Learning Objectives
After completing the course you will be able to:
- List 3 basic purposes of the Act.
- Define dentistry and list various services that comprise dentistry.
- Describe 3 levels of supervision that a dentist can exercise.
- Distinguish between remediable and irremediable tasks.
- Explain the continuing education requirements for dentists and dental hygienists.
- Describe and differentiate between various forms of anesthesia and list their respective requirements for equipment and drugs.
- Describe the requirements to maintain patient records.
- List at least 8 specific forms of advertising prohibited by law.
- List 11 tasks that are remediable and can be delegated to a dental hygienist or dental assistant.
- Enumerate and expound upon various grounds for disciplinary action by the board.
- Describe the limitations placed upon advertising dental specialties.
- Circumscribe areas of dental practice over which non-dentists may not exercise control.