New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Den - Board of Dental Examiners
Chapter Den 400 - DENTAL ASSISTANTS AND HYGIENISTS DUTIES
Part Den 401 - ASSISTANTS
Section Den 401.02 - Certified Dental Assistants' and Graduate Dental Assistants' Duties

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Den 401.02

Current through Register No. 12, March 21, 2024

Certified dental assistants as defined in Den 101.05 and graduate dental assistants as defined in Den 101.13 may, in addition to the duties of assistants, perform the following duties under direct supervision as defined in Den 101.11 and arranged by degree of supervision in Den 302.02:

(a) Take dental and medical histories;

(b) Place and remove rubber dams;

(c) Place and remove matrices;

(d) Apply topical fluoride after prophylaxis by a licensed professional;

(e) Apply non-prescription topical anesthesia;

(f) Apply non-prescription desensitizing agents to the cementum and dentin;

(g) Take and record blood pressure;

(h) Select impression trays, seat, hold, remove and pour impressions for study models, single arch athletic mouth guards, custom fluoride trays and whitening trays;

(i) Insert athletic mouth guards;

(j) Perform pulpal vitality testing procedures;

(k) Remove sutures and dressings; and

(l) After at least 400 hours of work experience in clinical dental assisting:

(1) Make final impressions;

(2) Place periodontal dressings;

(3) Place amalgam prior to condensing by a dentist;

(4) Place cavity liners and bases;

(5) Place and remove gingival retraction cord;

(6) Place and remove temporary restorations, not to include temporary crowns and bridges unless qualified pursuant to Den 302.06, and not to include the use of intraoral rotary instruments;

(7) Cement bands and bond brackets, not to include the use of rotary instruments to remove excess cement or bonding material;

(8) Make bite registrations when maximum intercuspation can be achieved; and

(9) Place and remove dry socket medications.

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