Sec. 20-112a. Dental assistants. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 20-112a. Dental assistants. A licensed dentist may delegate to dental assistants such dental procedures as the dentist may deem advisable, including the taking of dental x-rays if the dental assistant can demonstrate successful completion of the dental radiography portion of an examination prescribed by the Dental Assisting National Board, but such procedures shall be performed under the dentist's supervision and control and the dentist shall assume responsibility for such procedures; provided such assistants may not engage in: (1) Diagnosis for dental procedures or dental treatment; (2) the cutting or removal of any hard or soft tissue or suturing; (3) the prescribing of drugs or medications that require the written or oral order of a licensed dentist or physician; (4) the administration of local, parenteral, inhalation or general anesthetic agents in connection with any dental operative procedure; (5) the taking of any impression of the teeth or jaws or the relationship of the teeth or jaws for the purpose of fabricating any appliance or prosthesis; (6) the placing, finishing and adjustment of temporary or final restorations, capping materials and cement bases; or (7) the practice of dental hygiene as defined in section 20-126l.

      (P.A. 73-399, S. 1; P.A. 92-35, S. 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 19, 121; P.A. 05-213, S. 6.)

      History: P.A. 92-35 substituted "dental" for "trained" assistants, amended Subdiv. (1) to remove reference to treatment planning or any procedures requiring professional's judgment and skill and to include dental procedures or dental treatment, amended Subdiv. (4) to remove reference to injected local anesthetic of any nature and replace it with local, parenteral, inhalation or general anesthetic agents in connection with any dental operative procedure and amended Subdiv. (7) by replacing removal of calcareous deposits, accretions and stains from the surfaces of teeth or the polishing of teeth with the practice of dental hygiene as defined in Sec. 20-111; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made a technical change, effective June 24, 1998; P.A. 05-213 authorized dental assistants who pass dental radiography portion of exam prescribed by Dental Assisting National Board to take dental x-rays under supervision and control of dentist and made technical changes.