Work authorization forms provide written instructions from dentists to dental laboratories for fabricating dental prostheses. The forms delineate responsibilities, with dentists responsible for clinical aspects and technicians for technical work. A work authorization must include legible patient and dentist information, requested procedures, design specifications, and signatures. It prevents illegal practice and sets expectations for quality. Samples, casts, and payment proof should accompany the form to allow technicians to understand and fulfill the request.

1. Work Authorization
FOR RPD
DR AYESHA SADAF
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PROSTHODONTICS

2. CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Objective
• Delineation of responsibilities of work authorization
• Characteristics
• Contents of work authorization
• summary

3. Introduction
• Work authorization contains the written directions for the laboratory
procedures to be performed for fabrication of dental Prosthesis
• Work authorization are the effective way of communication between
the dentist and the lab

4. Objective
• It gives definite instructions for laboratory procedures to be
accomplished.
• It prevents the illegal practice of dentistry.
• It divides the responsibility between the dentist and the technician
• It sets the expectations about the quality of denture

5. DELINEATION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR WORK
AUTHORIZATION
• A dentist is totally responsible for all steps of removable partial
denture.
• Technician is only involved in the technical aspects of partial denture.

6. CHARACTERISTICS
• Must be legible, clear, concise, and readily understood.
• Sufficient information must be included in a work authorization to
enable the technician to understand and execute the request.
• Most of the work authorization form should be printed and not
handwritten

7. Content Of The Work Authorization
• The name and address of the laboratory
• The name and address of the dentist who initiates the work
authorization
• The identification of the patient
• The date of work authorization
• The desired completion date of request
• Specific instructions
• The signature of the dentist
• The registered license number of the dentist
• Design specifications

8. Sample of work authorization
form

10. Colour coding for work authorization
• Blue: Cast Metal
• RED: RESIN BASE & Wrought wire
• GREEN: Areas to be contoured

11. Items that should accompany the work
authorization form
• Study cast with design drawn on it
• Master cast with no design on it
• Signed work authorization form
• Proof of payment

12. Summary
• It is sound practice to provide the dental laboratory technician with
adequate written instructions for each laboratory service required in
the fabrication of a restoration.
• Therefore a new work authorization should accompany the material
returned to the laboratory for continuing progress to complete the
restoration.
• In a modern dental practice, it is highly improbable that a one-trip
laboratory service will be adequate to provide a truly profession.

13. REFERENCES
• McCkrackens Removable Partial denture. 13th edition