Appointment Procedures
Dental Assistant: Fillings and Check-Ups
Hygiene Specialist: Cleanings, Whitening, Retainers, and Retainer Check-Ups
X-Ray Specialist: X-Rays, Crowns, Dentures, and Sealants
Orthodontists: Braces, Braces Check Up, Spacers, Braces Removal, and Braces Tightening
Oral Surgeon: Wisdom Teeth Removal, Root Canal, Extraction
Fillings
Rank Required: Dental Assistant
- Give your greeting/introduce yourself
- Ask them if they have any questions or concerns before beginning
- Num the tooth where they’re getting the filling.
- Drill the decay/cavity to get all the infected areas off.
- Prepare the tooth for the filling. Ask them if they’d like gold or silver filling.
- Fill the tooth.
- Give them carbon paper to bite down on the ensure the filling feels alright.
- Tell them it may be sensitive for a while
- Have an outro then end the appointment
Check-Ups
Rank Required: Dental Assistant
REQUIRED: Give your greeting/introduce yourself
- Check their teeth
- Take X-Rays
- Ask them if they brush 1-2 times a day, if not suggest that they do.
- Ask them if they’ve felt any tooth pain recently
- Brush their teeth, and ask them what toothpaste flavor they’d like; bubblegum, mint, grape, and strawberry
- Tell them if they have any cavities (Make it up)
- Ask if they have any further questions End the appointment with a goodbye message
Cleanings
Rank Required: Dental Hygienist
REQUIRED: Give your greeting/introduce yourself
- Check their teeth
- Take them to the X-Ray room and take X-Rays
- Go back to the room and let them know their results
- Remove tartar with a scaler
- Remove Plaque with a scaler
- Floss their teeth thoroughly
- Put fluoride in their teeth
- Take one last X-Ray
- Have an outro then end the appointment
Whitening’s
Rank Required: Dental Hygienist
REQUIRED: Give your greeting/introduce yourself
- Check their teeth
- Clean and polish the teeth
- Apply whitening gel on the teeth
- Rinse and Suction their mouth thoroughly
- Add fluoride treatment to their mouth
- Have an outro then end the appointment
Retainers
Rank Required: Dental Hygienist
REQUIRED: Give your greeting/introduce yourself
- Check their teeth
- Brush their teeth, and ask them what toothpaste flavor they’d like; bubblegum, mint, grape, and strawberry
- Measure their teeth
- Get X-Rays of their teeth in the X-Ray room
- Put a retainer in their mouth matching the measurement
- Have an outro then end the appointment
Retainer Check-Ups
Rank Required: Dental Hygienist
REQUIRED: Give your greeting/introduce yourself
- Ask them what issues are they experiencing
- Check their teeth
- Measure their retainer to make sure it’s the same
- Inform them that if it continues to bother them come back and they’ll get a new pair
- Have an outro then end the appointment
X-Rays
Rank Required: X-Ray Specialist
REQUIRED: Give your greeting/introduce yourself
- Notify your client to stand in the X-ray machine.
- Place a lead vest on your client.
- Inform your client to stay still throughout the X-ray, in order for the machine to produce a clear image of their teeth.
- Tell your client to bite down, so the machine can get an image of their teeth
- Press and hold the “Take X-ray” button to take an image
- Have an outro then end the appointment
Crowns
Rank Required: X-Ray Specialist
REQUIRED: Give your greeting/introduce yourself
- Check Their Teeth
- Inject local anesthetic into the gums surrounding the tooth
- Drill the tooth
- Rinse and suction
- Place the crown onto the tooth
- Ensure it is secure
- Have an outro then end the appointment
Sealants
Rank Required: X-Ray Specialist
REQUIRED: Give your greeting/introduce yourself
- Check Their Teeth
- Rinse and suction the tooth.
- Apply an etching solution to the tooth.
- Dry their teeth.
- Prepare the sealant.
- Apply the sealant.
- Ensure it is positioned correctly.
- Cure the sealant.
- Have an outro then end the appointment
Braces
Rank Required: Orthodontist
REQUIRED: Give your greeting/introduce yourself
- Check their teeth
- Take X-Rays
- Measure Their Teeth
- Ask them what color braces they would like. We have; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, black, gray, teal, and navy.
- Insert the retractors in their mouth.
- Brush their teeth, and ask them what toothpaste flavor they’d like; bubblegum, mint, grape, and strawberry.
- Rinse and suction their teeth.
- Apply an etching solution to their teeth.
- Rinse the etching solution off.
- Applies a small drop of glue to the edge of their teeth.
- Adds the brackets to their teeth.
- Place a wire through the brackets carefully
- Add the bands with the colors they chose.
- Trim the wires.
- Take an X-Ray Ensuring the braces and everything is correct.
- Tell them to schedule a follow-up for a braces check-up in a few months.
- Have an outro then end the appointment
Braces Check-Up
Rank Required: Orthodontists
REQUIRED: Give your greeting/introduce yourself
- Check their teeth
- Find out whether they have encountered any issues with their braces so far.
- Ask them if they have any queries regarding their braces.
- To examine their braces, ask them to open their mouth.
- Compare the x-rays of their teeth to the ones they had at their previous appointment. 6. Inform them when you think they’ll be able to get their braces removed.
Spacers
Rank Required: Orthodontists
REQUIRED: Give your greeting/introduce yourself
- Check their teeth
- Prepare the spacers.
- Place the spacers between the molars.
- Ensure the spacers are in the correct position.
Braces Removal
Rank Required: Orthodontists
REQUIRED: Give your greeting/introduce yourself
- Check their teeth
- Measure the braces
- Remove the glue on each tooth
- Take out the bands and brackets
- Rinse and suction
- Take them to get an X-Ray
- Have an outro then end the appointment
Braces Tightening
Rank Required: Orthodontists
REQUIRED: Give your greeting/introduce yourself
- Ask the client if they have any questions regarding their procedure.
- Ask the client if they’ve had any problems regarding their braces so far.
- Ask the client what color bands they would like.
- Place cheek retractors in their mouth.
- Carefully remove the old bands from their brackets.
- Remove the old wire from the current brackets.
- Add a new wire and place it into their brackets.
- Secure the wire with chosen color of bands.
- Trim the ends of the new wire.
- Ask the client if there is any sharp pieces poking them. 11) Inform your client that their teeth might be sore for a while due to the tightening, and to eat softer foods until the pain is relieved.
- Have an outro then end the appointment
Wisdom Teeth Removal
Rank Required: Oral Surgeon
REQUIRED: Give your greeting/introduce yourself
- Ask them if they have any questions or concerns before the procedure.
- Check/examine the wisdom tooth/teeth.
- Give the patient anesthesia.
- Create an incision in the gums (where the wisdom tooth is)
- Make access to the tooth root by removing the bone.
- Divide the tooth to provide ease in the removal, and remove the tooth.
- Clean the area.
- Close the wound by stitching.
- Place gauze in their mouth. --Patient should be awake after all this.
- Give the patient some time to recover.
- Once the patient is done recovering tell them to apply pressure on the gauze with their teeth
- Have an outro then end the appointment
Root Canal
Rank Required: Oral Surgeon
REQUIRED: Give your greeting/introduce yourself
- Check Their Teeth
- First, give local anesthesia to numb the infected tooth and the surrounding gums
- Do a dental dam placement
- Access the hole
- Remove the pulp
- Shape the canals
- Fill the canals
- Seal the tooth
- Place the final restoration
- Recommend a crown
- Have an outro then end the appointment
Extraction
Rank Required: Oral Surgeon
REQUIRED: Give your greeting/introduce yourself
- Check their teeth.
- Numb the area of that tooth that needs to be extracted.
- Use an elevator to loosen the problem tooth.
- Place forceps around the tooth.
- Pull out the tooth.
- Clean the socket.
- Stitch the gums.
- Place gauze in the area. And inform the client they might not be able to speak for a while.