Dental Therapist

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Dental therapists work as part of a team, providing clinical treatments prescribed by a dentist.

• A dental therapist certified by the board under may perform the following services and procedures pursuant to the written collaborative management agreement with a Dentist:
• An oral evaluation and assessment of dental disease and the formulation of an individualized treatment plan authorized by the collaborating dentist;
• Nonsurgical extractions of permanent teeth as limited in subdivision 3, paragraph b.
• Oral health instruction and disease prevention education, including nutritional counseling and dietary analysis
• Preliminary charting of the oral cavity
• Making radiographs
• Mechanical polishing
• Application of topical preventive or prophylactic agents, including fluoride varnishes and pit and fissure sealants
• Pulp vitality testing
• Application of desensitizing medication or resin
• Fabrication of athletic mouth guards
• Placement of temporary restorations
• Fabrication of soft occlusal guards
• Tissue conditioning and soft reline
• Atraumatic restorative therapy
• Dressing changes
• Tooth re-implantation
• Administration of local anesthetic
• Administration of nitrous oxide