New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 5 - DENTISTRY (DENTISTS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS, ETC.)
Part 54 - COMMUNITY DENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR, PRACTICE AND SUPERVISION
Section 16.5.54.9 - ALLOWABLE DUTIES UNDER GENERAL SUPERVISON

Universal Citation: 16 NM Admin Code 16.5.54.9

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

The following community dental health coordinator procedures are allowable under general supervision as set forth in 16.5.54.8 NMAC:

A. take a complete health and dental history;

B. expose and develop necessary radiographs as ordered by the supervising dentist or as established in protocol by a supervising dentist;

C. observe and transmit patient data through teledentistry means to a dentist;

D. place temporary and sedative restorative materials in unexcavated carious lesions and unprepared tooth fractures;

E. transmit prescription or medication orders on the direct order of a dentist;

F. CDHC may provide the following limited palliative procedures:

(1) application of hot/cold compresses to the face or mouth;

(2) instruct patient in the uses of various rinses containing salt, sodium bicarbonate, chlorhexidine, etc. as ordered by the dentist;

(3) instruct patients as to the proper use and dosage of over the counter or prescribed medications recommended by the supervising dentists;

(4) place avulsed teeth in the proper preservation solution for transport to a dentist;

(5) apply pressure compresses to intraoral wounds;

(6) performance of any other palliative procedures as directly instructed by the supervising dentist, and within the scope of practice of the CDHC;

(7) instruct the patient on brushing, flossing, gingival massage or cleaning for gingival inflammation or infection;

G. patient and community education on an individual basis or with groups within the community to improve dental health and dental health awareness;

H. act as an advocate for patients and the community in accessing dental care; and

I. rubber cup coronal polishing, which is not to be represented as a prophylaxis, topical application of fluorides; application of pit and fissure sealants when previously authorized by the supervising dentist or dental hygienist and cavitation of the enamel is not present.

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