The Dental Clinic Flashcards
Dental clinic design
Reception area
Administration area
Sterilisation area
Treatment room
Dental laboratory area
Dentist office
Staff living room
Clinic environment
Temperature and air
Illumination
Floor and wall coverage
Areas with great control
Sound controls
Privacy
Clinical team
Dentist
Auxiliary stools
Radiographic unit
Sink
Patient dental chair
Protection measures
Uniform
Mask
Goggles
Hand washing
Gloves
Disinfection of equipment and surfaces
Aseptic techniques
Correct waste treatment
Measures of disinfection / sterilisation
Cleaning instruments (handed washing, ultrasonic washing, washing machines)
Chemical solutions
Steam autoclave steriliser
Dry heat
Chemical Vapour
Other systems (ethylene oxide, gamma rays, formaldehyde vapor, UVA rays)
Chain of sterilisation
Immerse instruments in detergent - disinfectant solution
Penetrating ultrasonic cleaning
Rinse with water and dry - inspection (review by hand if necessary)
Bagging with Color indicators
Autoclave (universal program - LH button)
Storage of sterile instruments (1-6) months sealed in the container where we proceeded to sterilisation
Dental team consists of:
Dental chair
Unit instrument holder
Pedal or rheostat
Lighting system
Water group
Vacuum system
Dental stool
Clinical history steps
Anamnesis
Extraoral clinical examination
Intraoral clinical examination
Functional exploration
Exploration TMJ
Anamnesis
Patient identification data (name, date of birth and age, gender, street address, profession or occupation)
Reason for visit
Date of last dental visit and reason for it
Family history (general and dental)
General personal history
Personal dental history
Attitude to treatment
Extraoral clinical examination
Extraoral general inspection (seeing if patience general physical appearance is normal And try to classify within biotypes (picnic, athletic, asthenic)
Extraoral facial inspection (analyse to see if the patient is symmetrical or not, check the patient’s profile, analyse the smile, see if there are scars)
Functional exploration
Type of breathing: nasal oral
Swallow.
Filing lip.
Presence of habits.
Exploration TMJ
Degree of mouth opening
deviations in mandibular opening or closing
popping or crackling
discomfort or pain
