Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXII. Occupations and Professions § 332.011. Definitions

(1)“Accredited dental hygiene school”, any program which teaches a course in dental hygiene which is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association and which shall have a minimum of two academic years of curriculum provided in a college or institution of higher education;

(2)“Accredited dental school”, any college, university, school, or other institution which teaches dentistry which has been certified by the American Dental Association;

(3)“Board”, the Missouri dental board;

(4)“Certified dental assistant”, a dental assistant who is currently certified by the Dental Assisting National Board, Inc.;

(5)“Dental assistant”, an employee of a duly registered and currently licensed dentist in Missouri, other than either a dental hygienist or a certified dental assistant;

(6)“Expanded-functions dental assistant”, any dental assistant who has passed a basic dental assisting skills mastery examination or a certified dental assistant, either of whom has successfully completed a board-approved expanded-functions course, passed a competency examination, and has obtained a permit authorizing them to perform expanded-functions duties from the Missouri dental board;

(7)“Expanded-functions duties”, reversible acts that would be considered the practice of dentistry as defined in section 332.071 that the board specifies by rule may be delegated to a dental assistant or dental hygienist who possesses an expanded-functions permit.