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Committee approves allowing dental hygienists to place interim therapeutic restorations under supervision
Summary
The committee approved HB16-71 to let licensed dental hygienists place interim therapeutic restorations (ITRs) in public-health settings under dentist supervision, and asked the Board of Dentistry to establish a certification process and public record of certified hygienists.
The committee voted to pass HB16-71, which would authorize licensed dental hygienists to place interim therapeutic restorations (ITRs) in public-health settings under the general supervision of dentists.
Patrick Donnelly of the Hawaii Oral Health Coalition and Paul Glassman, who described California’s decade-long…
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