Delegated duties

Fabricating temporary crowns or bridges intra-orally which shall not include any adjustment of occlusion to the appliance or existing dentition

Selecting and presizing orthodontic bands, including the selection of the proper size band for a tooth

Selecting and pre-sizing archwires prescribed by the patient’s dentist so long as the dentist makes all final adjustments to bend, arch form determination, and symmetry prior to final placement

Selecting prescribed extra-oral appliances by pre-selection or pre-measurement which does not include final fit adjustment

Preparing a tooth surface by applying conditioning agents for orthodontic appliances by conditioning or placing of sealant materials which does not include placing brackets

Packing and removing retraction cord, so long as it does not contain vasoactive chemicals and is used solely for restorative dental procedures

Removing and re-cementing properly contoured and fitting loose bands that are not permanently attached to any appliance

Inserting or removing dressings from alveolar sockets in post-operative osteitis when the patient is uncomfortable due to the loss of a dressing from an alveolar socket in diagnosed cases of post-operative osteitis

Apply bleaching solution, activate light source, monitor and remove in-office bleaching materials

Placing or removing rubber dams

Placing or removing matrices

Applying cavity liners, varnishes or bases

Making impressions for study casts which are not being made for the purpose of fabricating any intra-oral appliances, restorations or orthodontic appliances

Making impressions to be used for creating opposing models or the fabrication of bleaching stents and surgical stents to be used for the purpose of providing palatal coverage as well as impressions used for fabrication of topical fluoride trays for home application

Placing subgingival resorbable chlorhexidine, doxycycline hyclate, or minocycline hydrochloride

Taking of impressions for and delivery of at-home bleaching trays

Securing or unsecuring an archwire by attaching or removing the fastening device

Taking impressions for passive appliances, occlusal guards, space maintainers and protective mouth guards

Marginating restorations with finishing burs, green stones, and/or burlew wheels with slow-speed rotary instruments which are not for the purpose of changing existing contours or occlusion

Cementing temporary crowns and bridges with temporary cement

Monitor the administration of the nitrous-oxide oxygen making adjustments only during this administration and turning it off at the completion of the dental procedure

Monitor and remove in-office bleaching materials, after placement of bleach by dentist

Polishing restorations which is not for the purpose of changing the existing contour of the tooth and only with the following instruments used with appropriate polishing materials – burnishers, slow-speed hand pieces, rubber cups, and bristle brushes

Polishing clinical crowns of the teeth which is not for the purpose of changing the existing contour of the teeth and only with the following instruments used with appropriate polishing materials – slow-speed hand pieces, bristle brushes, rubber cups, porte polishers and air-abrasive polishers

Applying of topical fluorides which are approved by the American Dental Association or the Food and Drug Administration, including the use of fluoride varnishes

Using appropriate implements to pre-assess and chart suspected findings of the oral cavity

Removing excess cement from dental restorations and appliances with non-mechanical hand instruments or ultrasonic scalers only

Placing periodontal or surgical dressings

Removing periodontal or surgical dressings

Removing sutures

Using appropriate implements to preassess and chart suspected findings of the oral cavity

Applying sealants

Placing or removing prescribed pre-treatment separators

Insert and/or perform minor adjustments to sports mouth guards and custom fluoride trays

Fabricating temporary crowns and bridges in a laboratory

Applying topical anesthetics and anti-inflammatory agents which are not applied by aerosol or jet spray

Taking or recording patients’ blood pressure rate, pulse rate, respiration rate, case history and oral temperature

Retracting lips, cheeks and tongue

Irrigating and evacuating debris not to include endodontic irrigation

Placing and removing cotton rolls

Placing or removing temporary restorations with non-mechanical hand instruments only

Obtaining bacteriological cytological (plaque) specimens, which do not involve cutting of the tissue and which do not include taking endodontic cultures, to be examined under a microscope for educational purposes

Changing of bleach pellets in the internal bleaching process of non-vital, endodontically treated teeth after the placement of a rubber dam. A dental hygienist may not make initial access preparations

Gingival curettage

Root planing

Removal of excess remaining bonding adhesive or cement following orthodontic appliance removal with slow-speed rotary instrument, hand instrument or ultrasonic scalers

Removing calculus deposits, accretions and stains from exposed surfaces of the teeth and from the tooth surfaces within the gingival sulcus (prophylaxis)

Placing and exposing dental and carpal radiographic film and sensors