Florida Dental Laws and Rules (Revised 2024)Latest Update

DA: Placing or removing temporary restorations with non-mechanical hand instruments only? - ANSWER Direct Supervision/ Formal Training DA: Polishing dental restorations of the teeth when not for the purpose of changing the existing contour of the tooth and only with the following instruments used with appropriate polishing materials - burnishers, slow-speed hand pieces, rubber cups, and bristle brushes? - ANSWER Direct Supervision/ Formal Training DA: Polishing clinical crowns when not for the purpose of changing the existing contour of the tooth and only with the following instruments used with appropriate polishing materials - slow-speed hand pieces, rubber cups, bristle brushes and porte polishers? - ANSWER Direct Supervision/ Formal Training DA: Removing excess cement from dental restorations and appliances with non-mechanical hand instruments only? - ANSWER Direct Supervision/ Formal Training * DA: Cementing temporary crowns and bridges with temporary cement? - ANSWER Direct Supervision/ Formal Training DA: Monitor the administration of the nitrous-oxide oxygen making adjustments only during this administration and turning it off at the completion of the dental procedure? - ANSWER Direct Supervision/ Formal Training * DA: Selecting and pre-sizing orthodontic bands, including the selection of the proper size band for a tooth to be banded which does not include or involve any adapting, contouring, trimming or otherwise modifying the band material such that it would constitute fitting the band? - ANSWER Direct Supervision/ Formal Training DA: Selecting and pre-sizing archwires prescribed by the patient's dentist so long as the dentist makes all final adjustments to bend, arch form determination, and symmetry prior to final placement? - ANSWER Direct Supervision/ Formal Training DA: Selecting prescribed extra-oral appliances by pre-selection or pre-measurement which does not include final fit adjustment? - ANSWER Direct Supervision/ Formal Training DA: Preparing a tooth surface by applying conditioning agents for orthodontic appliances by conditioning or placing of sealant materials which does not include placing brackets? - ANSWER Direct Supervision/ Formal Training