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| No intraoral duties are allowable other than assisting the dentist in determining tooth color |
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| Dental laboratory technicians |
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| preliminary charting and inspection of the oral cavity (final examination and diagnosis must be made by a dentist before treatment can be instituted |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| apply topical agents under direct supervision of the dentist |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| apply topical anesthetics |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| oxygenating agents (excluding endodontic therapy) |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| apply anti-inflammatory agents |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| place and remove rubber dam |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| place and remove alveolar socket dressings |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| construct and remove with hand instruments only interim restorations (interim restorations being any restoration placed while a more permanent restoration is being completed) |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| construct and place temporary crowns (excluding stainless steel crowns placed with intentions of reasonable permanency) |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| Contour stainless steel or chrome crowns |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| pre-fit and pre-contour orthodontic appliances either extra-orally or intra-orally for final adaptation by the dentist |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| remove excess cement with hand instruments from around permanent dental restorations and orthodontic appliances |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| make impressions for diagnostic casts or opposing casts |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| place, wedge and remove matrices for operative dentistry |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| take and record case history, blood pressure, pulse, and oral temperature |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| remove intraoral sutures (excluding wire sutures) |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| give oral hygiene instructions including plaque staining, flossing, brushing, and caries susceptibility tests |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| place cavity liners and bases (excluding capping of exposed pulpal tissues) |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| assist in the administering of N2O and O2 |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| Insert into the mouth of the patient wax models of dentures, partial dentures, or any other structures and make adjustments outside the mouth of the patient to such wax models pursuant to written or verbal instructions or directions from the dentist |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| may use wax models, dentures, partial dentures, or any other structure to register the jaw relationships or occlusal relationships of the patient |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| Consults with the patient, examine wax models, and make such additional adjustments as may be required |
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| Insert into the mouth of the patient dentures, partial dentures, removable orthodontic appliances, prostheses, or any other structures and make adjustments outside the mouth of the patient to the dentures, protheses (fixed or removable), removable orthodontic appliances, prosthetic appliances, bridges, or other structures pursuant to written or verbal instructions or directions from the dentist |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| Consults with the patient, examine prostheses (fixed or removable), removable orthodontic appliances, or other structures, and make such additional adjustments as may be required |
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| Final placement and cementation of all fixed appliances, fixed prostheses and other fixed structures |
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| apply reversible liners and bases to prostheses, orthodontic appliances, or any other structures. |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| place and remove gingival retraction materials |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| make final impressions for removable and fixed prosthese, orthodontic appliances, retainers and medicament/whitening delivery trays. |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| use laser and/or narrow band (light) imaging technology for preliminary diagnostic purposes only with the dentist's final examination and diagnosis |
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| assistants and hygienists |
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| polish completed restorations |
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| place pit and fissure sealant and polish and adjust sealant as needed |
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| place resorbable chlorhexidine chips |
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| place topical or sub-gingival antimicrobial or antibacterial agents |
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| Consult with the patient and examine such liners and bases and make such additional adjustments as may be required |
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| Examines and approves impressions for accuracy before said impressions may be used for manufacture of prostheses and appliances |
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| Cement stainless steel and chrome crowns |
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