DENTAL SURGERY ASSISTANT TRAINING 2022

DENTAL SURGERY ASSISTANT PROFESSION

A highly skilled Dental Surgery Assistant is a vital member of the dental healthcare team.
Dental Surgery Assistant is a career that requires dedication, personal responsibility,
integrity and a commitment to continuing education.

➢ Dental Surgery Assistant is trained in dentistry techniques and also performs general
office duties, including a variety of patient care, office and laboratory duties.

➢ Dental Surgery Assistant work chairside as dentists examine and treat patients.
➢ Record vital signs, dental and medical histories, prepare patients for examinations,

treatments or surgical procedures.
➢ They expose and develop dental radiographs and prepare dental materials and

injections.
➢ Dental Surgery Assistant posses a through knowledge of the equipment, supplies,

instruments and techniques required for every dental procedure and proper
disinfection and sterilization techniques for infection control.
➢ They sterilize and disinfect instruments and equipment, prepare trays of instruments
for dental procedures and instruct patients on post operative and general oral health
care.

PROFESSIONAL MANNER

The following are some important qualities of a Dental Surgery Assistant :

A. Team Work
❖ Team work is extremely important in a dental clinic.
❖ Dental Surgery Assistant should offer to do an absent colleague’s work and
should be willing to help co-workers when other tasks are completed.
❖ When there are several assistants in a dental clinic, each should be able and
willing to substitute for the others in an emergency.

B. Attitude
❖ Patients, co-workers and employers appreciate the Dental Surgery Assistant
who has a good attitude.
❖ Have a positive attitude.
❖ Appreciate what others do.
❖ Be willing to help others.

C. Dedication
❖ Truly care for patients.
❖ Be sincere.
❖ Be sensitive to patient’s needs.

D. Responsible
❖ Arriving on time.





FACULTY OF DENTISTRY
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

CLINIC ASSISTANT ON TRAINING JUNE 2022
Trainee: Mdm. Karthiyaini Kunjoo

DATE TOPICS

1/6/2022 Introduction to Oral Surgery Instruments

3/6/2022 Introduction to Oral Surgical Procedures

8/6/2022 Protocol followed before procedures (Extraction)

10/6/2022 Protocol followed after procedures (Extraction)

15/6/2022 Protocol for minor Oral Surgery (Pre-Operating Preparation)

17/6/2022 Role of Dental Surgery Assistant during Minor Oral Surgery

21/6/2022 Maintenance of Case Register

24/6/2022 Drug dispensing & PPE dispensing

INTRODUCTION
TO ORAL
SURGERY

INSTRUMENTS



FACULTY OF DENTISTRY
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

CLINIC ASSISTANT ON TRAINING JULY 2022
Trainee: Mdm. Che Mahani binti Yusoff

DATE TOPICS

6/7/2022 Maintain a safe, healthy and secure working environment

8/7/2022 Management of Clinical Waste

13/7/2022 Cross infection control

15/7/2022 Operating of Dental Chair
20/7/2022 Handling of patient’s folder and appointment

22/7/2022 Introduction to the instruments

27/7/2022 Introduction to the materials

29/7/2022 Operating of autoclave and sterilizing instruments

MAINTAIN A
SAFE, HEALTHY

AND SECURE
WORKING

ENVIRONMENT



MANAGEMENT
OF

CLINICAL WASTE



MANAGEMENT OF CLINICAL WASTE

CROSS
INFECTION
CONTROL



CROSS INFECTION CONTROL

OPERATING
OF

DENTAL CHAIR



HANDLING OF
PATIENT’S

FOLDER AND
APPOINTMENT



INTRODUCTION
TO THE

INSTRUMENTS



INTRODUCTION
TO THE

MATERIALS



OPERATING

OF AUTOCLAVE
AND STERILIZING

INSTRUMENTS