What is a Clinical Dental Technician?:
Professional Clinic Dental Technician are members of the Dental Health Care Team. In our case we are graduates of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Wales and are registered with the General Dental Council.
Clinical Dental Technicians have undergone specific training and education in the skills and knowledge necessary to provide high quality denture services, working directly with patients.
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Equipped with technical training as a Dental Technician, plus post - graduate training in sciences, clinical skills amd interpersonal skills. The Clinical Dental Technician can design, create, construct and modify (repair and rebase) removable appliances to ensure an optimal fit and maximum comfort for the patient.
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These skills enable Clinical Dental Technicians to work independently of other Dental Healthcare providers. CDT's are the only dental care professionals who can treat patients, independently, of dentists in certain circumstances and may need to be seen by a dentist before treatment in certain cases.
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CDT's are qualified to carry out the following services:
- Designing and constructing removable dentures and other dental appliances
- Perform technical and clinical procedures related to removable appliances
- Undertaking clinical examinations
- Taking and processing radiographs (and other images) related to removable dental appliances (under referral)
- Fitting and adjusting removable appliances
- Recognising abnormal oral conditions and making appropriare referrals
- Providing appropriate advice to patients
- Providing ongoing aftercare and treatment
Qualifications:
Dip, CDT, RCS (Eng)
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Your dentures are highly technical and a vital part of your life, incorrect provision of dentures can greatly affect your health and well being, causing, at best, dissapointment and often major structural tissue damage. This is especially important if you wear a partial denture.
It is important to remember that only registered Clinical Dental Technicians holding the qualification Dip CDT RCS (Eng) and similar qualifications as well as general dentists are licensed to provide denture care in the UK.
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