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"Dental hygiene board" The Dental Hygiene Board of California.
means
"Dental board" means The Dental Board of California.
The supervision of dental procedures based on
instructions given by a licensed dentist who is
"Direct supervision"
required to be physically present in the treatment
means
facility during the performance of those
procedures.
The supervision of dental procedures based on
instructions given by a licensed dentist who is not
"General supervision"
required to be physically present in the treatment
means
facility during the performance of those
procedures.
Preventive and therapeutic dental procedures that
include bacterial debridements with complete
removal, supra and subgingivally, of calculus, soft
"Oral prophylaxis" means deposits, plaque, and stains, and the smoothing of
tooth surfaces. The objective of this treatment is to
create an environment in which the patient can
maintain healthy hard and soft tissues.
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(a) All functions that may be performed by a
registered dental assistant.
(b) All persons holding a license as a registered
dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in
The following functions
alternative practice, or registered dental hygienist in
may be performed by a
extended functions as of December 31, 2005, are
registered dental
authorized to perform the duties of a registered
hygienist, in addition to
dental assistant specified in this chapter. All persons
those authorized
issued a license as a registered dental hygienist,
pursuant to Sections 1908
registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or
to 1914, inclusive:
registered dental hygienist in extended functions on
or after January 1, 2006, shall qualify for and receive
a registered dental assistant license prior to
performance of the duties of a registered dental
assistant specified in this chapter.
- Dental hygiene assessment and development
- Planning, and implementation of a dental hygiene
(a) The practice of dental
care plan.
hygiene includes:
- It also includes oral health education, counseling,
and health screenings.
(1) Diagnosis and comprehensive treatment
planning.
(2) Placing, condensing, carving, or removal of
permanent restorations.
(3) Surgery or cutting on hard and soft tissue
The practice of dental
including, but not limited to, the removal of teeth
hygiene does not include
and the cutting and suturing of soft tissue.
any of the following
procedures:
(4) Prescribing medication.
(5) Administering local or general anesthesia or oral
or parenteral conscious sedation, except for the
administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether
administered alone or in combination with each
other, or local anesthesia pursuant to Section 1909.
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A registered dental (a) Soft-tissue curettage.
hygienist is authorized to
perform the following (b) Administration of local anesthesia.
procedures under direct
supervision of a licensed (c) Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen,
dentist, after submitting whether administered alone or in combination with
to the dental hygiene each other.
board evidence of
satisfactory completion
of a course of instruction,
approved by the dental
hygiene board, in the
procedures:
(a) Preventive and therapeutic interventions,
including oral prophylaxis, scaling, and root planing.
(b) Application of topical, therapeutic, and
A registered dental subgingival agents used for the control of caries
hygienist is authorized to and periodontal disease.
perform the following
procedures under (c) The taking of impressions for bleaching trays and
general supervision: application and activation of agents with nonlaser,
light-curing devices.
(d) The taking of impressions for bleaching trays and
placements of in-office, tooth-whitening devices.
(a) A registered dental Educational services, oral health training programs,
hygienist may provide, and oral health screenings.
without supervision:
A registered dental a comprehensive examination, diagnosis, and
hygienist shall refer any treatment plan.
screened patients with
possible oral
abnormalities to a dentist
for:
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In any public health Dental hygiene preventive services in addition to
program created by oral screenings, including, but not limited to, the
federal, state, or local application of fluorides and pit and fissure sealants.
law or administered by a A registered dental hygienist practicing as
federal, state, county, or described in this subdivision may submit, or allow to
local governmental be submitted, any insurance or third-party claims for
entity, at a sponsored patient services performed as authorized in this
event by a sponsoring article.
entity or at a nonprofit
organization, a registered
dental hygienist may
provide, without
supervision:
Notwithstanding Section Fluoride varnish to a patient
1912, a registered dental
hygienist may provide,
without supervision:
No person other than a (a) A student enrolled in a dental or a dental hygiene
registered dental school who is performing procedures as part of the
hygienist, registered regular curriculum of that program under the
dental hygienist in supervision of the faculty of that program.
alternative practice, or
registered dental
hygienist in extended
functions or a licensed
dentist may engage in
the practice of dental
hygiene or perform
dental hygiene
procedures on patients,
including, but not limited
to, supragingival and
subgingival scaling,
dental hygiene
assessment, and
treatment planning,
except for the following
persons:
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Terms in this set (206)
"Dental hygiene board" The Dental Hygiene Board of California.
means
"Dental board" means The Dental Board of California.
The supervision of dental procedures based on
instructions given by a licensed dentist who is
"Direct supervision"
required to be physically present in the treatment
means
facility during the performance of those
procedures.
The supervision of dental procedures based on
instructions given by a licensed dentist who is not
"General supervision"
required to be physically present in the treatment
means
facility during the performance of those
procedures.
Preventive and therapeutic dental procedures that
include bacterial debridements with complete
removal, supra and subgingivally, of calculus, soft
"Oral prophylaxis" means deposits, plaque, and stains, and the smoothing of
tooth surfaces. The objective of this treatment is to
create an environment in which the patient can
maintain healthy hard and soft tissues.
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(a) All functions that may be performed by a
registered dental assistant.
(b) All persons holding a license as a registered
dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in
The following functions
alternative practice, or registered dental hygienist in
may be performed by a
extended functions as of December 31, 2005, are
registered dental
authorized to perform the duties of a registered
hygienist, in addition to
dental assistant specified in this chapter. All persons
those authorized
issued a license as a registered dental hygienist,
pursuant to Sections 1908
registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or
to 1914, inclusive:
registered dental hygienist in extended functions on
or after January 1, 2006, shall qualify for and receive
a registered dental assistant license prior to
performance of the duties of a registered dental
assistant specified in this chapter.
- Dental hygiene assessment and development
- Planning, and implementation of a dental hygiene
(a) The practice of dental
care plan.
hygiene includes:
- It also includes oral health education, counseling,
and health screenings.
(1) Diagnosis and comprehensive treatment
planning.
(2) Placing, condensing, carving, or removal of
permanent restorations.
(3) Surgery or cutting on hard and soft tissue
The practice of dental
including, but not limited to, the removal of teeth
hygiene does not include
and the cutting and suturing of soft tissue.
any of the following
procedures:
(4) Prescribing medication.
(5) Administering local or general anesthesia or oral
or parenteral conscious sedation, except for the
administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether
administered alone or in combination with each
other, or local anesthesia pursuant to Section 1909.
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A registered dental (a) Soft-tissue curettage.
hygienist is authorized to
perform the following (b) Administration of local anesthesia.
procedures under direct
supervision of a licensed (c) Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen,
dentist, after submitting whether administered alone or in combination with
to the dental hygiene each other.
board evidence of
satisfactory completion
of a course of instruction,
approved by the dental
hygiene board, in the
procedures:
(a) Preventive and therapeutic interventions,
including oral prophylaxis, scaling, and root planing.
(b) Application of topical, therapeutic, and
A registered dental subgingival agents used for the control of caries
hygienist is authorized to and periodontal disease.
perform the following
procedures under (c) The taking of impressions for bleaching trays and
general supervision: application and activation of agents with nonlaser,
light-curing devices.
(d) The taking of impressions for bleaching trays and
placements of in-office, tooth-whitening devices.
(a) A registered dental Educational services, oral health training programs,
hygienist may provide, and oral health screenings.
without supervision:
A registered dental a comprehensive examination, diagnosis, and
hygienist shall refer any treatment plan.
screened patients with
possible oral
abnormalities to a dentist
for:
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In any public health Dental hygiene preventive services in addition to
program created by oral screenings, including, but not limited to, the
federal, state, or local application of fluorides and pit and fissure sealants.
law or administered by a A registered dental hygienist practicing as
federal, state, county, or described in this subdivision may submit, or allow to
local governmental be submitted, any insurance or third-party claims for
entity, at a sponsored patient services performed as authorized in this
event by a sponsoring article.
entity or at a nonprofit
organization, a registered
dental hygienist may
provide, without
supervision:
Notwithstanding Section Fluoride varnish to a patient
1912, a registered dental
hygienist may provide,
without supervision:
No person other than a (a) A student enrolled in a dental or a dental hygiene
registered dental school who is performing procedures as part of the
hygienist, registered regular curriculum of that program under the
dental hygienist in supervision of the faculty of that program.
alternative practice, or
registered dental
hygienist in extended
functions or a licensed
dentist may engage in
the practice of dental
hygiene or perform
dental hygiene
procedures on patients,
including, but not limited
to, supragingival and
subgingival scaling,
dental hygiene
assessment, and
treatment planning,
except for the following
persons:
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