General
The dentist has prior knowledge and has given consent for the procedures being performed during which the dentist is not required to be present
... [Show More] in the dental office or on the premises.
Indirect
The dentist is in the office, authorizes the procedures, and remains in the office while the procedures are being performed by the allied dental personnel.
Direct
The dentist is in the dental office, personally diagnoses the condition to be treated, personally authorizes the procedure, and before dismissal of the patient, evaluates the performance of the allied dental personnel.
Personal
The dentist is personally operating on a patient and authorizes the allied dental personnel to aid in treatment by concurrently performing supportive procedures.
DH General Supervision
Perform preliminary charting of the oral cavity and surrounding structures to include case histories,
perform initial and periodic examinations and assessments to determine periodontal status, and
formulate a dental hygiene treatment plan in coordination with a dentist's treatment plan.
LDA General Supervision
Complete preliminary charting of the oral cavity and surrounding structures with the exception of
periodontal probing and assessment of the periodontal structure.
DH/LDA General Supervision
Obtain informed consent within scope of practice.
DH/LDA General Supervision
Take photographs extraorally or intraorally.
DH/LDA General Supervision
Take vital signs such as pulse rate and blood pressure as directed by a dentist.
DH General Supervision
Make referrals to dentists, physicians, and other practitioners in consultation with a dentist.
DH General Supervision
Complete prophylaxis to include scaling, root planing, polishing of restorations.
DH General Supervision
Dietary analysis, salivary analysis and preparation of smears for dental health purposes.
DH General Supervision
Replacement, cementation, and adjustment of intact temporary restorations extraorally or
intraorally.
DH/LDA General Supervision
Recement intact temporary restorations.
DH/LDA General Supervision
Place temporary fillings (not including temporization of inlays, onlays, crowns, and bridges).
DH/LDA General Supervision
Cut arch wires, remove loose bands, or remove loose brackets on orthodontic appliances.
DH General Supervision
LDA Direct Supervision
Remove excess bond material from orthodontic appliances.
DH/LDA Direct Supervision
Remove bond material from teeth with rotary instruments after removal of orthodontic appliances.
DH General Supervision
LDA Indirect Supervision
Etch appropriate enamel surfaces, apply and adjust pit and fissure sealants.
DH General Supervision
Administer local anesthesia.
DH General Supervision
LDA Direct Supervision
Administer nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia pursuant to the rule provisions.
DH General Supervision
LDA Indirect Supervision
Monitor a patient who has been induced by a dentist into nitrous oxide-oxygen relative analgesia.
DH/LDA Indirect Supervision
Perform restorative procedures limited to: placing, contouring, and adjusting amalgam
restorations and glass ionomers; adapting and cementing stainless steel crowns; and placing,
contouring, and adjusting class I, II, & V supragingival composite restorations on primary and
permanent teeth.
DH General Supervision
Remove marginal overhangs.
DH/LDA Direct Supervision
Place and remove matrix bands.
DH/LDA Direct Supervision
Fabricate, cement, and adjust temporary restorations extraorally or intraorally.
DH/LDA Direct Supervision
Remove temporary restorations with hand instruments only.
DH/LDA Direct Supervision
Etch appropriate enamel surfaces before bonding of orthodontic appliances by a dentist.
DH General Supervision
LDA Indirect Supervision
Perform mechanical polishing to clinical crowns not including instrumentation. Removal of calculus by instrumentation must be done by the dentist or dental hygienist before mechanical
polishing.
DH/LDA General Supervision
Take radiographs.
DH General Supervision
LDA Indirect Supervision
Remove excess cement from inlays, crowns, bridges and orthodontic appliances with hand
instruments only.
DH General Supervision
LDA Indirect Supervision
Apply topical medications such as, but not limited to, topical fluoride, bleaching agents, and cavity
varnishes in appropriate dosages or quantities as prescribed by a dentist.
DH/LDA General Supervision
Take impressions for casts and appropriate bite registration.
DH General Supervision
LDA Indirect Supervision
Place and remove rubber dam.
DH General Supervision
LDA Indirect Supervision
Preselect orthodontic bands.
DH/LDA General Supervision
Place and remove elastic orthodontic separators.
DH/LDA Direct Supervision
Attach prefit and preadjusted orthodontic appliances.
DH General Supervision
LDA Indirect Superversion
Remove and replace ligature ties and arch wires on orthodontic appliances. [Show Less]