Action | Registration and practice of dental assistants |
Stage | NOIRA |
Comment Period | Ended on 11/12/2008 |
I am in favor of dental assistants being able to be trained to scale teeth. This could expand the scope of services by making dental care less expensive, thereby allowing more people to prevent problems before they occur. Perhaps scaling and root planing could be limited to dental hygienists, but routine scaling should be allowed to be administered by a properly trained dental assistant.