The Dental Assistant Training Workshop is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills required to assist in a dental practice. The course covers various aspects of dental assisting including dental terminology, anatomy, patient care, infection control, sterilization, dental materials, and equipment handling. Upon completion of this workshop, students will be equipped to assist a dentist in providing quality dental care.
Course Fee : 6000 INR
Course Duration : 3 months (Mon-Sat)
Timings : 10am-7pm
Dental Assistant Training Workshop
Course Modules
Module 1 : Introduction to Dental Assisting
Overview of the dental profession
Dental terminology
Dental anatomy and physiology
Dental team roles and responsibilities
Module 2 : Patient Care
Taking vital signs
Managing patient anxiety
Chairside assisting
Dental charting and record-keeping
Module 3 : Infection Control
Principles of infection control
Personal protective equipment
Handling and disposal of infectious waste
Sterilization techniques
Module 4 : Dental Materials and Equipment Handling
Dental materials and their uses
Equipment handling and maintenance
Radiograph processing
Dental laboratory procedures
Module 5 : Dental Emergencies
Common dental emergencies
Emergency response procedures
First aid and CPR
Module 6 : Ethics and Professionalism
Ethical and legal considerations in dental practice
Professionalism in the workplace
Communication and interpersonal skills
Career development and job search strategies
Assessment Methods :
Written assignments
Oral presentations
Practical demonstrations
Final exam
Module 5 : Advanced Orthodontic Techniques
Temporary Anchorage Devices (TADs): Mini implants in Orthodontics: two decades of experience and clinical tips. Includes IZC placement, Buccal Shelf placement, engine driven palatal TADs placement, MSE and engine driven TAD placement, Intrusion biomechanics with TADs, Lever arm usage Gummy Smile correction with TADs, Occlusal can't correction with TADs, Retraction with TADs, Distalisation with TADs, Mesialisation with TADs, How to treat difficult mandibular canines with 3D springs and TAD. A new paradigm.
Invisalign and Clear Aligner Therapy: Aligners: Algorithm of Clear Aligners: What works?, Attachment planning, space management, TADs usage with aligners, staging, how to make DBH, deep bite bio mechanics, MA wings mechanics, sequential distalisation ( planning), G8 protocol Digital Orthodontics and work flow
Lingual Orthodontics
Self-Ligating Fixed Appliances
Reverse Pull headgear with modified Tandem and treatment protocols with it. Alt RAMEC protocol.
MSE (Maxilla Skeletal Expansion): MARPE: In adults, How to facilitate opening of sutures with micro osteo perforation, anterior maxillary suture loosening to facilitate easy expansion, turn protocols. How to combine MSE with aligners.
Accelerated Orthodontics: How we can reduce treatment time in Orthodontics ?
TMD and management: Potential TMDs, Deprogramming Splints
How to avoid round tripping in Clinical Orthodontics?
Finishing and Debonding Procedures
Orthodontic Scars : How to prevent?
Certification
Upon completion of the Dental Assistant Training Workshop, students will be awarded a certificate of completion. Graduates will be eligible to apply for entry-level dental assistant positions in dental offices, clinics, and hospitals.
Course Faculty
Dr. Angshuman Bhattacharya
Prof. Dr. Angshuman Bhattacharya did his Bachelors in Dental Surgery from Manipal College of Dental Sciences. He followed this with a Master’s degree in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics from the prestigious AIIMS, New Delhi. He continued his higher education further and completed his Diplomate in National Boards (DNB) in Orthodontics from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Dr. Angshuman has been a Professor in Orthodontics, Post Graduate instructor and guide in Buddha Institute of Dental Sciences Patna for many years. He is a Fellow of World Federation of Orthodontics and International Member of American Association of Orthodontics. He has been a Senior Consultant Orthodontist in Apollo Gleneagles Hospital and Jigme Dorji National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan for and presently a senior consultant in Medica Hospitals, Kolkata and several reputed Dental hospitals of the city. He is the founder and director of Mission Smile, Kolkata at Ballygunge. Mission Smile is equipped with 7 chair individual operatories and complete modern Orthodontic Lab set up.
Dr. Angshuman also has integrated CBCT technology into his practice since last 10 years as he introduced Cone Beam CT to dentistry of Kolkata by starting Pioneer Scans (A Dental Imaging company) with its branches in Howrah, Lake Town and Golpark. He also introduced the first organised Medical Emergency Kit for Orthodontic and dental clinics in the name of Denlife which is being used pan India. He was recently felicitated in Align India Forum 2023 in Kochi in recognition for achieving Platinum status in India as a Invisalign Provider. Dr. Angshuman has lectured in Orthodontics in several platforms and has chaired many important sessions incuding international conferences. He has a net clinical experience of 23 years.
