New Zealand Gazette – 2016 – No. 99

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✨ Oral Health Therapy Scope of Practice



NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 99 — 3 NOVEMBER 2016

  • Applying fissure sealants.
  • Administering topical local anaesthetic.
  • Administering local anaesthetic using dentoalveolar infiltration and inferior dental nerve block techniques.
  • Removing hard and soft deposits from all tooth surfaces.

Restorative activities for patients up to age 18:

  • preparing cavities and restoring primary and permanent teeth using direct placement of dental materials;

  • extracting primary teeth;

  • performing pulpotomies on primary teeth; and

  • preparing primary teeth for, and placing, stainless steel crowns.

  • Recontouring and polishing restorations.

  • Taking impressions, recording occlusal relationships, and making study models.

  • Constructing and fitting mouthguards and bleaching trays.

  • Performing postoperative procedures such as removal of sutures and placement and removal of periodontal dressings.

Promoting the oral health of communities by:

  • raising awareness of oral health and its effect on general health and well-being; and

  • designing and implementing oral health promotion projects, and evaluating their effectiveness, in response to the oral health needs of specific communities.

  • Assisting the dentist or dental specialist in implementing orthodontic treatment plans through performing the following orthodontic procedures:

    • tracing cephalometric radiographs; and
    • fabricating retainers, and undertaking other simple laboratory procedures of an orthodontic nature.

  • Assisting the dentist or dental specialist in implementing orthodontic treatment plans, as directed by the dentist or dental specialist who is responsible for the patient’s clinical care outcomes and is on-site at the time, through performing the following orthodontic procedures:

    • placing separators;
    • sizing and cementing metal bands including loose bands during treatment;
    • preparing teeth for bonding fixed attachments and fixed retainers;
    • indirect bonding of brackets as set up by the dentist or dental specialist;
    • placing archwires when necessary (as formed by the dentist or dental specialist) and replacing ligatures/closing self-ligating brackets;
    • trial fitting removable appliances. This does not include activation;
    • removing archwires after removing elastomeric or wire ligatures, or opening self-ligating brackets;
    • removing fixed orthodontic attachments and retainers;
    • removing adhesives after the removal of fixed attachments;
    • fitting passive removable retainers; and
    • bonding preformed fixed retainers.

Prescribed Qualifications for the Scope of Practice for Oral Health Therapy

  1. University of Otago Bachelor of Oral Health¹;
  2. Auckland University of Technology Bachelor of Health Science in Oral Health²;
  3. New Zealand Oral Health Therapist Registration Examination; or
  4. Dental Board of Australia-approved programmes that allow graduates registration as an Oral Health Therapist in Australia.

Dated this 31st day of October 2016.

MARIE WARNER, Chief Executive, Dental Council.

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🏥 Notice of Oral Health Therapy Scope of Practice (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
31 October 2016
Oral Health Therapy, Scope of Practice, Dental Council, Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003, Restorative Activities, Orthodontic Procedures, Prescribed Qualifications
  • Marie Warner, Chief Executive, Dental Council