Pickens Technical College

On-the-job Training

• Ethics and Personal Appearance
  • Proper use of vocabulary
  • Proper use of grammar
• Care of Dental Equipment and Office
  • Order supplies
  • Cleaning
  • Lubricating
  • Maintenance
  • Sterilization of fixed equipment
• Chair-side Assisting
  • Adopting routine of dentist checklist
  • Seat and prepare patients
  • Arrange instruments
  • Dental charting
  • Dental history
  • Instrument passing
  • Assist with high velocity suction
  • Passing medication prior to filling
  • Mixing filling material
  • Releasing patient
  • Clean-up after patient leaves
  • Set up for new patient
  • Greeting new patient
• Dental Office Management
  • Good organization
  • Orderliness
  • No idle gossip or distracting talk with others but patient
  • Making appointments over telephone
  • Use of pegboard bookkeeping
  • Operation of telephone recorder
  • Maintain professional dignity
• Dental Anatomy
  • Tooth eruption
  • Proper identification
  • Know abbreviations for charting
  • Know dental anatomy pathology
• Dental Pathology
  • Includes all soft tissue intra and extra- oral
  • Observe all external face features
  • Note swellings
  • Note scars
  • Note pupils of eyes
  • Note fingernail beds
  • Note distended vessels
  • Note blood pressure
  • Note texture and color of skin
• Bacteriology and Sterilization
  • Autoclave procedure
  • Cold sterilization
  • Cleaning of instruments
  • Use of special chemicals
• Anesthesia
  • Preparation of syringe-local
  • Correct temperature
  • Advice to patient to prevent self injury
  • Observe for any hyper-reactions
• Dental Roentgenology
  • Periapical film procedure
  • Panolipse film procedure
  • Developing film procedure
  • Proper mounting of film
  • Basic X-Ray interpretation - able to recognize
• Oral Hygiene of Pedondontra
  • Tooth brush instructions
  • Communications and psychological entertainment of patient
  • Demonstration of instruments
• Diet and Nutrition
  • Be able to supply patients with diet information
  • Know carbohydrate chemistry and explain
• Orthodontra
  • Recognize predisposing factors
  • Suggest corrections
  • Inform and illustrate
• Pharmacology
  • Recognize basic dental drugs
  • Know side effects
• Treatment of Emergencies
  • Acquire professional assistance
  • Know basic life support systems
  • Know CPR basics
• Impression Material and Models
  • Assist in impression taking
  • Mix all impression material
  • Pour models
• Behavioral Competencies
  • Participation in team discussions/meetings
  • Focus in team discussions/meetings
  • Focus during independent work
  • Openness to new ideas and change
  • Ability to deal with ambiguity by exploring, asking questions, etc.
  • Knows when to ask for help
  • Able to demonstrate effective group presentation skills
  • Able to demonstrate effective one-on-one communication skills
  • Maintains an acceptable attendance record
  • Reports to work on time
  • Completes assigned tasks on time
  • Uses appropriate language
  • Demonstrates respect for customers, co-workers and supervisors
  • Demonstrates trust, honesty and integrity
  • Requests and performs work assignments without prompting
  • Appropriately cares for personal dress, grooming and hygiene
  • Maintains a positive attitude
  • Cooperates with and assists co-workers
  • Follows instructions/directions
  • Able to work under supervision
  • Able to accept constructive feedback and criticism
  • Able to follow safety rules
  • Able to take care of equipment and work place
  • Able to keep work area neat and clean
  • Able to meet supervisor's work standards
  • Able to not let personal life interfere with work
  • Adheres to work policies/rules/regulations