HLTDET017 — Construct dental restorations and appliances using computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)

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What an assessment for HLTDET017 must cover

33 assessable components: 3 elements (15 performance criteria), 4 performance evidence and 11 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 3 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Determine restoration or appliance requirements.

1.1Access and review work order.
1.2Apply standard infection control precautions when receiving, handling and working on dental materials.
1.3Ensure accuracy of work order and seek additional information as required.
1.4Assess quality of digital design and seek any required adjustments.
1.5Obtain final approval of design from appropriate source.
1.6Identify and set-up computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) technologies required to construct restoration or appliance, and ensure availability.

2 Construct restoration or appliance using computer-aided manufacturing (CAM).

2.1Access required computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software.
2.2Follow workplace policies and procedures to access and import digital files into computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software.
2.3Select and load appropriate materials for computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) of restoration or appliance.
2.4Manipulate and program features of computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) technologies to construct restoration or appliance.
2.5Monitor construction of restoration or appliance and make any required adjustments.

3 Finalise restoration or appliance.

3.1Inspect restoration or appliance for defects and ensure restoration or appliance accurately reflects requirements of work order.
3.2Make any final adjustments to ensure integrity and accuracy of restoration or appliance.
3.3Complete required finishing to finalise restoration or appliance, as required.
3.4Finalise, disinfect and package restoration or appliance according to workplace requirements.

Performance evidence

read and correctly interpreted four work orders
used computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) technologies to construct four restorations or appliances, one of which must be a unit of crown and bridge work. The remaining three must be selected from two of the following categories: prosthetics, chrome casting, orthodontics, splints
applied standard infection control precautions and safe work practices to prepare the above four restorations or appliances
critically evaluated the above four restorations or appliances constructed to meet technical laboratory and clinician requirements

Knowledge evidence

Australian/New Zealand Standards, workplace health and safety (WHS) policies, Dental Board of Australia guidelines on infection control, Commonwealth legislation and State/Territory legislation, and organisational policies relating to dental laboratory work
requirements and organisational policies relating to dental laboratory work including: use of standard infection control precautions, use of personal protective equipment, requirements for the use of computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) technologies, requirements for storage of digital designs, work health and safety
benefits and limitations of computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) in digital dentistry
commonly used types of computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) technologies used the in dental industry
computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) processes and procedures as related to digital dentistry
digital restoration and appliance file types
types of digital restorations and appliances
anatomical features of digital restorations, as relevant to the restoration or appliance
properties of restoration or appliance material applicable to computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) and the applicability of each material
surface finishing types and application
fundamentals of oral anatomy: dentition – arrangement of 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 mouth; teeth form and function.

Foundation skills

Reading skills: interpret technical language within various texts.
Oral communications skills: pronounce complex words correctly and use them in the correct context.
Self-management skills: work within parameters of own scope of practice.

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What does an assessment tool for HLTDET017 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for HLTDET017 needs to address all 33 unit components: 3 elements with 15 performance criteria, 4 performance evidence requirements, 11 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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