Advanced Diploma of Dental Prosthetics
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
About
The Advanced Diploma Dental Prosthetics program is based on theoretical and practical skills training combined with a supervised clinical experience located at the Royal Melbourne Dental Hospital.
As well as your technical skills, you will also gain clinical skills to work independently as you provide complete and partial dental services as well as mouthguards and occlusal splints to the public.
This National Training Package qualification provides you with the knowledge, clinical and practical skills required to be registered as a Dental Prosthetist in Australia.You will start by developing theoretical and clinical understandings of treatment planning, including:record keeping to hospital grade standards implementing oral hygiene programs oral pathology, charting and notation compliance with infection control policies and procedures taking impressionsYou will build on your treatment planning knowledge and impression taking skills by continuing treatment for patients requiring dental prosthetic services including:registration of jaw relationships, try in and inserting of prosthetic appliances maintenance and care of dental appliances referral processes implant treatment considerations
Structure
C6157 Courses
C6157 Core Units - Select ALL Eleven (11) Courses
| Course Title | Nominal Hours | Course Code | Campus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research and apply evidence to practice (CHCPOL003) | 65 | GEDU6100C | City Campus |
| Implement an individualised oral hygiene program (HLTDEN004) | 330 | DENT5848C | City Campus |
| Identify, select and prepare instruments, equipment and materials (HLTDEP001) | 75 | DENT5849C | City Campus |
| Gather data, conduct dental prosthetic examination and develop treatment plan (HLTDEP002) | 180 | DENT5850C | City Campus |
| Take impressions (HLTDEP003) | 100 | DENT5851C | City Campus |
| Establish and record jaw relationships and select artificial teeth (HLTDEP004) | 200 | DENT5852C | City Campus |
| Evaluate a removable dental prosthesis at try-in stage (HLTDEP005) | 180 | DENT5853C | City Campus |
| Insert and issue a completed removable dental prosthesis (HLTDEP006) | 100 | DENT5854C | City Campus |
| Perform maintenance treatment for patient with removable dental prostheses (HLTDEP007) | 100 | DENT5855C | City Campus |
| Construct and insert an implant retained overdenture (HLTDEP008) | 200 | DENT5856C | City Campus |
| Process reusable medical devices and equipment (HLTINF002) | 30 | NURS5366C | City Campus |
C6157 Elective Units - Select One (1) Course
| Course Title | Nominal Hours | Course Code | Campus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Take a clinical photograph (HLTDEN014) | 50 | DENT5857C | City Campus |
Entry requirements
To gain entry into Advanced Diploma of Dental Prosthetics a candidate must hold the HLT55115 Diploma of Dental Technology or the HLT55118 Diploma of Dental Technology.
Applicants will be required to undertake a practical skills assessment of your fine motor skill ability in order to ascertain your technical currency in the pre-requisite qualification and will be required attend a pre-enrolment interview. Candidates for this program are referred to the Dental Practice Board of Australia to confirm their eligibility for registration.
Due to the requirements to work with patients of the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne; and the nature of the clinical work, successful candidates will be required to undergo a police check, provide a working with children check and obtain a range of immunisations prior to being granted entry into the clinic.
Learning outcomes
This nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET) qualification is competency-based.
This means that it is designed to enable participants to develop the practical skills and knowledge (competency) needed to perform the duties and tasks for the job role the participant is training for. Assessment in a competency-based program is about being able to demonstrate that practical skills and areas of knowledge are met by the participant as prescribed by the training package. This could involve showing an assessor how you plan and carry out tasks and explaining to the assessor how you know what you are doing. It could also involve completing a project and presenting a report on the process and outcomes.
If participants are working, a work supervisor may provide the assessor with a report on your skills based on the competency requirements of the training package. If you have already developed areas of skill and knowledge included in this program (e.g. through prior paid or voluntary work experience), you can be assessed and have these skills and knowledge formally recognised at any point during the program. There is information on the RMIT website about how to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) – refer to http://www1.rmit.edu.au/students/enrolment/credit
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