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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11/12/08  5:55 pm
Commenter: Gloria Wajciechowski

No to Scaling for DA2
 

No to compromising my dental health by allowing DA2 to perform scaling.  RDH's do so much more than scaling.  They're trained in performing extensive oral exams and recognizing when there may be other problems going on in the mouth.  To allow DA's to perform scaling would mean that some potential life-threatening problems may not be detected by a RDH.  I say NO to allowing unqualified DA2's to compromising my health.

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