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313.345 Administrative regulations on practices that may be performed by dental assistant - Courses of study - Supervision by dentist - Certificate - Dental assistant services.
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(1) The board shall promulgate administrative regulations to define certification requirements, duties, training, and standards of practice that may be performed by a dental assistant who has a minimum of one (1) year of dental office experience and has successfully passed the dental assisting course at an institution of dental education accredited by the Council on Dental Accreditation.
(2) The board shall approve the instructor and the courses of study for approving duties, training, and standards of practice that may be performed by a dental assistant and shall authorize the course instructor to issue
verification of participation documents, under the board's direction, to those who successfully complete the requirements.
(3) A dental assistant shall practice under the supervision, order, control, and full responsibility of a dentist licensed under this chapter.
(4) with The verification of participation document for each
dental assistant shall be kept on file in the dental office
of the employing dentist for each dental assistant shall be continuously displayed in a conspicuous place in the office of the licensee.
(5) Supervising dentists shall only assign to dental assistants procedures that do not require the professional competence of a licensed dentist or a licensed dental hygienist.
(6) Dental assistant services may include coronal polishing, a cosmetic procedure that is not essential to therapeutic oral prophylaxis, if the following criteria are observed:
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(a) Polishing activities are limited to the use of a rubber
cup attached to a slow-speed rotary dental handpiece;
(b) The assistant has received a verification of
participation document from the University of
Kentucky’s approved instructor that ensures that
assistant has successfully completed a dental
assisting course developed by the Kentucky Board of
Dentistry and a committee of dental educators from
the Kentucky institutions of dental education
accredited by the Council on Dental Accreditation;
and …..
(c) The dental assisting course shall include basic dental assisting and coronal polishing instruction that includes didactic, preclinical, clinical training and competency testing. |
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(7) Dental assistant services shall not include the following:
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(a) The practice of dental hygiene or the performance of the duties of a licensed dental hygienist that require the use of any instrumentation which may elicit the removal of calcareous deposits or accretions on the crowns and roots of teeth;
(b) Diagnosis;
(c) Treatment planning and prescription, including prescriptions for drugs or medicaments, or authorization for restorative, prosthodontic, or orthodontic appliances;
(d) Surgical procedures on hard or soft tissues of the oral cavity, or any other intraoral procedure that contributes to or results in an irreversible alteration of the oral anatomy; and
(e) The making of final impressions from which casts are made to construct any dental restoration. |
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Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 244, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2002.
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