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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Elements define the essential outcomes
  2. Prepare model
  3. Thermo-form appliance or base from blank
  4. Trim, shape and finish appliances or bases

Performance Evidence

The candidate 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 the candidate has:

• read and correctly interpreted work orders and constructed the following 3 appliances:

- mouthguard

- bleaching tray

- splint

• used standard precautions and safe work practices to trim, polish and finish 2 thermo-formed appliances suitable for insertion in the mouth

• critically evaluated the 2 different types of thermo-formed appliances produced to meet technical laboratory and clinician requirements.


Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the work role. This includes knowledge of:

• Australian/New Zealand Standards, workplace health and safety (WHS) policies, Dental Board of Australia guidelines on infection control, Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation and organisation policies relating to dental laboratory work

• fundamental oral anatomy including:

- articulation and occlusion

- dentition – arrangement of the teeth, naming and coding of teeth

- structures of the oral cavity – hard and soft palate, lateral and posterior borders of the oral cavity, tongue and floor of the mouth

- teeth form and function

• polymer science

• relevant material science for carrying out procedures

• thermoforming technology.