Nevada § 631.3125 Dental therapists: Additional authorized care and services

Nevada Statutes

§ 631.3125 — Dental therapists: Additional authorized care and services

Nevada § 631.3125

Title 54PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS AND BUSINESSES

Ch. 631Dentistry,

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 631.3125 (2026).

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In accordance with the written practice agreement, a dental therapist may provide any of the following additional care or services:

1.Identifying oral and systemic conditions that require evaluation or treatment by dentists, physicians, or other health care professionals and managing referrals to such persons.

2.Providing oral health instruction and disease prevention education, including nutritional counseling and dietary analysis.

3.Dispensing and administering via the oral or topical route nonnarcotic analgesics and anti-inflammatory and antibiotic medications as prescribed by a health care professional.

4.Pulp and vitality testing.

5.Applying desensitizing medication or resin.

6.Fabricating mouth guards.

7.Changing periodontal dressings.

8.Simple extraction of erupted primary t

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In accordance with the written practice agreement, a dental therapist may provide any of the following additional care or services:
1. Identifying oral and systemic conditions that require evaluation or treatment by dentists, physicians, or other health care professionals and managing referrals to such persons.
2. Providing oral health instruction and disease prevention education, including nutritional counseling and dietary analysis.
3. Dispensing and administering via the oral or topical route nonnarcotic analgesics and anti-inflammatory and antibiotic medications as prescribed by a health care professional.
4. Pulp and vitality testing.
5. Applying desensitizing medication or resin.
6. Fabricating mouth guards.
7. Changing periodontal dressings.
8. Simple extraction of erupted primary teeth.
9. Emergency palliative treatment of dental pain related to a care or service described in this section.
10. Preparation and placement of direct restoration in primary and permanent teeth.
11. Fabrication and placement of single tooth temporary crowns.
12. Preparation and placement of preformed crowns on primary teeth.
13. Indirect and direct pulp capping on permanent teeth.
14. Suturing and suture removal.
15. Minor adjustments and repairs on removable prostheses.
16. Placement and removal of space maintainers.
17. Nonsurgical extractions of periodontally diseased permanent teeth with tooth mobility. However, a dental therapist shall not extract a tooth for any patient if the tooth is unerupted, impacted, or fractured or needs to be sectioned for removal.
18. Performing other related services and functions authorized and for which the dental therapist is trained.