4 MARCH 2010 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 25 593

• New Zealand Association of Orthodontists, Orthodontic Auxiliary Training Programme: Certificate of Orthodontic Assisting.

The following scope replaces the “Additional Scopes of Dental Hygiene and Orthodontic Auxiliary Practice” in the notice published in the Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, 19 May 2005, No. 81, page 1942.

Additional Scopes of Practice for Dental Hygiene and Orthodontic Auxiliary Practice

Scope for Administering Local Anaesthetic in Dental Hygiene Practice
Administration of local anaesthetic using dentoalveolar infiltration and inferior dental nerve block techniques under the direct clinical supervision of a dentist or specialist who is present on the premises at which the work is carried out.

Prescribed Qualifications

• Bachelor of Health Science (Endorsement in Dental Hygiene), University of Otago and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice; or
• Bachelor of Oral Health, University of Otago and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice; or
• Bachelor of Health Science in Oral Health, Auckland University of Technology and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice; or
• approved experience in the provision of local anaesthetic within the general dental therapy or general dental scope of practice and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice; or
• completion of the Auckland University of Technology Local Anaesthesia Course for Dental Hygienists and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice; or
• an approved Local Anaesthetic training course and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice.

The following scope replaces the “Scope for undertaking orthodontic procedures in dental hygiene practice” in the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette, 11 June 2009, No. 84, page 1937.

Scope for Undertaking Orthodontic Procedures in Dental Hygiene Practice
Dental hygienists with approved training, experience and competence in orthodontic procedures assist the dentist or orthodontist in implementing orthodontic treatment plans through performing such orthodontic procedures as taking impressions and making study models, inserting, and removing some orthodontic appliances, preparing teeth for bonding, removing bonding composite and banding cement and providing oral health education and advice on the care and maintenance of orthodontic appliances.

Dental hygienists who undertake orthodontic procedures practise:

• under the clinical guidance of a dentist or orthodontist who is responsible for the patient’s clinical care outcomes; and
• to a treatment plan prepared by a dentist or orthodontist for the patient concerned.

The procedures involve:

• oral hygiene instruction, care and maintenance of orthodontic appliances
• taking clinical photographs for records
• making study models including taking impressions and bite records
• pre-banding polishing of teeth
• removing and placing arch wires as formed by the orthodontist
• removing composite/band cement following removal of fixed appliances
• removing O rings
• de-bonding and de-banding fixed appliances
• replacing loose bands.

Prescribed Qualifications

• Bachelor of Health Science (Endorsement in Dental Hygiene), University of Otago, conferred from 2002 and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice; or
• Bachelor of Oral Health, University of Otago and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice; or
• Diploma in Dental Hygiene, University of Otago conferred from 2002 and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice; or
• Graduate Certificate of Orthodontic Assisting, Academy of Orthodontic Assisting and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice.

The following scope replaces the “Scope of Intra Oral Radiography in Dental Hygiene, Dental Auxiliary and Orthodontic Auxiliary Practice” in the notice published in the Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, 19 May 2005, No. 81, at page 1944.

Scope for Intraoral Radiography in Dental Hygiene and Orthodontic Auxiliary Practice
Taking periapical and bitewing radiographs for the purpose of recognising disease of the periodontium.

Prescribed Qualifications

• Diploma in Dental Hygiene conferred by a New Zealand educational institution and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice; or
• Bachelor of Health Science (Endorsement in Dental Hygiene), University of Otago and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice; or
• Bachelor of Oral Health, University of Otago and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice; or
• Bachelor of Health Science in Oral Health, Auckland University of Technology and registration in the Scope of Dental Hygiene Practice.