Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A dental therapist shall provide care in accordance with a
dental therapy practice agreement; provided that the dental therapy practice
agreement is limited to the following activities:
A.
UNDER GENERAL SUPERVISION:
(1) oral evaluation and assessment of dental
disease;
(2) formulation of an
individualized treatment plan as authorized by a supervising dentist;
(3) place and shape direct restorations
without mechanical preparation;
(4)
impressions for single-tooth removable prosthesis;
(5) temporary cementation;
(6) atraumatic restorative therapy;
(7) temporary and sedative
restorations;
(8) extraction of
primary teeth without radiological evidence of roots;
(9) palliative treatments;
(10) fabrication and placement of temporary
crowns;
(11) recementation of
permanent crowns;
(12) removal and
nonsurgical placement of space maintainers;
(13) repairs and adjustments to
prostheses;
(14) tissue
conditioning;
(15) administration
of analgesics, anti-inflammatory substances and antibiotics that a supervising
dentist orders;
(16) other closely
related procedures that the board authorizes through rules it has adopted and
promulgated;
(17) all procedures
within the scope of practice of a dental hygienist;
B.
UNDER INDIRECT SUPERVISION:
(1) preparation and direct restoration of
cavities in primary and permanent teeth; and
(2) fitting, shaping and cementing of
stainless steel crowns on teeth prepared by a dentist; and.
C.
DENTAL THERAPISTS WITH
POST-GRADUATE CLINICAL EXPERIENCE: A dental therapist that has completed
a dental therapy post-graduate clinical experience, who has been certified by
the board, may perform the following procedures under general supervison:
(1) preparation and direct restoration of
cavities in primary and permanent teeth; and
(2) fitting, shaping and cementing of
stainless steel crowns on teeth prepared by a dentist:
D. A dental therapist may treat a patient
prior to a dentist's examination or diagnosis, subject to a dental therapy
practice agreement.
