NZ Dental Therapy REX case studies
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The New Zealand Dental Therapy Registration Examination (REX) is the assessment route the Dental Council of New Zealand uses to decide whether an applicant is competent to hold an annual practising certificate as a dental therapist in Aotearoa New Zealand. It is aimed principally at applicants who qualified overseas, or who hold a qualification the Council does not recognise outright, and who therefore need to demonstrate that their knowledge and clinical judgement meet the local standard. The NZ Dental Therapy REX case studies are 5 cases and about 4,376 words.
1Shared guardianship, a reluctant 11-year-old and a same-day records request
Jayden, aged 11, attends your school dental clinic with his mother, who has him in her day-to-day care. His parents separated two years ago and share guardianship; the clinic file lists both parents as guardians, with different addresses and mobile numbers.
919 words, about 5 min2Failed Bowie–Dick test on a Monday morning, plus a handpiece and a finger lesion
It is Monday, 8:15 am in a two-chair school dental clinic. The dental assistant runs the daily Bowie–Dick test on the class B vacuum autoclave before the first patient.
694 words, about 3 min3A 9-year-old with chalky first molars: diagnosis and a referral decision the family cannot afford
Ava, aged 9, attends with her grandmother, who is her primary caregiver. Ava's six-year molars erupted with yellow-brown, chalky areas, and her incisors have white-cream opacities.
917 words, about 5 min4Early childhood caries at two, unfluoridated water, and a family worried about 'chemicals'
Nikau is 2 years and 4 months old and attends with his mother, who is 24 weeks pregnant. He has visible plaque and cavitation in 51, 52, 61, 62, 55 and 65; 55 has a buccal sinus.
936 words, about 5 min5The wrong tooth: extraction of 64 when 65 was the infected tooth
It is Friday, 3:40 pm, in a busy school dental clinic. The chart says 'extract 64' for Mihi, aged 9.
910 words, about 5 min