New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

DENTISTS (GENERAL) REGULATION 1996 - REG 19

19 Dental hygienists

(1) For the purposes of section 57 (4) (f) of the Act, a person with prescribed training is a person:

(a) who has undertaken a course of studies in dental hygiene approved by the Board for the purposes of this clause, or

(b) who has successfully completed an examination in dental hygiene approved by the Board for the purposes of this clause.

(2) For the purposes of section 57 (4) (f) of the Act, the parts of the practice of dentistry that may be performed by a dental hygienist are the following:

(a) pre-operative and post-operative instruction,

(b) the irrigation of the mouth,

(c) the insertion and removal of surgical packs,

(d) the application and removal of rubber dam,

(e) the polishing of restorations,

(f) simple prophylaxis,

(g) the topical application of coatings, sealants, fluoride solutions and preventive medicaments,

(h) the scaling of supra-gingival and sub-gingival calculus deposits from the teeth,

(i) root planing,

(j) the removal of sutures,

(k) the selection of orthodontic bands,

(l) the removal of orthodontic archwires, bands and attachments,

(m) intra-oral radiography,

(n) the taking of simple impressions for study casts,

(o) the recording of periodontal disease,

(p) dental health education,

(q) dietary counselling for dental purposes.