Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64B5 - Board of Dentistry › Chapter 64B5-16 - REMEDIABLE TASKS DELEGABLE TO DENTAL HYGIENISTS AND DENTAL ASSISTANTS › Section 64B5-16.005 - Remediable Tasks Delegable to Dental Assistants

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The following remediable tasks may be
				performed by a dental assistant who has received formal training and who
				performs the tasks under direct supervision:
(a) Placing or removing temporary
				restorations with non-mechanical hand instruments only;
(b) Polishing dental restorations of the
				teeth when 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;
(c) Polishing clinical
				crowns when not for the purpose of changing the existing contour of the tooth
				and only with the following instruments used with appropriate polishing
				materials - slow-speed hand pieces, rubber cups, bristle brushes and porte
				polishers;
(d) Removing excess
				cement from dental restorations and appliances with non-mechanical hand
				instruments only;
(e) Cementing
				temporary crowns and bridges with temporary cement;
(f) 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;
(g) Selecting and pre-sizing orthodontic
				bands, including the selection of the proper size band for a tooth to be banded
				which does not include or involve any adapting, contouring, trimming or
				otherwise modifying the band material such that it would constitute fitting the
				band;
(h) 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;
(i) Selecting prescribed
				extra-oral appliances by pre-selection or pre-measurement which does not
				include final fit adjustment;
(j)
				Preparing a tooth surface by applying conditioning agents for orthodontic
				appliances by conditioning or placing of sealant materials which does not
				include placing brackets;
(k) Using
				appropriate implements for preliminary charting of existing restorations and
				missing teeth and a visual assessment of existing oral conditions;
(l) Fabricating temporary crowns or bridges
				intra-orally which shall not include any adjustment of occlusion to the
				appliance or existing dentition; and
(m) Packing and removing retraction cord, so
				long as it does not contain vasoactive chemicals and is used solely for
				restorative dental procedures;
(n)
				Removing and recementing properly contoured and fitting loose bands that are
				not permanently attached to any appliance.
(o) 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 a diagnosed case of
				post-operative osteitis;
(p) Making
				impressions for study casts which are being made for the purpose of fabricating
				orthodontic retainers;
(q) Taking
				of impressions for and delivery of at-home bleaching trays.
(r) Taking impressions for passive appliance,
				occlusal guards, space maintainers and protective mouth
				guards;