Roles and Responsibilities of Orthodontic Staff

The provided assignment is a detailed report on the roles and responsibilities of orthodontic staff, covering various aspects such as patient care, equipment maintenance, and accident reporting. The document outlines specific procedures and equipment needed for general cleaning, sterilization, and preparation for fixed and removable orthodontic treatments. It also highlights the importance of personal hygiene among medical staff and provides a summary of the role of nurses in orthodontic processes.

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Table of Contents
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
1.1 Requirement to adjust environmental factors during treatment............................................4
1.2 Identifying process and reason for maintaining equipments with manufacturer's instruction
.....................................................................................................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
2.1 Completion of table..............................................................................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
3.1 Reason of pre cleaning instruments prior to sterilisation risk corrected action with term
effect............................................................................................................................................6
3.2 Replacing instruments and hand pieces in correct location at different stages of
Sterilisation.................................................................................................................................6
3.3 Methods of testing Autoclaves..............................................................................................7
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................7
4.1 Types of wastage which are underneath below.....................................................................7
4.2 dangers of not disposing waste appropriately.......................................................................7
4.3 Action need to be taken in spillages......................................................................................7
TASK 5............................................................................................................................................8
5.1 Report...................................................................................................................................8
5.2 Procedures and equipments needed......................................................................................8
5.3 Presentation of personal hygiene..........................................................................................8

TASK 1
1.1 Requirement to adjust environmental factors during treatment
In today's context environmental factors consist of both biotic and abiotic factors which
influences living standard of organism. Biotic components consist of temperature and light
where as abiotic factor includes presence of predictor. Eventually, this factors are essential for
dental care practitioner on such environmental factors that are influencing satisfaction level of
services.
Factors Requirement to adjust environment factors
during treatment
Heating It is essential to make adjust on heating process
during treatments as it may lead to damage
pulp tissues.
Lighting In order to have appropriate performance or
else minimise risk of strain, it become essential
to maintain effect of lights. Moreover, it need
to cope up with the eye sight in order to avoid
any strain in it.
Ventilation and Humidity Ventilation and humidity is essential in
hospital so that the premises is full of moisture
and free from infectious diseases. As it is
essential to remove dilute impurities, odours
and reduction of decisive heat. Thus,
ventilation is necessary in dental association.
1.2 Identifying process and reason for maintaining equipments with manufacturer's instruction
In medical department, it is one of the most essential role of clinical staff and nurses to
maintain that equipments are cleaned appropriately before operating an individual. They need to
ensure that equipments should be germs free as well as maintaining that equipments should not
be used until they are fully tested or safe.

Aspiration: In medical department this equipments is used to remove saliva, blood and
oral cavities. In order to maintain safe and germ free keep the tip in right position before or
while turning off aspiration.
Waterlines: In order to maintain dental unit then the water quality must be equal to
500cfu/ml heterotrophic water bacteria. Dental care practitioner need to urge devices and
waterlines with fresh air at lead to 2 to 4 minutes.
Water storage equipments: herein, some of the equipments are directly connected with
water system of treatments or which are contaminate water during medical procedures.
Eventually, it is important to keep clean as well as maintain such equipments as per
manufacturer's instruction.
TASK 2
2.1 Completion of table
Equipments Action if equipments
failure
Reporting Department What records should be
kept on serving and
why
Dental chair Replace it from
premisses
Authorised person While treatment or
repairing it is essential
to have proper
maintenance.
Aspiration Repair tools and
equipments as soon as
possible.
With authorised
person
Replace damaged or
defective components
Hand Pieces Need to purchase
frequently .
Seniors Check before using it
Ultrasonic scaler It is required to
respond immediately
and give proper
reports
Related with highly
authorised person
Damage in such tools
may leads to excessive
damage of teeth. Thus,
it is necessary to have
special attention

towards it.
X ray machine Need to plug off and
inform seniors
Highly authorised
persons
Need to have proper
routine test
X ray processing Stop out the
procedures and system
immediately
Highly authorised
person
Check appropriately
before using it.
Autoclave Need to make records,
inspection and
validation checks
Engineers Replacing components
which are defective.
Instrumental Washer Repair such
equipments under
authorised persons
Mangers Need to have proper
service and
maintenance.
Ultrasonic bath Checking validity
period and repairing it
on regular basis.
Authorised person Replacing all parts
with original
manufacture by having
backpacked facilities.
TASK 3
3.1 Reason of pre cleaning instruments prior to sterilisation risk corrected action with term effect
Cleaning is necessary in medical department as it involves removal process of debris
from equipments. It is essential to clean equipments before sterilisation as it may lead to
microbial inactivation. Herein, it is need to be ensure that practitioner are wearing clean gloves,
maintaining person hygiene, using safe and germ free equipments before diagonalising a
patience. Moreover, used equipments may lead to interlinks, blooding and conical issues which
may affect directly of human body.
3.2 Replacing instruments and hand pieces in correct location at different stages of Sterilisation
In order to maintain, entire aspiration equipments it is essential for department to
maintain hand piece and other equipments safely. Moreover, they should be placed in correct and

appropriate manner during the diagnoses of sterilisation because every stage of it is imopacted
on outcomes and appropriate result.
3.3 Methods of testing Autoclaves
In medical term Autoclaves is referred as routine methods which consist of tool and
techniques of sterilisation. Additionally, different methods can be adopted such as laboratory,
washer equipments and many more etc.
TASK 4
4.1 Types of wastage which are underneath below
In context to dental association there are many type of wastage which usually includes
domestic and municipal wastage, Clinical or hazardous waste and many more are classified
below:
Hazardous waste Alcohol wipes, Amalgam, Tissues, Lead foils and sharps
Non-hazardous waste Used gloves, Face Mask, cotton wool rolls and Napkins
Special waste Damaged instruments, mouth wash breakers, medicine and stock
packing
4.2 dangers of not disposing waste appropriately
Hazardous and non-hazardous waste need to be disposed of by dental care association in
an effective manner. It is one of the crucial issue for improving and maintaining proper eco
system. Moreover, if such substance care not disposed off than it generate of pollutants in
environment which hazardous in nature. Thus, it may lead to cross infection diseases like
hepatitis, HIV and many more.
4.3 Action need to be taken in spillages
Mercury spillages from amalgam capsule: Maintaining scope of amalgam or mercury
waste. Moreover, if droplets of mercury are their then use of syringe is harmful need to be
placed in waste container box.
Body fluids from patient who has sick in surgery after impression: Informing all staff
member and nurses about immediate vicinity, locate spill lit, removable of mobile equipments
which are infected in nature in medical treatment.

Chemical spillage when diluting ultrasonic bath cleaning: Adopting proper use of
sulphur such as zippier plastic bags for chemical spillage while diluting ultrasonic bath cleaning
solution.
Water: In order to maintaining proper spillage, it is need to wipe surface of floors and
contaminated water as soon as possibility for reducing accidents
TASK 5
5.1 Report
Sharp injury: In case of share injury during sterilisation of equipments directly report to
seniors.
Damaged instrument: Informing mangers in case of damaged equipments in order to
repair as soon as possible.
Accidents: Using unappropriated equipments or chemical may lead to accidents and
need to report management
Contaminated equipments: In such case inform doctors so that they do not use it for
treatment.
Damaged sterile suppliers: Informing authorised person or mangers for improving
efficiencies.
5.2 Procedures and equipments needed
General equipments cleaning: Dental association need to maintain clean and hygienic
environment. Such as lightening humidity as it helps in removing dust and liquid.
Sterilisation equipments: For such purpose need to maintain proper ventilation
management as well as extra care is required in sterilise equipments.
5.3 Presentation of personal hygiene
In order to maintain person hygiene female doctors in dental association should tie up
their hair properly. Moreover, both male and female doctors need to trim their nails, not wearing
any kind of jewellery during diagonalising a patience, wearing comfortable and clan shoes etc.
Addition to this, they need to maintain proper hygiene by wearing clean clothes, using hand
sanitizer as well as preventing themselves from bacteria and other infectious diseases.

Equipments, instrument and materials used in stages of fixed and removable orthodontic
treatments
Stages of fixed and removal orthodontic treatments and its role through stages which are
determined below:
Fitting: The equipments and instrument used in fittings are mirror, straight probe, cotton
pliers are used in fitting teeth in an appropriate manner so that its aids to position of orthodontic
that is used in removal of excess composite of elastomeric ligatures.
Monitoring: Bracket holder and posterior brand remover are the instruments and
equipments that are used by practitioner in monitoring brand removal with a nylon tipped break
which are slightly curve at the tip.
Adjustment : Cheek attractor is used in adjusting teeth, which is used to move cheeks
away from teeth to allow visualisation of treatments.
Thus, tray set up is an important tool that is necessary for each procedure in order to ensure a
complete set prior to patient.
Role of nurse in orthodontic process:
 An orthodontic nurse need to ensure that patience have pain relief to teeth and gums
before treatments so that corrective device are fitted correctly.
 Responsible for preparing necessary instruments for a given procedures and mixing
substance that are required.
Thus, the above mention are role of orthodontic nurse while performing their role and duties in
attending their patience.