Section 573.19 - Dentistry(a) Dentistry, a subset of the practice of veterinary medicine, is: (1) The application or use of any instrument or device to any portion of an animal's tooth, gum or any related tissue for the prevention, cure or relief of any wound, fracture, injury or disease of an animal's tooth, gum or related tissue; and(2) Preventive dental procedures including, but not limited to, the removal of calculus, soft deposits, plaque, stains or the smoothing, filing or polishing of tooth surfaces.(b) A non-licensed person may not perform any invasive dental procedure, as defined in § 573.80 of this title (relating to Definitions), and as limited by subsection (e) of this section.(c) Nothing in this regulation shall prohibit any person from utilizing cotton swabs, gauze, dental floss, dentifrice, or toothbrushes to clean an animal's teeth.(d) In dogs and cats, a licensed veterinary technician under direct or immediate supervision of a veterinarian may extract loose teeth or dental fragments with minimal periodontal attachments by hand and without the use of an elevator.(e) The following treatments may be performed to an equid by a licensed equine dental provider under general supervision by a veterinarian, and by a non-veterinarian employee under direct supervision by the veterinarian: (1) removing sharp enamel points;(2) removing small dental overgrowths;(3) rostral profiling of the first cheek teeth;(5) extracting loose, deciduous teeth;(6) removing supragingival calculus;(7) extracting loose, mobile, or diseased teeth or dental fragments with minimal periodontal attachments by hand and without the use of an elevator; and(8) removing erupted, non-displaced wolf teeth.22 Tex. Admin. Code § 573.19
The provisions of this §573.19 adopted to be effective December 25, 2012, 37 TexReg 9936; amended to be effective August 29, 2013, 38 TexReg 5487; amended to be effective May 4, 2014, 39 TexReg 3427