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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
A. A dental therapist shall provide care in accordance with a dental therapy practice agreement; provided that the dental therapy practice agreement is limited to:
(1) the following activities performed under general supervision:
(a) oral evaluation and assessment of dental disease;
(b) formulation of an individualized treatment plan as authorized by a supervising dentist;
(c) place and shape direct restorations without mechanical preparation;
(d) impressions for single-tooth removable prosthesis;
(e) temporary cementation;
(f) atraumatic restorative therapy;
(g) temporary and sedative restorations;
(h) extraction of primary teeth without radiological evidence of roots;
(i) palliative treatments;
(j) fabrication and placement of temporary crowns;
(k) recementation of permanent crowns;
(l) removal and nonsurgical placement of space maintainers;
(m) repairs and adjustments to prostheses;
(n) tissue conditioning;
(o) administration of analgesics, anti-inflammatory substances and antibiotics that a supervising dentist orders; and
(p) other closely related procedures that the board authorizes through rules it has adopted and promulgated; and
(2) the following activities that a dental therapist performs under indirect supervision or, if the dental therapist has completed a dental therapy post-graduate clinical experience, under general supervision:
(a) preparation and direct restoration of cavities in primary and permanent teeth; and
(b) fitting, shaping and cementing of stainless steel crowns on teeth prepared by a dentist.
B. A dental therapist may treat a patient prior to a dentist's examination or diagnosis, subject to a dental therapy practice agreement.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 61. Professional and Occupational Licenses § 61-5A-13.2. Dental therapy; scope of practice; supervision - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-61-professional-and-occupational-licenses/nm-st-sect-61-5a-13-2/
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