinic?
- Faculty will evaluate the final restoration
- May make suggestion to improve restoration
- Fixed
-Temporary (have impression made prior to appt)
-Impression
—Faculty may have you make temp first before impression - Case Based Project
What is the case based project for restoring a tooth?
- Will evaluate final restoration
- Feedback
- If determined not clinically acceptable then would need to redo prep/restoration
- Fixed-temporary
- Clinically Acceptable
What is the case based project for preparing a tooth?
- Ideal Prep
- Core Buildup (be creative)
What is the process in the clinic for finishing the appointment?
- Write clinic note
- Evaluation (Axium)
- Signed out
-Goal is to be signed out by 12 and 4
-Prefer not to have unswiped notes
—Has to be signed in 24-48 hours
—Working under faculty license - Assist patient to patient accounts
- Next Appointment
What are the types of consults you can use to address issues?
- PERIO
- ENDO
- FIXED
- REMOVEABLE
- OS
- MED CONSULT