Week 1 Introduction to profession and professionalism Flashcards
What is the role of an oral health therapist?
Dental professionals who provide both dental therapy and dental hygeine services to patients
Where do OHT;s work?
Private practice, public practice, paedatric practice, hospital settings
What treatments are within an OHT’s scope of practice of patients upto the ago on 26?
Upto age of 26
- Preparing cavities and restoring teeth with filling materials
- Extractions of deciduous teeth
- dental examinations, x-rays
- Diagnosing and tx planning
What hygiene services can be provided to all ages?
Patients of any age, these treatments include:
- Oral hygiene and dietry education
- Removal of plaque, calculus and stain
What are the governing bodies that implement legislations and policies?
National Level - Work Health and Saftey Act
NSW - Work Health and Safety Act
Victoria - Occupational Health and Safety Act
What’s the purpose of the code of practice?
Guides to help achieve the standards outlined in legislation
Work Health & Safety in the Dental Practice what aspects are included in this enviroment?
- Clinical enviroment
- Radiation
- Infection Control
- Patient safety
- Ergonomics
- PPE
What things do we need to think of to ensure our Clinical Enviroment is safe?
- Lighting
- Ventilation
- MSDA
- Sharpes
- Bench tops
- Flooring
- Storage of instruments and equiptment
What aspects include Patient safety?
- Eyewear, bib
- Dental chair
- Rubber dam
- Medical history
- Appropriate instruments, materials and skills
What are risk factors for Musculoskeletal Stress?
- Fixed working positions (static postures)
- Excessive use if small muscles
- Tight grips
- Repetitive movements
- Positioning challenges
- Confined working space/equiptment limitations
What is Thoracic Outlet Syndrome?
A painful disorder of the fingers, hand, and/or wrist caused by compression of the brachial nerve plexus and vessles
What causes Thoracic Outlet Syndrome?
- Tilting the head forward
- Hunching the shoulders forward
- Continuously reaching overhead
What is Rotator Cuff Tendinitis?
A painful inflammation of the muscle tendons in the shoulder region
What causes Rotator Cuff Tendinitis?
- Holding the elbows above waist level
- Holding the upper arm away from the body
What is Pronator Syndrome?
A painful disorder of the write and hand caused by compression of the median nerve by the pronator muscle
What are the causes of Pronator Syndrome?
Holding the lower arm away from the torso of the body
What is Extensor Wad Strain?
A painful disorder of the fingers as a result of injury to the extendor muscles
What causes Extensor Wad Strain?
Extending the fingers independently of each other
What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
A painful disorder of the wrist and hand caused by compression on the median nerve in the wrist
What causes Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
- Repeatively bending the hand up, down, or from side to side at the wrist,
- Pinch-dripping an instrument without resting the muscles
What is Ulnar Nerve Entrapment?
A painful disorder of the lower arm and wrist caused by compression of the ulnar nerve at the wrist.
Causes of Ulnar Nerve Entrapment
- Repeatedly bending the hand up, down, or from side to side at the wrist
- Holding the little finger a full span away from the hand
What is Tenosynovitis?
A painful inflamamation of the tendons on the side of the wrist and base of the thumb
What causes Tenosynovitis?
- Hand twisting
- Forceful gripping
- Bending the hand back or to the side
