Competency information
Details
Prepare the patient and take impressions of patients to generate analogues for a range of defects.
Considerations
- Local protocols.
- Safety implications for the patient.
- Hygiene protocols for patient and staff protection.
- Communication skills in situations where patients will feel very vulnerable.
- Theatre protocols.
- Theatre staff roles and responsibilities.
- Information required for peri-operative assessment different surgical procedures (CT scans, 3D models, dental casts, etc.).
- Different surgical procedures relevant to the primary or secondary reconstruction (i.e. skin grafts, bone grafts, tissue expansion, composite flaps and resection).
- Principles of soft tissue or hard tissue surgery.
- Principles of tissue transfer and graft support appliances.
- Design principles and in-service requirements of surgical splints for dentate and edentulous patients.
- Evaluation of laboratory-constructed surgical splints.
- Comparative treatments, evaluation of splint appliances.
- Design principles of appliances used in tissue transfer.
- Intermediate obturator prostheses.
- Dental impression materials, techniques and the factors affecting the clinical choice.
- Design factors for immediate devices for oral cancer resection for dentate and edentulous patients
- Dental materials selection, baseplates, dental alloys for clasping.
- Materials and techniques used in immediate devices for oral cancer resection.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 4 | Outcome Write a treatment plan for patients who have experienced maxillofacial trauma or have a craniofacial deformities in partnership with the patient, supporting the patient to manage their fear and anxiety, and referring to other support services for advice or alternative/adjunct treatment where appropriate. |
| # 5 | Outcome Discuss and agree treatment plans for a range of patients referred to the unit with maxillofacial trauma or craniofacial deformities with clinical colleagues, the patient and, if appropriate, relatives or carers. |
| # 6 | Outcome Plan, design, manufacture and evaluate dental devices for patients with fractures involving the mandible, maxilla and middle third of the facial skeleton. |
| # 8 | Outcome Discuss treatment options and plans with patients, their carers or relatives, and colleagues for bimaxillary orthognathic (jaw) surgery and generate a pre- surgical plan. |