Link to SOHC Website ) contains all of the resources required to begin care in a Long Term Care Home, including: Better Oral Health in Long Term Care: Best Practice Standards for Saskatchewan (Research Document) Educators Portfolio
The SOHC website ( - Professional Portfolio
- Staff Portfolio
- A healthy mouth will improve overall health and well-being (video)
- Six of the best ways to assist in the maintenance of a healthy mouth (video)
- It takes a team approach to assist in the maintenance of a healthy mouth (video)
- Brochure
- Oral Health Assessment Tool Oral Health Care Plan
- Better Oral Health in Long Term Care: Best Practice Standards for Saskatchewan Update (video)
Under The Dental Disciplines Act , Registered & Licensed Dental Assistants are able to work independently in a long-term care facility, provided that the duties are authorized by a dentist.Routine delegated duties could include:
- Perform infection control procedures necessary for the maintenance of an appropriate clinical working environment.
- Recording medical, dental and nutritional histories
- Perform “Screening” according to calibration standards endorsed by the College of Dental Surgeons of Saskatchewan
- Blood Pressure measurement
- In-service training (and demonstration) of oral care procedures for staff and residents,
- dietary counseling
- Oral hygiene instruction
- Brushing and flossing of residents’ teeth
- Application of anti-cariogenic agents
- Providing instruction on the use, cleaning and maintenance of full dentures, partial dentures and implants
- Cleaning and labeling dentures
- Coordinating/scheduling resident with dental health care professional as required
- Assist dentist/hygienist/dental therapist as required through maintaining the operating field using air, water, suction and moisture control products, and passing instruments and materials with the use of four-handed dentistry.
Potential additional duties:
- Radiography
- Preliminary impressions
- Rubber cup polishing
- Provisional restorations
- Suture and surgical dressing removal
- Digital photography to assist in diagnosis etc.
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