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Direct Supervision - ANS >>> Dentist gives instructions and physically
present in building when treatment is being completed
General Supervision - ANS >>> Dentist gives instructions but does not have to
be present in the building when treatment is being completed
Oral prophylaxis - ANS >>> preventive and therapeutic dental procedures of
bacterial debridement both supra and sub gingivally of calculus, soft deposits,
and plaque, plus smoothing of tooth surfaces
RDH Duties - ANS >>> DH assessment, develop plan and implement DH care
plan, oral hygiene exam, counseling, and health screenings, local anesthesia,
NO2, and soft tissue curettage, apply non aerosol, non-caustic topical agents,
and duties of RDA if licensed before January 2006
Practice of RDH do not include - ANS >>> Diagnosis and comprehensive
treatment planning, placing, condensing, carving, or removal of permanent
restorations, surgery or cutting on hard or soft tissues including but not limited
to the removal of teeth and the cutting and suturing of soft tissue,
prescribing medications, and administering local or general anesthesia or oral or
parenteral conscious sedation except administer NO2
RDH functions under General Supervision - ANS >>> Prophy, SRP, topical,
therapeutic, and subgingival agents to control caries and period, impressions for
bleaching trays, applying/activating whitening agents with non-laser, light
curing devices, any duty that does not require direct supervision unless it would
give rise to emergency situation
, RDH functions with no supervision - ANS >>> Educational services, Oral health
training programs, Oral health screenings, Refer any screened patients to dentist
for comp exam,
RDH License validity - ANS >>> Expires every 2 years at midnight on last day of
birth month.
Change of address - ANS >>> Report changes within 30 days
Change of Name - ANS >>> Report changes within 10 days
Continue education for RDH - ANS >>> 25 units of CE every 2 years and is not
required on first renewal. Max number of CE 8 in one day. 12
CE can be correspondence / online. 2 CE must be infection control; 2 most be in
CA law. Retain receipts for up to 4 years for audit purposes
Instruments that penetrate oral tissues - ANS >>> Critical instruments
Instruments that contact but do not penetrate oral tissues - ANS >>> semi-critical
instruments
Instruments that only contact skin - ANS >>> non-critical instruments
Low level disinfectants kill - ANS >>> killing of some fungi and viruses but
does not inactivate TB
Intermediate level disinfectants kill - ANS >>> killing most fungi and viruses and
inactivates TB