A. A dental therapist shall provide care in accordance with a dental therapy practice agreement; provided that the dental therapy practice agreement is limited to:(1) the following activities performed under general supervision:(a) oral evaluation and assessment of dental disease;(b) formulation of an individualized treatment plan as authorized by a supervising dentist;(c) place and shape direct restorations without mechanical preparation;(d) impressions for single-tooth removable prosthesis;(e) temporary cementation;(f) atraumatic restorative therapy;(g) temporary and sedative restorations;(h) extraction of primary teeth without radiological evidence of roots;(i) palliative treatments;(j) fabrication and placement of temporary crowns;(k) recementation of permanent crowns;(l) removal and nonsurgical placement of space maintainers;(m) repairs and adjustments to prostheses;(n) tissue conditioning;(o) administration of analgesics, anti-inflammatory substances and antibiotics that a supervising dentist orders; and(p) other closely related procedures that the board authorizes through rules it has adopted and promulgated; and(2) the following activities that a dental therapist performs vising dentist orders; and(p) other closely related procedures that the board authorizes through rules it has adopted and promulgated; and(2) the following activities that a dental therapist performs under indirect supervision or, if the dental therapist has completed a dental therapy post-graduate clinical experience, under general supervision:(a) preparation and direct restoration of cavities in primary and permanent teeth; and(b) fitting, shaping and cementing of stainless steel crowns on teeth prepared by a dentist.B. A dental therapist may treat a patient prior to a dentist's examination or diagnosis, subject to a dental therapy practice agreement. History: Laws 2019, ch. 107, § 10. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2019, ch. 107, § 19 made Laws 2019, ch. 107, § 9 effective June 14, 2019.
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