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DAB DA Essentials

Everything your team needs to excel in patient care and dental procedures!

Turn Your Dental Assistants into Your Practice’s Greatest Asset!

Invest in your team and elevate your practice with comprehensive, self-paced training designed to build confidence, efficiency, and exceptional patient care.

What You’ll Get:

  • 6 in-depth modules + bite-sized training for quick guidance.
  • Expert-led content by Rochelle Fisher, leveraging 28 years of hands-on experience.
  • Professional certification with 10 CPD hours upon completion.
  • ADA-aligned content to reduce errors and enhance patient safety.
  • Bonus monthly Q&A sessions for ongoing support and insights.

Take the stress out of training—let us handle it for you!

What's inside DAB DA Essentials

  1. Introduction to DAB DA Essentials

    3 lessons
    1. Introduction to DAB DA Essentials
    2. Staff Induction Form
    3. Dental Practice Directory

  2. Setting The Foundations

    14 lessons
    1. The Role of a Dental Assistant
    2. The Dental Assisting Environment
    3. General Appearance & PPE
    4. PPE- What not to be wearing
    5. PPE, What Where and When
    6. Winter PPE- The Rules
    7. PPE For The Patients
    8. Preparing For The Following Day
    9. Opening a Clinical Room
    10. Morning Steri Routine-PDF Sheet
    11. Putting RDM’S In Transport Boxes After Treatment
    12. Wiping Down Treatment Room After Patient
    13. Closing a Clinical Room
    14. Setting the Foundations- Quiz

  3. Fundamental Skills

    19 lessons
    1. Patient Care
    2. Calming The Patient When Having Local Anaesthetic
    3. Caring For Your Patient After Treatment
    4. Tooth Anatomy
    5. Tooth Anatomy- Part 2
    6. Tooth Anatomy Part 3
    7. Importance of Dental Charting
    8. Dental Charting- Pen to Paper
    9. Dental Charting - Mouth Overview
    10. Tooth Surfaces
    11. Local Anaesthetic Part One
    12. Disposing Of Local Anaesthetic
    13. Importance of Suctioning
    14. The Art of Suctioning 101
    15. Saliva Ejector
    16. Dropping The Suction On The Floor
    17. De-Gloving Mid Patient
    18. Plastic Barrier Protocol
    19. Fundamental Skills quiz

  4. Dental Procedures

    16 lessons
    1. Waste Management in Dental Clinics
    2. Dental Exam
    3. Preparing The X-ray Holder
    4. Scale and Polish-Print Off PDF Sheet
    5. Toothache- High Spot
    6. Pt Has Tooth Ache
    7. Rubber Dam Set Up
    8. Restoration
    9. RCT Files Colour Code- PDF Print Out Sheet
    10. 1st Stage Root Canal Treatment-PDF Print Out Sheet
    11. Final RCT Stage-PDF Print Out
    12. Crown Preparation- Using Scanner PDF Printout
    13. Cerec Machine
    14. Crown Insert- PDF Printout
    15. Checking Lab Work
    16. Dental Procedures – Quiz

  5. Four Handed Dentistry

    6 lessons
    1. Why Four-Handed
    2. Ergonomic Safety for Dental Assistants
    3. Ergonomics and Loupes
    4. Mastering 4-Handed Dentistry: Dental Assistants PART 1
    5. Mastering 4-Handed Dentistry- Dental Assistants PART 2
    6. Ergonomics & Four-Handed Dentistry Quiz

  6. Sterilisation Must Haves

    21 lessons
    1. Steri Ergonomics
    2. Immediate Pre-Cleaning- Protecting Sterilisation Integrity
    3. Transporting Instruments Safely
    4. Cleaning Transport Boxes/Lids in the Sterilisation Room
    5. Safe Lifting and Handling in the Dental Sterilisation Room
    6. Vacum Autoclave Testing
    7. Dr.Roslyn Franklin- Autoclave Testing Updates Jan 2026
    8. Unpacking Instrument's In Steri & Wrapping
    9. Brush Selection For Manual Cleaning
    10. Ultrasonics 101
    11. De Gassing NSK Hand Piece Machine
    12. Checking & Packing RMD's Before Sterilising
    13. Torque Wrench
    14. Implant Motor & Lead Maintenance
    15. Opening Sealed Sterile Instruments
    16. Traceability and Safe Recall Management- Critical RMD's
    17. Wet Sterile Packet Recall-PDF Print Out
    18. Returning Failed Implants
    19. Hard Water Testing
    20. Chlorides Water Testing
    21. TDS Water Testing

  7. DAB Dental Assistant Summary

    1 lesson
    1. DAB DA Good to Great

Here's what others are saying... 

24 / 7 Dental

Rochelle has conducted training at our dental practice a number of times. She is always professional and informative - highly motivating for the entire team. Highly recommend!

Alexandra Coad

What a woman! Rochelle is amazing and just what your dental practice needs. She has so much experience in the field and you learn something new every time. Couldn’t recommend her more!

Purini

Rochelle was brilliant- her teaching technique and content was fabulous, so educational and I learnt a lot. I very much enjoyed it. 

Victoria Angus

Fun and informative training for all our team! We loved it! Highly recommend Rochelle