New Mexico § 61-5A-13.2 Dental therapy; scope of practice; supervision

New Mexico Statutes

§ 61-5A-13.2 — Dental therapy; scope of practice; supervision

New Mexico § 61-5A-13.2

Ch. 61Professional and Occupational Licenses

Art. 5ADental Health Care

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Bluebook

N.M. Stat. Ann. § 61-5A-13.2 (2026).

Text

A. A dental therapist shall provide care in accordance with a dental therapy practice agreement; provided that the dental therapy practice agreement is limited to:

(1)the following activities performed under general supervision:

(a)oral evaluation and assessment of dental disease;

(b)formulation of an individualized treatment plan as authorized by a supervising dentist;

(c)place and shape direct restorations without mechanical preparation;

(d)impressions for single-tooth removable prosthesis;

(e)temporary cementation;

(f)atraumatic restorative therapy;

(g)temporary and sedative restorations;

(h)extraction of primary teeth without radiological evidence of roots;

(i)palliative treatments;

(j)fabrication and placement of temporary crowns;

(k)recementation of permanent crowns;

(l)

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A. A dental therapist shall provide care in accordance with a dental therapy practice agreement; provided that the dental therapy practice agreement is limited to: (1) the following activities performed under general supervision: (a) oral evaluation and assessment of dental disease; (b) formulation of an individualized treatment plan as authorized by a supervising dentist; (c) place and shape direct restorations without mechanical preparation; (d) impressions for single-tooth removable prosthesis; (e) temporary cementation; (f) atraumatic restorative therapy; (g) temporary and sedative restorations; (h) extraction of primary teeth without radiological evidence of roots; (i) palliative treatments; (j) fabrication and placement of temporary crowns; (k) recementation of permanent crowns; (l) removal and nonsurgical placement of space maintainers; (m) repairs and adjustments to prostheses; (n) tissue conditioning; (o) administration of analgesics, anti-inflammatory substances and antibiotics that a supervising dentist orders; and (p) other closely related procedures that the board authorizes through rules it has adopted and promulgated; and (2) the following activities that a dental therapist performs under indirect supervision or, if the dental therapist has completed a dental therapy post-graduate clinical experience, under general supervision: (a) preparation and direct restoration of cavities in primary and permanent teeth; and (b) fitting, shaping and cementing of stainless steel crowns on teeth prepared by a dentist. B. A dental therapist may treat a patient prior to a dentist's examination or diagnosis, subject to a dental therapy practice agreement.