Action | Registration and practice of dental assistants |
Stage | NOIRA |
Comment Period | Ended on 11/12/2008 |
In the past 11 years I work with both dental hygiene and dental assistant students as they do clinical rotations in our
All the dental assistants who have done rotations here were trained to polish teeth on a manikin not a human. These students have difficulty adjusting to the mouth with the lips, tongue and bodily movement of the patient. I feel it is not in the best interest of the patient nor the student to allow them such responsibility due to the rise in medically compromised patients and the liability associated with dental treatment.