1. In accordance with a written practice agreement required pursuant to NRS 631.3122, a dental therapist may: (a) Provide the following services to a patient who has first been examined by the authorizing dentist: (1) Making and exposing cone-beam radiographs;(2) Application of topical preventive or prophylactic agents, including, without limitation, fluoride varnishes and pit and fissure sealants;(3) Removal of excess cement from cemented restorations or orthodontic appliances without rotary;(4) Re-cementing permanent crowns and bridges with nonpermanent material as a palliative treatment;(5) Administering local intraoral chemotherapeutic agents in any form except aerosol, including, without limitation, antimicrobial agents, fluoride preparations, topical anesthetics and topical desensitizing agents;(6) Minor adjustments and repairs of removable partial dentures;(7) Placement and removal of space maintainers;(9) Restoration of primary and permanent teeth;(10) Extractions of primary teeth and permanent teeth with grade three plus mobility with recorded periodontal charting;(11) Preparation and placement of preformed crowns on primary teeth;(12) Indirect and direct pulp capping of permanent teeth;(13) Administration of local anesthetic;(14) Sub-gingival curettage;(15) Fabricating mouth guards for temporomandibular joint dysfunction or sleep disorders; and(16) Definitive charting of the oral cavity.(b) Provide the following services to a patient who has not first been examined by the authorizing dentist:(1) Making a radiograph through periapical, bitewing or panorex;(2) Mechanical polishing;(3) Application of desensitizing medication or resin;(4) Preliminary charting of an oral cavity;(6) Instruction and education on oral health and disease prevention, including, without limitation, nutritional counseling and dietary analysis; and(7) Fabricating mouth guards for use in sports protection.2. In addition to performing the examination required by paragraph (a) of subsection 1, the authorizing dentist of a dental therapist who provides a service listed in that paragraph shall: (a) Document in the record of the patient the name of the dental therapist; and(b) Provide instructions for treating the patient before the dental therapist begins treating the patient.Nev. Admin. Code § 631.Sec. 5
Added to NAC by Bd. of Dental Exam'rs by R072-22A, eff. 11/1/2024