HOW TO PASS YOUR DENTAL NURSE EXAMS 

Jade M ah thanks so much!! I want to do more but it’s hard to find specific topics! If there’s anything you want to see then let me know :) xxx

Anna Taylor hey!! Good luck hope it all goes well! I used to read a chapter and then get people to ask me questions like the dentists/other nurses :)

Aliyah Khan you don’t need a science GCSE to do dental nursing :) the only ones you need are maths and English at grade C or above

CharlysLife thanks 👍

CharlysLife what about A levels :)

Aliyah Khan nope you don’t need any a-levels either :) just the maths and English GCSE’s :)

Hi i am.doimg same cam you please tell me how you prepare for your exam..please let me know about the books

Hello, unfortunately I don’t know anything about how other countries work I am just a dental nurse so can only comment on my process. The only way I know of is to find a practice and then get on a course but again my course was set up through my practice so I had nothing to do with that process. Sorry I can’t be more helpful

Hey, I kinda answered this in another video but when I was doing my exams we didn’t have RoE as that was the other qualification 😬 sorry!

Hei lovelies! 🤗 I am also a qualified dental nurse and just started my channel. I will start posting soon so if you wanna have a look in the future, I will be more than happy to help 🤗

@@alexandrashrestha665 Good luck in the new challenge. I'm waiting your videos about Dental Nursing ;). Can you,please, explain me how you completed your PDP (personal development plan, one of the supplementary outcomes of the eRoE) and how to write a reflective account about basic life support training( I really don't know where to start). Thank you xxx

Sure I can help! It will be a while until I post nursing videos as the situation is CRAZY out there 😝 Imi poti lasa o adresa de email daca vrei 🤗

Latha S. hiya :) that’s great you want to do more! Unfortunately I don’t know anything about being a dental nurse instructor :/ I didn’t go on to do anything further than nursing x

@@CharlysLife no worries. Thanks

watan watan ok will do :)

Develop a rhino hide in place of human skin, a very high boredom threshold,and a very strong stomach! Save laughing about the patients, until you get into the sterilizing room with the other nurses, where the patient can't hear you!( I did the job for 21 1/2 yrs, and I left due to a combination of very low pay, bad working conditions, and very long hours!

I’m pretty sure you’re allowed to visit your own dentist for treatment, everyone does it’s a perk of the job! Not sure why they tried to prosecute for that, doesn’t seem right?

Heaven seeker hey :) it depends what route you take...most people will do the college course apprenticeship so you go to work but for a small amount of money (an apprentice is like an intern in the US) and you go to college one evening a week for about 9 months (September till July-but this excludes the UK school holidays so we won’t go during Christmas break, Easter break and half terms bringing it down to 9 months) Some courses are 2 years again going to college one evening a week (although you learn all the same stuff it takes longer as they spread the learning out more) or you could go into it straight from school and do 2 full time years in college, but with this one you wouldn’t be working as it’s still full time education so you don’t get the experience-your qualification will still be worth just as much though. Once you’re qualified you are known as a “dental care professional” (that’s in the screenshot I put in it my GDC number) so I would say it’s more of a career in the UK as apposed to not-if I wanted to move to a different country I believe I can take that qualification with me and not have to re-train, but if I went to the US I don’t think my qualification would stand as I know the way the UK and US system for dentistry is different as we also have the NHS.

Thank you so much . I was researching the pay in the UK for orthodontic therapist aka orthodontic assistant here in the USA , I was blown away how much more money they earn in the UK compared to the USA

Yeah we do earn more money as a dental nurse over here, and orthodontic nursing is slightly different as well I used to be an orthodontic nurse for a while before I moved practises. However everything is more expensive over here haha so we need the money to afford anything! We earn roughly between £8-£12 an hour depending on experience and how long you've worked in a place-and generally that goes for orthodontic nursing as well x

When I did it in the 1990's with the RADC, it was 2 yrs. I trained as a civillian with the army dental corp, and it was a lot of fun, as there was a lot of hands on stuff. I did it before they made the dsa law, before criminal records checks and before cpd. (I still count cpd as optional, not a must! After all why waste time and money, doing a course you're not intrested, in JUST to get your virtual cpd hours up?)

@@CharlysLife I don't know where you worked, but I never got more than £6.50 an hour, anywhere I worked! £8-£12 per hour?! Dream on!

Hey :) you need to apply for apprenticeshipS on job sites like indeed :) If you just search “trainee dental nurse” or “dental nurse apprentice” :) it depends on the practice themselves what course you do :) x

You need to do the check online, everyone needs a DBS. But someone has to verify it’s you, your employer should be the one to verify x

No, because I did most of my 21 1/2 yrs on the job, before all this stuff came into the mainstream. I believe the dbs only needs to be renewed every 2 yrs, and the last I heard, was that some companies who do this, can charge as much as £225! The lowest fee I have heard of was £98! (Still too high, if you ask me though!) I also resent having to pay £98 per yr for a certificate from the GDC to say I'm a member. (I could just use a template off my computer, spend 5p on ink and paper at home.) So what part of this costs £98? The GDC is run BY dentists FOR dentists. The ABDSA is run BY nurses FOR nurses. I will never be run on the job, by the GDC.

Sofia Qureshi hi :) this is a question I always get asked...unfortunately, ROE wasn’t part of my course so I’m not sure about it :( I’m so sorry I can’t help with this

Diana Alexandra Hey :) I don’t know any specific colleges I’m just a nurse so I can’t give any info about other courses or places other than the ones that I did because I didn’t do those ones....I’ve heard mixed things about the online courses so I would say speak to the practice who employ you as they should arrange college or courses for you :) x

Hiraah K hey! I found revising hard too, as you say there is so much to learn!! I found the best way was to read a chapter, then get someone to ask you questions, then read it again! That’s the only way I could get stuff to go in...and by getting different people to ask lots of questions! X

I find that mnemonics really helps me to remember things. An example is remembering the dental nerves: - I Like Blueberry Muffins (Inferior, Lingual, Buccal, Mental) for the mandible. Hope this will help you too. I just make my own up, so you can make them as silly as you like so they're easier to remember!

micz72 thank you I will defo try that !

Alina no once I’ve finished nursing that will be it-I’m actually not going to be doing it for much longer

Too much hassle, I wouldn't bother!

@@CharlysLife why's that if you don't mind me asking ?

@@Satsusss I’ve just had enough of the job now. I have left nursing and doing something different which was needed! :)

@@CharlysLifeThank you for your our reply. Oh boy, I have been a dental receptionist for 7 years and at 34 have decided to start dental nursing in the coming weeks, now I'm not sure at all that I've made the right decision 😟 what are you doing now if you don't mind me asking ?

Bini rai Limbu hi :) I really have no idea about where specific classes are, the only advice I can really give is to look at dental practices that are hiring trainee’s and the practice should put you on the right path weather it’s through college or an online qualification. I don’t teach the course or anything like that I’m just a dental nurse so I can only really answer things specifically to the job or to the course I did which was Level 3 diploma in dental nursing

One thing before you start... Don't expect to get rich in that job. I did it for 21 1/2 yrs, and I've never been even paid minimum wage in any of the places I worked in. The hours are long, and in one practice I worked in, there wasn't room for a nurses chair, so I had to stand all the time! After they changed the law, and made the dsa manditory, I left the job altogether. Too much stress, and long hours for me! I have never been able to afford a place of my own, due to crap pay! It just didn't make economic sense. (I'll turn 50 this August, and I STILL live with my parents!)You're welcome to the job, 'cos I'd need to be paid a lot more than the £700 pcm I was paid before!

I did all my revision through the Levisons book and also practice papers from college :)

lucy ford hey! From what I can remember we had mocks for every exam :) xx

It may have changed since I was at college but we were allowed 4 or 5 attempts at each one

@@CharlysLife And each time did you have to pay to re-take the exam? Thanks for replying btw :)

No, the course I was on was government funded so I didn’t personally pay for it :) I’m not sure what prices would be though x (no problem I try to reply to all comments if I see them)

Hey :) so I went to college and did the city and guilds qualification :) xx

@@CharlysLife does university offer to teach to become a dental nurse

I don’t know about the university route unfortunately, just because that’s not what I did so I don’t have any info on it x

@@CharlysLife ty for replying xx

Dino Baptiste you don’t have to be good at it but you need maths GCSE at grade C or above

@@CharlysLife thank you!

Absolutely not. I'm both number and word dyslexic, and I did the job for 21 1/2 yrs without any problems.

LOVELY AMUDZI hey :) I went to Bournemouth and Poole college

Thank you

Oh god I did mine so long ago I can’t really remember! I’m pretty sure they’re not online but if you have the levisons “questions and answers for dental nurses” there are questions in there. If not then ask your college for a practice paper :) that’s what we did

Heather Jones have you tried Quizlet app? I find that helpful.

Alice Nock yes I tried it it was great thanks I passed

cristinne ciobanu hey :) I’m not too sure about moving country...I’m pretty sure that if you go to America you have to re-train but as far as any other country I don’t know if that qualification holds-you would probably need to phone the GDC and find out. I know you can voluntarily come off of the register but you have to keep up with CPD-but again I’m not sure how long you can be off the register for. The GDC would be the best people to ask regarding coming off of the register or moving country. You will still need to be submitting CPD hours at the end of the CPD year-and when you go back on the register you need to get all of your references and signatures again x

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