California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 10 - Dental Board of California › Chapter 3 - Dental Auxiliaries › Article 2 - Educational Programs › Section 1070.7 - Approval of Orthodontic Assistant Permit Courses

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
In addition to the requirements of Sections
					 1070 and
					 1070.1, the following criteria
					 shall be met by an orthodontic assistant permit course to secure and maintain
					 approval by the Board.
(a) The course
				  shall be of sufficient duration for the student to develop minimum competence
				  in all of the duties that orthodontic assistant permitholders are authorized to
				  perform, but in no event less than 84 hours, including at least 24 hours of
				  didactic instruction, at least 28 hours of laboratory instruction, and at least
				  32 hours of clinical instruction. A registered dental assistant shall not be
				  required to complete further instruction in the duties of placing ligature ties
				  and archwires, removing orthodontic bands, and removing excess cement from
				  tooth surfaces with a hand instrument. The course hours for a student who holds
				  a valid and current registered dental assistant license shall be no less than
				  55 hours, including 11 didactic hours, 24 laboratory hours, and 20 clinical
				  hours. A registered dental assistant who has completed a Board-approved course
				  in the use of an ultrasonic scaler shall not be required to complete further
				  instruction in that duty. The course hours for a student who holds a valid and
				  current registered dental assistant license and who has completed a
				  Board-approved course in the use of an ultrasonic scaler shall be no less than
				  51 hours, including 9 didactic hours, 22 laboratory hours, and 20 clinical
				  hours.
(b) The minimum requirements
				  for equipment and armamentaria shall include banded or bonded orthodontic
				  typodonts in the ratio of at least one for every four students, bench mount or
				  dental chair mounted mannequin head, curing light, regular typodont with full
				  dentition and soft gingiva in the ratio of at least one for every four
				  students, and a selection of orthodontic instruments and adjunct material for
				  all of the procedures that orthodontic assistant permitholders are authorized
				  to perform under Business and Professions Code Section
				  1750.3.
(c) In addition to the requirements of
				  Section 1070, all faculty or instructional
				  staff members responsible for clinical evaluation shall have completed a
				  two-hour methodology course in clinical evaluation prior to conducting clinical
				  evaluations of students.
(d) Areas
				  of instruction shall include, at a minimum, the instruction specified in
				  subdivisions (e) to (j), inclusive, as well as instruction in basic background
				  information on orthodontic practice. "Basic background information on
				  orthodontic practice" means, for purposes of this subdivision, the orthodontic
				  treatment review, charting, patient education, and legal and infection control
				  requirements as they apply to orthodontic practice.
(e) The following requirements shall be met
				  for sizing, fitting, cementing, and removing orthodontic bands:
(1) Didactic instruction shall contain the
				  following:
(A) Theory of band positioning and
				  tooth movement.
(B) Characteristics
				  of band material: malleability, stiffness, ductility, and work
				  hardening.
(C) Techniques for
				  orthodontic banding and removal, which shall include all of the following:
(i) Armamentaria.
(ii) General principles of fitting and
				  removing bands.
(iii) Normal
				  placement requirements of brackets, tubes, lingual sheaths, lingual cleats, and
				  buttons onto bands.
(iv)
				  Orthodontic cements and adhesive materials: classifications, armamentaria, and
				  mixing technique.
(v) Cementing
				  bands: armamentaria, mixing technique, and band cementation
				  procedures.
(vi) Procedure for
				  removal of bands after cementation.