Part A: Course Overview
Program: C6157 Advanced Diploma of Dental Prosthetics
Course Title: Take impressions
Portfolio: Vocational Education
Nominal Hours: 100
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Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
DENT5851C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science |
Face-to-Face or Internet |
Term1 2017, Term2 2018, Term2 2019, Term2 2020 |
DENT5851C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
535T Social Care and Health |
Face-to-Face or Internet |
Term1 2024, Term1 2025 |
Course Contact: Luke Scarica
Course Contact Phone: 03 9925 0312
Course Contact Email: luke.scarica@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to take a range of impressions for patients who are dentate or edentulous.
This unit applies to work in dental prosthetics.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
HLTDEP003 Take impressions |
Elements: |
1. Assess the patient 2. Select impression tray and modify if required 3. Select and prepare impression materials 4. Perform impression taking procedure |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, you will be able to:
1. Assess the patient
2. Select impression tray and modify if required
3. Select and prepare impression materials
4. Perform impression taking procedure
Overview of Assessment
You must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the job role. There must be evidence that you have completed the following tasks:
• performed the activities outlined in the performance criteria of this unit during a period of at least 240 hours of work in a clinical dental workplace environment
• prepared 4 different patients for impression procedures ensuring patient safety, including:
- patients who are partially dentate
- patients who are fully edentulous
• taken at least 1 impression for each of the following types of procedures, which may include using of stock and custom trays:
- relining or rebasing
- complete dentures
- partial dentures
- removable flexible mouthguard used for sporting activities immediate dentures
- additions or repairs to existing denture.
To be deemed competent you must demonstrate an understanding of all aspects required of the competency.
Regular attendance is necessary. Assessment methods have been designed to measure your achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over multiple tasks and consist of theory and practical based tasks.