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Similar issue with dental assistant
A dental health care provider role that inheres in a person who is a an
auxiliary to the dental operator.
Dental assistant role
Now: A dental health care provider role that inheres in a person who is a an
auxiliary to the dental operator.
dental operator not defined. Auxiliary
Offered: A dental health care provider role that inheres in a person
who is not a dentist but is supervised by a dentist and which is
realized when the assistant helps a dentist during a dental procedure
or does one of a limited number of kinds of dental procedures on
patients under the direction of a dentist.
Q, by this definition dental hygenist role is a dental assistant role. If not,
what differentiates.
e.g.
"A dental assistant in the state of Alabama may perform basic
supportive dental procedures specified by the state dental practice
act under the direct supervision of a licensed dentist."
Perhaps mention something about licensure although this may be US specific or
that specific requirements vary. E.g.
http://www.tsbde.state.tx.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=103&Itemi
d=75
"Qualified Dental Assistant" is a dental assistant who has received on-the-job
training or instruction through a dental assisting school. There is no
credential for this level of training or instruction.
"Registered Dental Assistant" is a dental assistant who has successfully
completed the state-level registration process with the SBDE. Dental
Assistants who successful register and have been issued a Dental Assistant
Registration Certificate by the SBDE may use the credential "Registered Dental
Assistant" or "RDA".
"Certified Dental Assistant" is a dental assistant who meets the education
and/or experience prerequisites established by the Dental Assistant National
Board (DANB) and passes the DANB Certified Dental Assistant (CDA) Examination
(including Radiation Health and Safety (RSH), Infection Control (ICE) and
national-level General Chairside (GC) component(s), is currently CPR-certified
and continues to maintain the CDA credential by meeting DANB requirements.
Dental Assistants who complete this process may use the credential "Certified
Dental Assistant" or "CDA".
Original comment by alanruttenberg@gmail.com
on 20 Dec 2014 at 7:20
I wonder if both roles are defined less by specifics than by the fact that they
are three roles (including dentist) with differing levels of permissions
(dentist < hygienist < assistant) with the specific constructed on that basis
by each regulatory region.
Original comment by alanruttenberg@gmail.com
on 20 Dec 2014 at 7:23
This is all a little bit academic. I think we should keep this simple. The
discussion of how dental healthcare providers are licensed is really outside of
the scope of this project.
Some simple statements that may inform the definition:
- Dentists provide dental care to patients. (NB: not just preventative care!)
- Dentists supervise/work with dental auxiliaries (which include dental
hygienists and assistants).
- As Alan already meant (but not wrote ;-) ), dentist > hygienist > assistant
in terms of what they are allowed to do.
Original comment by titus.sc...@gmail.com
on 7 Jan 2015 at 1:46
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
alanruttenberg@gmail.com
on 20 Dec 2014 at 7:10