National Mandatory Core
Duties
- Chairside Dental Assisting (Level
I)
- Dental radiography
- Mechanical polishing of the coronal
portion of the teeth ( not including any instrumentation)
- Placement and removal of rubber dam
- Taking of preliminary impressions
of teeth for study models
- Topical application of anti-cariogenic
agents
- Oral hygiene instruction with an
intra-oral component
- Dietary counseling relative to dentistry
- Application of treatment liners (no
pulpal involvement)*
- Application of matrices and wedges*
Optional Level II Duties in Ontario
(with NDAEB certificate)
- Application of materials topically
to prepare the surface of the teeth for a pit and
fissure sealants
- Application of pit and fissure sealants
- Application of topical anesthetics
- Application of desensitizing agents
- Polishing restorations
- Oral irrigations
- Whitening of the coronal portion
of the teeth using materials generally available
to the public without prescription
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