COURSE NAME : 60.11 Orthodontic Separators
COURSE DESCRIPTION : 60.11 Separators Course Description Presentation: 25 min Run Time, Knowledge Quiz: 18 Questions, 2 CE Credits Contents of the Separators Course This course teaches everything an individual needs to know to select, place, and remove orthodontic separators carefully and safely. Goal of this Course: Help the student select, place, and remove orthodontic separators correctly in preparation for placing orthodontic bands on teeth for orthodontic treatment. Objectives: At the conclusion of this course, you will be able to: Sections of the Separators Course This course teaches everything an orthodontic assistant needs to know about separators. It includes the following topics: 1. Purpose of Separators 2. Types of Separators 3. Evaluation of the Contact and Placement of the Rubber Ring Separator 4. Rubbery Ring Separator Placement Precautions 5. Rubbery Ring Separator Placement 6. Metal Staple Separator Placement 7. Patient Instructions 8. Precautions with Missing Separators 9. Evaluation of Sufficient Band Space for placing bands with cement 10. Closing Band Space After Treatment with a Progressive Debanding Learning Activities of the Course The learner views this course presentation as many times as it takes to understand the important concepts, which may be measured by answering the 18 embedded quiz questions correctly. These quiz questions help the learner focus on the important points. Then the learner rests his/her brain so the learning can be transferred to long term memory. Then the learner takes the Knowledge Quiz for the course to measure his/her learning of the objectives of the course. There are several Steps Checklists and Quality Results Checklists to help the student learn the steps of placing separators and evaluate the quality of all the steps in the process. SCORM Tracking of Each Student’s Learning Activities and Recording on the Student Dashboard Report Each student’s learning activities such as correctly answering presentation embedded quiz questions, presentation viewing time, Knowledge Quiz completion time, Knowledge Quiz Score, and other learning data, are tracked so that a “learning analysis” can be done for each student and for the quality of each course. This data documents student performance and reports it on the Student Dashboard as well as on the Gradebook. This holds the student accountable for learning. In the future, clinical performance assessment data may be used to identify students who have not learned from the online courses, so that intervention can be made to help the student become proficient. No data is shared with any entity. If data is ever used for learning research, all data will be de-identified following research protocol. Who should take this course? Every orthodontic resident and orthodontic assistant who uses orthodontic bands to orthodontically treat patients should know how to place and remove orthodontic separators. The practice team should be able to produce quick study models if needed. This is especially important if the dental practitioner is editing digital software that is used to fabricate aligners. If the occlusion is not properly set up in the digital aligner software, the final desired result will not be achieved. All orthodontists, residents, and orthodontic assistants should know how to place and remove orthodontic separators. This course should be taught to all orthodontic residents, and orthodontic assistants when they are in training.