N.M. Admin. Code § 16.5.65.8

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 20, October 22, 2024

Section 16.5.65.8 - SCOPE OF PRACTICE

A dental therapist shall provide care in accordance with a dental therapy practice agreement; provided that the dental therapy practice agreement is limited to the following activities:

A.UNDER GENERAL SUPERVISION:

(1) oral evaluation and assessment of dental disease;

(2) formulation of an individualized treatment plan as authorized by a supervising dentist;

(3) place and shape direct restorations without mechanical preparation;

(4) impressions for single-tooth removable prosthesis;

(5) temporary cementation;

(6) atraumatic restorative therapy;

(7) temporary and sedative restorations;

(8) extraction of primary teeth without radiological evidence of roots;

(9) palliative treatments;

(10) fabrication and placement of temporary crowns;

(11) recementation of permanent crowns;

(12) removal and nonsurgical placement of space maintainers;

(13) repairs and adjustments to prostheses;

(14) tissue conditioning;

(15) administration of analgesics, anti-inflammatory substances and antibiotics that a supervising dentist orders;

(16) other closely related procedures that the board authorizes through rules it has adopted and promulgated;

(17) all procedures within the scope of practice of a dental hygienist;

B.UNDER INDIRECT SUPERVISION:

(1) preparation and direct restoration of cavities in primary and permanent teeth; and

(2) fitting, shaping and cementing of stainless steel crowns on teeth prepared by a dentist; and.

C.DENTAL THERAPISTS WITH POST-GRADUATE CLINICAL EXPERIENCE: A dental therapist that has completed a dental therapy post-graduate clinical experience, who has been certified by the board, may perform the following procedures under general supervison:

(1) preparation and direct restoration of cavities in primary and permanent teeth; and

(2) fitting, shaping and cementing of stainless steel crowns on teeth prepared by a dentist:

D. A dental therapist may treat a patient prior to a dentist's examination or diagnosis, subject to a dental therapy practice agreement.

N.M. Admin. Code § 16.5.65.8

Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXII, Issue 10, May 25, 2021, eff. 5/30/2021