California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 10 - Dental Board of California › Chapter 2 - Dentists › Article 3 - Examinations › Section 1032.2 - Portfolio Examination: Requirements for Demonstration of Clinical Experience

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Each candidate shall complete at least the minimum number of clinical
				  experiences in each of the competencies prior to submission of their portfolio
				  to the Board. All clinical experiences shall be performed on patients under the
				  supervision of school faculty and shall be included in the portfolio submitted
				  to the Board. Clinical experience shall be performed at the dental school
				  clinic, an extramural dental facility or a mobile dental clinic approved by the
				  Board. The portfolio shall contain documentation that the candidate has
				  completed the minimum number of clinical experiences as follows:
(1) Oral diagnosis and treatment planning
				  (ODTP) clinical experiences shall include a minimum of twenty (20) patient
				  cases. Clinical experiences for ODTP include: comprehensive oral evaluations,
				  limited (problem-focused) oral evaluations, and periodic oral
				  evaluation.
(2) Direct restorative
				  clinical experiences shall include a minimum of sixty (60) restorations. The
				  restorations completed in the clinical experiences may include any restoration
				  on a permanent or primary tooth using standard restorative materials including:
				  amalgams, composites, crown build-ups, direct pulp caps, and
				  temporizations.
(3) Indirect
				  restorative clinical experiences shall include a minimum of fourteen (14)
				  restorations. The restorations completed in the clinical experiences may be a
				  combination of the following procedures: inlays, onlays, crowns, abutments,
				  pontics, veneers, cast posts, overdenture copings, or dental implant
				  restorations.
(4) Removable
				  prosthodontic clinical experiences shall include a minimum of five (5)
				  prostheses. One of the five prostheses may be used as a portfolio competency
				  examination provided that it is completed in an independent manner with no
				  faculty intervention. A prosthesis shall include any of the following: full
				  denture, partial denture (cast framework), partial denture (acrylic base with
				  distal extension replacing a minimum number of three posterior teeth),
				  immediate treatment denture, or overdenture retained by a natural tooth or
				  dental implants.
(5) Endodontic
				  clinical experiences on patients shall include five (5) canals or any
				  combination of canals in three separate teeth.
(6) Periodontal clinical experiences shall
				  include a minimum of twenty-five (25) cases. A periodontal experience shall
				  include the following: An adult prophylaxis, treatment of periodontal disease
				  such as scaling and root planing, any periodontal surgical procedure, and
				  assisting on a periodontal surgical procedure when performed by a faculty or an
				  advanced education candidate in periodontics. The combined clinical periodontal
				  experience shall include a minimum of five (5) quadrants of scaling and root
				  planning procedures.