Week 1 Introduction to profession and professionalism Flashcards

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What is the role of an oral health therapist?

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Dental professionals who provide both dental therapy and dental hygeine services to patients

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Where do OHT;s work?

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Private practice, public practice, paedatric practice, hospital settings

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What treatments are within an OHT’s scope of practice of patients upto the ago on 26?

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​Upto age of 26

  • Preparing cavities and restoring teeth with filling materials
  • Extractions of deciduous teeth
  • dental examinations, x-rays
  • Diagnosing and tx planning
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What hygiene services can be provided to all ages?

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Patients of any age, these treatments include:

  • Oral hygiene and dietry education
  • Removal of plaque, calculus and stain
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5
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What are the governing bodies that implement legislations and policies?

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National Level - Work Health and Saftey Act

NSW - Work Health and Safety Act

Victoria - Occupational Health and Safety Act

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What’s the purpose of the code of practice?

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Guides to help achieve the standards outlined in legislation

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Work Health & Safety in the Dental Practice what aspects are included in this enviroment?

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  • Clinical enviroment
  • Radiation
  • Infection Control
  • Patient safety
  • Ergonomics
    • PPE
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What things do we need to think of to ensure our Clinical Enviroment is safe?

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  • Lighting
  • Ventilation
  • MSDA
  • Sharpes
  • Bench tops
  • Flooring
    • Storage of instruments and equiptment
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What aspects include Patient safety?

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  • Eyewear, bib
  • Dental chair
  • Rubber dam
  • Medical history
    • Appropriate instruments, materials and skills
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What are risk factors for Musculoskeletal Stress?

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  • Fixed working positions (static postures)
  • Excessive use if small muscles
  • Tight grips
  • Repetitive movements
  • Positioning challenges
    • Confined working space/equiptment limitations
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What is Thoracic Outlet Syndrome?

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A painful disorder of the fingers, hand, and/or wrist caused by compression of the brachial nerve plexus and vessles

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What causes Thoracic Outlet Syndrome?

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  • Tilting the head forward
  • Hunching the shoulders forward
  • Continuously reaching overhead
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13
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What is Rotator Cuff Tendinitis?

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A painful inflammation of the muscle tendons in the shoulder region

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What causes Rotator Cuff Tendinitis?

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  • Holding the elbows above waist level
    • Holding the upper arm away from the body
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What is Pronator Syndrome?

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A painful disorder of the write and hand caused by compression of the median nerve by the pronator muscle

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16
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What are the causes of Pronator Syndrome?

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Holding the lower arm away from the torso of the body

17
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What is Extensor Wad Strain?

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A painful disorder of the fingers as a result of injury to the extendor muscles

18
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What causes Extensor Wad Strain?

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Extending the fingers independently of each other

19
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What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

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A painful disorder of the wrist and hand caused by compression on the median nerve in the wrist

20
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What causes Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

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  • Repeatively bending the hand up, down, or from side to side at the wrist,
    • Pinch-dripping an instrument without resting the muscles
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What is Ulnar Nerve Entrapment?

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A painful disorder of the lower arm and wrist caused by compression of the ulnar nerve at the wrist.

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Causes of Ulnar Nerve Entrapment

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  • 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
23
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What is Tenosynovitis?

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A painful inflamamation of the tendons on the side of the wrist and base of the thumb

24
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What causes Tenosynovitis?

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  • Hand twisting
  • Forceful gripping
  • Bending the hand back or to the side
25
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What is Tendinitis?

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A painful inflammation of the tendons of the wrist?

26
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Repeatedly bending the hand up, down, or from side to side at the wrist

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27
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How do Musculoskeletal Injuries occur?

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A high risk for musculoskeletal injurt occurs when repetitive motions are combined with forceful movements, awkward postures and insufficient recover time