lec 7 - WA for RPD Flashcards
contains the written directions for laboratory procedures to be performed for fabrication of dental restorations.
WORK AUTHORIZATION
other terms for WORK AUTHORIZATION
- Laboratory Work Order/Laboratory Prescription
CONTENTS of WORK AUTHORIZATION
- Name and address of the dental laboratory
- Name and address of the dentist who initiates the work authorization
- Identification of the patient
- Date of work authorization
- Desired completion date of the request
- Specific instructions
- Signature of the dentist
- Registered license number of the dentist
FUNCTION
1) It __________________ for laboratory procedures to be accomplished and implies an expectation of ___________________ for the services rendered.
2) It __________________ from the illegal practice of dentistry.
3) It is a ________________ for both the dentist and the dental laboratory technician.
4) It completely _____________ of the dentist and the dental laboratory technician.
furnishes definite instructions
a level of acceptable quality
provides a means of protecting the public
protective legal document
delineates the responsibilities
CHARACTERISTICS
(1) A work authorization must be _____________________.
(2) _________________ must be included in a work authorization to enable the technician to understand and execute the request.
(3) Provide the dental laboratory technician with __________________________ required in the fabrication of a restoration.
(4) ___________________ is adequate to furnish detailed instructions for accomplishing the laboratory phases in the fabrication.
legible, clear, concise, and readily understood
Sufficient information
adequate written instructions for each laboratory service
No single work authorization form
- Another effective means for communicating, which provides anatomical detail not available when drawing on paper, includes drawing the design on a __________
diagnostic cast.
- A ________ is included to designate the choice of metal for the framework.
reminder space
Frameworks for removable partial dentures are usually cast in:
type IV gold, chromium-cobalt alloy, or a titanium alloy.
- A _____________ can be used to explain the markings on the master cast when it is submitted to the laboratory for the fabrication of a framework. For example, a green pencil can be used to outline the framework; red to designate the desired location of finishing lines on the framework; and black lines to denote the height of contour on teeth and soft tissue created during the survey of the cast.
color-code index
- Many countries require that work authorizations be made in duplicate and that both the dentist and the dental laboratory technician retain a copy for a specified period from the date of work authorization.
LEGAL ASPECT
Purpose of Work Authorizations
– A minimum of writing is necessary to provide thorough instructions.
DEFINITE INSTRUCTIONS
- The dentist is responsible for all phases of a removable partial denture service in the strict sense of the word, although the dental laboratory technician may be requested to perform certain technical phases of the service.
DELINEATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES
- The laboratory technician is responsible only to the dentist and never to the patient.
DELINEATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES
- Illegal practices of dentistry may have been caused by the submission of poor impressions, casts, records, and instructions to the laboratory technician, with the demand of impossible quality in the returned restoration under threat of economic boycott.
DELINEATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES
- A good dental laboratory technician is a valuable team member working with the dentist and contributes much to the team effort in providing oral health care for patients.
DELINEATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES
