Diploma in Dental Nursing

The course covers:

• Health and safety in the work place
• Emergencies in the dental surgery
• Legal and ethical issues in the provision of dental care
• Anatomical structures and systems relative to dental treatment
• Oral disease and pathology
• Patient care and management
• Assessing patients' oral health needs and treatment planning
• Oral health promotion and preventative dentistry
• Charside restorative dentistry, periodontal disease prosthetics and endodontics
• Oral surgery
• Orthodontic procedures
• Dental drugs, materials, instruments and equipment
• Infection control
• Radiography

Students wll be expected to do a lot of self study, keep a logbook and attend tutorials.

The course includes 4 exams.

The employer will be expected to give guidance and mentoring as well as support their employee with their log book.