Dental Assistants And Therapists
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Tasks & Responsibilities
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    Examining, diagnosing and managing the treatment of patients under their care and referring to the dental officer for further action;
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    Carrying out health education activities through brushing instruction, lectures and health campaign exhibitions;
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    Providing advice to the community and the individual on dental hygiene, diet and other preventive dental measures;
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    Carrying out dental examinations to make diagnoses and referring more complex cases to dentists when necessary;
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    Preparing and maintaining dental instruments and equipment;
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    Preparing dental materials;
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    Performing related tasks; and
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    Supervising, scheduling and monitoring the tasks of other workers.

What are the skills required?

Skills, knowledege and abilities that are essential to carry out a task with determined results. Skills can often be divided into domain-general and domain-specific skills.

Soft Skill
Bahasa Malaysia
Able to speak Bahasa Malaysia
Soft Skill
English
Able to speak English
Hard Skill
Mandarin
Able to speak Mandarin
Hard Skill
Dental Assistance
Dental assistantsassist the dental operator (dentistor other treatingdental auxiliary) in providing more efficientdental treatment, by preparing the patient for treatment, sterilizing instruments, passing instruments during the procedure, holding suction devices, exposing dental radiographs, taking impressions, and fabricating provisional crowns.
Hard Skill
Dental Care
Dental care is the maintenance of healthy teeth
Hard Skill
Dental Impressions
A dental impression is a negative imprint of hard (teeth) and soft tissues in the mouth from which a positive reproduction (or cast) can be formed.
Hard Skill
Infection Control
Infection control is the discipline concerned with preventing nosocomial or healthcare-associated infection, a practical (rather than academic) sub-discipline of epidemiology.
Hard Skill
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet developed by Microsoft for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications.
Hard Skill
Postoperative Care
Postoperative care is the care you receive after undergoing a surgical procedure.
Field of Study Required
Field of study consists of a broad area of academic and skills qualifications that come under a similar branch of subject knowledge. In addition, courses offered under each field of study require similar academic entry requirements.
Dental studies
Dental studies
50
Courses
367
Graduates

(2019)

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