Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Dentistry
 
chapter
Regulations Governing Dental Practice [18 VAC 60 ‑ 20]
Action Registration and practice of dental assistants
Stage NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 11/12/2008
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11/9/08  10:04 pm
Commenter: Stanley

NO to scaling by a dental assistant.
 

 

I strongly disagree with letting a dental assistant clean my teeth. I have served in the military and had my teeth cleaned once and only once by this so called trained professional. Both the level and standard of care was of the worst quality possible. I ,for one, can tell you that if this passes I will not get my teeth cleaned again. These dentists think they are going to increase their profit margins when actually they are going to lose patients. Their practices will,in fact, suffer the consequences of their GREED! This is absolutely absurd.

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