Course Title: Design digital dental restorations and appliances using computer-aided design (CAD)
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Teaching Period: VE 2020
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Course Code: DENT5879C
Course Title: Design digital dental restorations and appliances using computer-aided design (CAD)
School: 174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5387 - Diploma of Dental Technology
Course Contact: Rachael Starr
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9341 1420
Course Contact Email: rachael.starr@rmit.edu.au
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Nominal Hours: 100
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Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to design digital dental restorations and appliances using computer-aided design (CAD).
This unit applies to work in dental technology
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
HLTDET016 Design digital dental restorations and appliances using computer-aided design (CAD) |
Element: |
1. Determine restoration or appliance requirements |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Access and interpret work order. 1.2 Apply standard infection control precautions when receiving, handling and working on dental materials. 1.3 Ensure accuracy of work order and seek additional information as required. 1.4 Assess quality of impression, model or intraoral scan and seek any required adjustments. 1.5 Scan physical impression, model or download intraoral scan and create digital representation of impression. 1.6 Identify technologies and computer-aided design (CAD) software required to complete digital design of restoration or appliance, and ensure availability. |
Element: |
2. Design restoration or appliance using computer-aided design (CAD) |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Access required technologies and computer-aided design (CAD) software. 2.2 Follow workplace policies and procedures to access and import digital impression files into computer-aided design (CAD) software. 2.3 Create 3-D images by manipulating 3-D shapes. 2.4 Establish coordinate system and orientation according to work order. 2.5 Manipulate computer-aided design (CAD) software features and functions to create digital design of restoration or appliance. 2.6 Apply rendering techniques to digital design of restoration or appliance. |
Element: |
3. Finalise digital design for manufacturing |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Ensure digital design of restoration or appliance accurately reflects requirements of work order. 3.2 Make any final adjustments to ensure integrity and accuracy of digital design. 3.3 Ensure digital design is available in format required for manufacturing. 3.4 Finalise digital design for production and store according to workplace requirements. |
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to;
- Determine restoration or appliance requirements
- Design restoration or appliance using computer-aided design (CAD)
- Finalise digital design for manufacturing
Details of Learning Activities
Face To Face learning
Formative Practical Laboratory Activities
Teaching Schedule
Block 4, week:1 CAD / CAM Topic introduction theory lecture and related Laboratory practical activities
Block 4, week:1 Laboratory practical exercises (and related theory) continued.
Block 4, week 1: Theory assessment CAD/CAM Online Quiz (Assessment 1)
Block 4, week 1: Laboratory practical exercises (and related theory) continued.
Block 4, week 1: Laboratory practical exercises (and related theory) continued.
Block 5, week 1: Laboratory practical exercises (and related theory) continued.
Block 5, week 1: CAD/CAM Practical assessment (Assessment 2)
Block 5, week 1: 3 CAD/CAM Topic Introduction theory lecture and related Laboratory practical activities
Block 5, week 1: CAD / CAM Practical assessment. (Assessment 3)
Block 5, week 1:CAD / CAM Practical assessment. (Assessment 4)
Block 5, week 2: Laboratory practical exercises (and related theory) continued
Block 5, week 2: Laboratory practical exercises (and related theory) continued.
Block 5, week 2: CAD / CAM Practical assessment (Assessment 5)
Block 5, week 2: CAD / CAM Practical assessment (Assessment 6)
Block 5, week 2 Reassessments (if required)
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
To be deemed competent you must demonstrate an understanding of all aspects required of the competency.
Regular attendance is necessary.
Assessment methods have been designed to measure your achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over multiple tasks and consist of theory and practical based tasks.
Assessment Tasks
Assessments | |
Assessment Task 1 |
Theory assessment, online quiz (Block 4 week 1) |
Assessment Task 2 |
Practical assessment, read and correctly interpret work orders to perform CAM set up. (Block 5, week 1) |
Assessment Task 3 |
Practical assessment, read and correctly interpret work orders to fabricate CAD / CAM Restoration / Appliance. (Block 5, week 1) |
Assessment Task 4 |
Practical assessment, read and correctly interpret work orders to fabricate CAD / CAM Restoration / Appliance. (Block 5, week 1) |
Assessment Task 5 |
Practical assessment, read and correctly interpret work orders to fabricate CAD / CAM Restoration / Appliance. (Block 5, week 2 |
Assessment Task 6 |
Practical assessment, read and correctly interpret work orders to fabricate CAD / CAM Restoration / Appliance. (Block 5, week 2) |
Assessment Matrix
Elements/Performance Criteria Covered |
Assessment 1 | Assessment 2 | Assessment 3 | Assessment 4 | Assessment 5 | Assessment 6 |
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