✨ Dental Therapy Practice Regulations
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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 81
20 MAY 2005
• Diploma in Dental Therapy (issued by a New Zealand educational institution);
registration in the Scope of General Dental Therapy practice and evidence of
successful completion of the University of Otago training module in pulpotomies;
or
• Diploma in Dental Therapy, University of Otago and registration in the Scope of
General Dental Therapy practice; or
• Bachelor of Health Sciences (Endorsement in Dental Therapy), University of
Otago and registration in the Scope of General Dental Therapy practice; or
• Bachelor of Health Science (Oral Health), Auckland University of Technology and
registration in the Scope of General Dental Therapy practice.
Scope for Radiography in Dental Therapy Practice
Taking periapical and bitewing radiographs(1).
Prescribed Qualifications
• Certificate in Dental Therapy (issued by the Department of Health or a
New Zealand educational institution); registration in the Scope of General Dental
Therapy practice; approved experience in the provision of dental therapy services
within the scope of dental therapy practice; and an exemption certificate issued
by the New Zealand Medical Radiation Technologists Board current as at
18/09/04; or
• Certificate in Dental Therapy (issued by the Department of Health or a
New Zealand educational institution); registration in the Scope of General Dental
Therapy practice; approved experience in the provision of dental therapy services
within the scope of dental therapy practice and evidence of successful completion
of one of the following radiography training courses:
- Radiography for Dental Therapists, Canterbury District Health Board
- Dental Radiography Training Programme, Auckland Regional Dental
Service - Dental Radiography Training Module, Waikato District Health Board
- Dental Radiography Training Module, Otago District Health Board
- Dental Radiography Course, Hutt Valley District Health Board
- Dental Radiography Course, Department of Health
- Dental Radiography Course, Massey
- Radiography for Dental Therapists, Wellington Polytechnic; or
• Diploma in Dental Therapy (issued by a New Zealand educational institution);
registration in the Scope of General Dental Therapy practice and an exemption
certificate issued by the New Zealand Medical Radiation Technologists Board
current as at 18/09/04;
(1) The Radiation Protection Act 1965 requires non-licensed persons who take x-rays to do so under the supervision or
instructions of a person who holds a licence under that Act.
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