Course Title: Design digital dental restorations and appliances using computer-aided design (CAD)

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2020

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


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 100

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

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:

2. Design restoration or appliance using computer-aided design (CAD).

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.


Learning Outcomes


By the end of this course, you will be able to;

  1. Determine restoration or appliance requirements
  2. Design restoration or appliance using computer-aided design (CAD)
  3. Finalise digital design for manufacturing


Details of Learning Activities

Face To Face learning

Formative Practical Laboratory Activities


Teaching Schedule

Week 13: CAD/CAM Topic introduction theory lecture and related Laboratory practical activities

Week 14: Laboratory practical exercises (and related theory) continued.

Week 14: Theory assessment CAD/CAM Online Quiz (Assessment 1)

Week 15: Laboratory practical exercises (and related theory) continued.

Week 15: CAD/CAM Practical assessment (Assessment 2)

Week 16: Laboratory practical exercises (and related theory) continued.

Week 16:  CAD/CAM Practical assessment. (Assessment 3)

Week 17: Laboratory practical exercises (and related theory) continued 

Week 17: CAD/CAM Practical assessment. (Assessment 4)

Week 18: Laboratory practical exercises (and related theory) continued.

Week 18: CAD/CAM Practical assessment (Assessment 5)

Week 19: CAD/CAM Practical assessment (Assessment 6) 

week 19:  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 (Week 14) 

 Assessment Task

2

 Practical assessment, read and correctly interpret work orders to perform CAM  set up. (Week 15)

 Assessment Task

3

 Practical assessment, read and correctly interpret work orders to fabricate CAD / CAM Restoration / Appliance. (Week 16)

 Assessment Task

4

 Practical assessment, read and correctly interpret work orders to fabricate CAD / CAM Restoration / Appliance (Week 17)

 Assessment Task 

5

 Practical assessment, read and correctly interpret work orders to fabricate CAD / CAM Restoration / Appliance. (Week 18

 Assessment Task

6

 Practical assessment, read and correctly interpret work orders to fabricate

CAD / CAM Restoration / Appliance. (Week 19)


Assessment Matrix

 Elements/Performance

 Criteria Covered

 Assessment 1  Assessment 2  Assessment 3  Assessment 4 Assessment 5   Assessment 6
                 1.1            x           x           x            x            x             x
                 1.2            x           x           x            x            x             x
                  1.3             x           x            x            x             x
                  1.4               x            x            x             x
                  1.5               x            x            x             x
                 1.6               x            x            x             x
                  2.1               x            x            x             x
                 2.2               x            x            x             x
                 2.3               x            x            x             x
                 2.4              x           x            x            x             x
                  2.5               x            x            x             x
                  2.6               x            x            x             x
                   3.1                          x            x            x             x
                   3.2               x            x            x             x
                   3.3               x           x            x            x             x
                   3.4               x            x            x             x
             

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