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Dental Assistant Council recommends changes to DA/RDA duties, moves orthodontic-appliance instruction out of 'chairside' category
Summary
The council approved a working-group legislative proposal to clarify dental assistant and registered dental assistant duties and supervision levels, and voted to remove one orthodontic-appliance instruction duty from the chairside supervision list, moving it to direct supervision.
The Dental Assistant Council voted Thursday to recommend legislative clarifications that reorganize and clarify the allowable duties and supervision levels for dental assistants and registered dental assistants.
The council approved a working-group draft that consolidates allowable duties in statute, adds definitions (including a new term, "supervising licensed dentist"), and creates a chairside supervision section to group duties that require the dentist be physically at the patient’s chair while a duty is performed. Council members debated the practicality of one chairside duty—delivering care…
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