1. (1) The scope of practice of a dental therapist shall, subject to the terms of a collaborative management agreement, be limited to providing the following services, treatments, and procedures:

   1. (a) Oral evaluation and assessment of dental disease and formulation of an individualized treatment plan.
   2. (b) Identification of oral and systemic conditions requiring evaluation or treatment by dentists, physicians, or other health care providers and managing referrals.
   3. (c) Comprehensive charting of the oral cavity.
   4. (d) Oral health instruction and disease prevention education, including nutritional counseling and dietary analysis.
   5. (e) Exposure and evaluation of radiographic images.
   6. (f) Dental prophylaxis, including subgingival scaling and polishing procedures.
   7. (g) Dispensing and administration via the oral or topical route of nonnarcotic analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antibiotic medications as prescribed by a licensed health care provider.
   8. (h) Application of topical preventive or prophylactic agents, including fluoride varnish, antimicrobial agents, caries arresting medicaments, and pit and fissure sealants.
   9. (i) Pulp vitality testing.
   10. (j) Application of desensitizing medications or resins.
   11. (k) Fabrication of athletic mouth guards and soft occlusal guards.
   12. (L) Changing of periodontal dressings.
   13. (m) Administration of local anesthetic and nitrous oxide.
   14. (n) Simple extraction of erupted primary teeth.
   15. (o) Nonsurgical extraction of periodontally diseased permanent teeth with tooth mobility of +3 to +4 to the extent authorized in the dental therapist's collaborative management agreement, except for the extraction of a tooth that is unerupted, impacted, or fractured or that needs to be sectioned for removal.
   16. (p) Emergency palliative treatment of dental pain limited to the procedures in this subsection.
   17. (q) Preparation and placement of direct restoration in primary and permanent teeth.
   18. (r) Fabrication and placement of single-tooth temporary crowns.
   19. (s) Preparation and placement of preformed crowns on primary teeth.
   20. (t) Indirect and direct pulp capping on permanent teeth.
   21. (u) Indirect pulp capping on primary teeth.
   22. (v) Intraoral suture placement and removal.
   23. (w) Minor adjustment and repair of removable prostheses.
   24. (x) Placement and removal of space maintainers.
   25. (y) Pulpotomy on primary teeth.
   26. (z) Tooth reimplantation and stabilization.
   27. (za) Recementing of a permanent crown.
   28. (zb) The performance of dental hygiene, as defined in s. 447.01 (3), Stats.
2. (2) Notwithstanding sub. (1), a dental therapist shall, except as provided in sub. (3), limit his or her practice of dental therapy to providing the services, treatments, and procedures covered by his or her dental therapy education program.
3. (3) If any service, treatment, or procedure under sub. (1) was not covered by a dental therapist's dental therapy education program, the dental therapist may provide that service, treatment, or procedure if the dental therapist has subsequently received additional dental therapy educational training to provide that service, treatment, or procedure.

History

History: EmR2410: emerg. cr., eff. 7-26-24; CR 24-094: cr. Register July 2025 No. 835, eff. 8-1-25; correction in (1) (p) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., Register July 2025 No. 835.