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

1. A. UNDER GENERAL SUPERVISION:

   1. (1) oral evaluation and assessment of dental disease;
   2. (2) formulation of an individualized treatment plan as authorized by a supervising dentist;
   3. (3) place and shape direct restorations without mechanical preparation;
   4. (4) impressions for single-tooth removable prosthesis;
   5. (5) temporary cementation;
   6. (6) atraumatic restorative therapy;
   7. (7) temporary and sedative restorations;
   8. (8) extraction of primary teeth without radiological evidence of roots;
   9. (9) palliative treatments;
   10. (10) fabrication and placement of temporary crowns;
   11. (11) recementation of permanent crowns;
   12. (12) removal and nonsurgical placement of space maintainers;
   13. (13) repairs and adjustments to prostheses;
   14. (14) tissue conditioning;
   15. (15) administration of analgesics, anti-inflammatory substances and antibiotics that a supervising dentist orders;
   16. (16) other closely related procedures that the board authorizes through rules it has adopted and promulgated;
   17. (17) all procedures within the scope of practice of a dental hygienist;

2. B. UNDER INDIRECT SUPERVISION:

   1. (1) preparation and direct restoration of cavities in primary and permanent teeth; and
   2. (2) fitting, shaping and cementing of stainless steel crowns on teeth prepared by a dentist; and.

3. C. DENTAL THERAPISTS WITH POST-GRADUATE CLINICAL EXPERIENCE: A dental therapist that has completed a dental therapy post-graduate clinical experience, who has been certified by the board, may perform the following procedures under general supervison:

   1. (1) preparation and direct restoration of cavities in primary and permanent teeth; and
   2. (2) fitting, shaping and cementing of stainless steel crowns on teeth prepared by a dentist:
4. D. A dental therapist may treat a patient prior to a dentist’s examination or diagnosis, subject to a dental therapy practice agreement.

[16.5.65.8 NMAC - N, 5/30/2021]