Chairside Excellence – Sterilisation & Photography for Dental Nurses

This hands-on programme equips dental assistants and nurses with best-practice sterilisation and clinical-photography protocols that support safe, efficient and aesthetics-driven treatment. Delegates will work through real-world workflows for instrument sterilisation, zoning, photography setup and image capture in the clinical environment — leaving with plug-in SOPs, consent templates and a repeatable photo workflow for everyday practice.

What You’ll Learn

• The complete sterilisation cycle: zoning, compliance, cleaning, wrapping, labelling and safe storage

• Instrument handling: cleaning, wrapping, sterilising and tracking in a busy clinical setup

• Photography setup: equipment, lighting, camera positioning for intra-oral and extra-oral images

• Clinical image capture: accurate, repeatable photographs with correct angulation, retraction, white-balance and exposure

• Patient privacy & consent: documentation and photo-management for modern practice

• Enhanced support role: build confidence as the key support in surgical and aesthetic workflows

Course Schedule (08h30 – 16h30)

Arrival, Registration & Light Breakfast

Welcome & Introduction — The role of the modern dental nurse in high-level care

Sterilisation Protocols Deep Dive — Infection control, steri-bay zoning, log-books, wrapping & tracking

Hands-On Sterilisation Practicals — Real-time tasks with supervised instrument, impression and sharp-disposal workflows

Photography Theory & Setup — Cameras, positioning, mirrors, retractors, lighting fundamentals

Photography Hands-On Workshop — Extra-oral + intra-oral photography; working with retraction, angulation, white balance & lighting

Photography in Daily Practice — Image storage, file naming, social-media dos & don’ts

Wrap-Up & Certification — Final Q&A and tips for everyday integration + certificate hand-out & photos

Included in Your Registration

• Quick-reference Steri SOP Guide

• Photography Technique Checklist

• Consent form & documentation templates

• Light breakfast, lunch & refreshments

• IAA Certificate of Completion

• Access to exclusive nurse-only resources post-course

Who Should Attend?

Dental assistants and nurses working in surgical, aesthetic or implant-rich practices who want to elevate their role and competence in chairside support, infection-control workflows and clinical photography.