Ohio Administrative Codes for EFDAs / AQPs- Delegable Tasks
Ohio EFDA’s delegable duties currently permitted by the
Ohio State Dental Board
As of April 2007
Log on to the state dental boards website at: www.dental.ohio.gov
Click on “Publications” in the left margin, then scroll down to “Other” and click on “Permissible Duties.”
The following list is from the OSDB website:
- Placement of Sealants
- Placement of restorative materials limited to amalgam restorative materials
- Placement of restorative materials limited to nonmetallic restorative materials, including direct-bonded restorative materials
- Aspiration and retraction, excluding placement of gingival retraction materials
- Intra-oral instrument transfer
- Preliminary charting of missing and filled teeth
- *Elastomeric impressions for diagnostic models and models to be used for opposing models in the construction of appliances and restorations
- Taking impressions for the construction of custom athletic mouth protectors/mouthguards
- Taking impressions for the construction of trays for application of medicaments
- Application of disclosing solutions
- Caries susceptibility testing
- *Demonstration of oral hygiene procedures, including, but not limited to, use of toothbrushes and dental floss
- Shade selection for fabrication of appliances or restorations
- Application of topical anesthetics
- Pulp testing
- Fluoride application, limited to liquid or gel applications
- Topical applications of desensitizing agents to teeth
- *Application of periodontal dressings (packs)
- Removal of periodontal dressings (packs)
- Suture removal
- Placement of rubber dam over preplaced clamp, and removal of clamp and rubber dam
- *Application of cavity varnish Placement of surgical dressings
- Removal of surgical dressings
- Intra-oral bite registrations for diagnostic model articulation
- Intra-oral bite registrations for restorations
- Intra-oral bite registrations for appliances
- Standard, diagnostic, radiologic procedures for the purpose of contributing to the provision of dental services
- All supportive services necessary to the maintenance of a hygienic practice environment, including, but not limited to, all sterilizing procedures
- Physical positioning of the patient
- Monitoring of vital signs
- Assistance during administration of life-support activities, and any other non-invasive procedures deemed necessary by the supervising dentist to maintain the health and safety of the patient
- Taking photographs
- Recording patient treatment
- Measurement of blood pressure and body temperature
- Other common tests deemed necessary by the supervising dentist
- *Repair, construction and finishing of metallic and plastic prosthetic devise
- Compilation of radiographic data for interpretation by the dentist, i.e., tracings, etc
- Progress reports
- Consultations (oral or written)
- Oral hygiene instructions
- Instruction /Use of intra-oral hygiene devices
- Instruction /Normal nutrition information as it relates to dental health
- Behavioral modification
- Instruction / Self-adjustment of orthodontic appliances and all other post-operative and post-insertion instructions, as deemed appropriate by the supervising dentist
- All non-invasive supportive services normally utilized in conjunction with the treatment by the dentist of fascia pain or TMJ syndrome
- Preparing the teeth for restorations or for the bonding of orthodontic brackets by treating the supragingival coronal surfaces of the teeth to be bonded with a conditioning or etching agent and by the placement of a bonding agent adhesive
- Polymerization of light-activated restorative or bonding materials
- Impressions for removable or fixed orthodontic appliances
- Preliminary selection and sizing of orthodontic bands and arch wires
- Checking for and removal of loose orthodontic bands
- *Checking for and removal of loose orthodontic brackets
- Placement and removal of orthodontic arch wires, auxiliary arch wires, and ligation of same to orthodontic bands and/or brackets
- Placement and removal of orthodontic separators and ties
- Irrigation and drying of canals during endodontic procedures
- Placement of medication in the pulp chamber(s) of teeth with non-vital pulp or instrumented root canals
* As of 2006, the Ohio State Dental Board responded to a request from ODEFA and has granted Ohio EFDAs permission to perform Cerec impressions, also known as optical impressions.