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<Aug 31, 2010>

Asepsis course at Calgary, Sep 25, 2010.

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Some of the upcoming CDTA course dates changed, please check our Program Calendar.

<Aug 20, 2010>

Upcoming AGM on Sept 18 at Red Deer

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<June 24, 2010>

View the CV of the College election nominees HERE.....

<June 14, 2010>

NAIT hosting info session for BTech....

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<May 31, 2010>

Reminder:

-Member On-line Self Assessment

-Dates of Election

<May28, 2010>

Council & Committee member travel allowances ....READ

<May 21, 2010>

Amended Timeline for the College Election .......PLEASE READ

<May 7, 2010.>

Practice Permit Fees For 2011 Registration Year....READ MORE

<Apr 16, 2010.>

CDTA is seeking a Executive Director / Registrar..READ MORE

<Apr 14, 2010.>

Interim Registrar speech at AGM.

Joint Communique from CDTA & AADLO.

<Apr 9,2010.>

March 2010 Member Meeting Minutes

Registration,Education & Competency Report

<Mar 3, 2010.>

Updated Application Forms for Client Care, Standards of Practice & Infection control are now available.

<Jan 12, 2010.>

COUNCIL NEWS

<Dec 22, 2009.>

With regard to the deadline of The Standards of Practice & Asepsis course, please read the following IMPORTANT LETTERS:

Read Letter 1

Read Letter 2

Please review updated CDTA Council Bylaws (Sept 19, 09)

All regulated RDT & DT must have completed mandatory Dental Asepsis & Standards of Practice by Dec 31, 2009 ...... read more

These Guidelines developed for Certified Dental Laboratories and Regulated Dental Technologists or Regulated Dental Technicians in a cooperative effort with the College of Dental Technologists of Alberta to assist Health Care Providers to further understand their respective responsibilities.

1. The Health Care Providers shall provide a properly prepared and signed prescription to the Certified Dental Laboratory and Regulated Dental Technologist or Regulated Dental Technician. The prescription shall detail the work which is to be performed, describe the materials which are to be used and be written in a clear and understandable fashion. A duplicate copy of the prescription must be retained in accordance to the Health Professions Act.

2. The Health Care Providers should provide the Certified Dental Laboratory and Regulated Dental Technologists or Regulated Dental Technicians with accurate impressions, casts, bite registration, and or mounted casts.

3. The Health Care Providers should identify the margins, post dam, borders, the areas to be relieved or omitted, and design partials on all cases.

4. The Health Care Providers should furnish a shade (color) description, photograph, drawing or shade button which matches the patient’s teeth most closely. If desired, the Health Care Provider may also send the patient, with a written prescription, to the Certified Dental Laboratory and Regulated Dental Technologist or Regulated Dental Technician for the purpose of directly determining the shade selection.

5. The Health Care Provider should provide verbal or written approval to proceed with a Dental Laboratory procedure, or make any appropriate change(s) as the Health Care Provider deems necessary, when notified by a Certified Dental Laboratory, Regulated Dental Technologist or Regulated Dental Technician that a case may have a questionable area with respect to 2 and 4.

6. The Health Care Provider should alert the Certified Dental Laboratory and Regulated Dental Technologist or Regulated Dental Technician about the patient’s health status if a serious communicable disease exists or is suspected. In such case, however, the Health Care Provider is not required to identify the patient by name but has the option of using a patient identification number. If a number is used, the patient’s name must be written on the duplicate copy of the prescription retained by the Health Care Provider.

7. The Health Care Provider should thoroughly clean all blood and saliva from all materials used in the mouth (e.g. impression materials, occlusal registrations, intra-oral appliances, etc.) and should disinfect these items according to manufacturer recommendations, before sending them to the Certified Dental Laboratory and Regulated Dental Technologists or Regulated Dental Technicians. Any appliance returned from the Certified Dental Laboratory or Regulated Dental Technologist or Regulated Dental Technician should be disinfected, washed and rinsed before it is placed in the patient’s mouth. Care should be taken that all materials are placed in an appropriate container provided by either the Certified Dental Laboratory or Regulated Dental Technologist or Regulated Dental Technician or the Health Care Provider and should be packed properly to prevent breakage. Work to be shipped to a Certified Dental Laboratory or Regulated Dental Technologist or Regulated Dental Technician should be packaged and transported according to current infection control standards.

8. The Health Care Provider may, when it is mutually advantageous for the patient and Health Care Provider, and when it is specified in the prescription, have the patient deliver and / or pick up an appliance directly from a Certified Dental Laboratory or Regulated Dental Technologist or Regulated Dental Technician provided the patient returns to the Health Care Provider’s office to have the appliance evaluated, placed, and to have any necessary adjustments made. In the event a patient drops off or picks up and appliance, Certified Dental Laboratory personnel shall not engage in any activity which involve the trying on or fitting of the appliances with the patients or any other activity with patients unless prescribed to and is Authorized by the Health Professions Act of Alberta and the Regulations for the Profession of Dental Technologists.

9. The Health Care Provider should return all casts, registrations, and appliances to the Certified Dental Laboratory or Regulated Dental Technologist or Regulated Dental Technician intact and structurally undamaged if an appliance does not fit properly or if the shade selection is incorrect.