OAR 818-042-0080
Certification — Expanded Function Dental Assistant (EFDA)

The Board may certify a dental assistant as an expanded function assistant:

(1) By credential in accordance with OAR 818-042-0120 (Certification by Credential), or

(2) If the assistant submits a completed application, pays the fee and provides evidence of;

(a) Certification of Radiologic Proficiency (OAR 818-042-0060 (Certification — Radiologic Proficiency)); and satisfactory completion of a course of instruction in a program accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association; or

(b) Certification of Radiologic Proficiency (OAR 818-042-0060 (Certification — Radiologic Proficiency)); and passage of the Oregon Basic, Infection Control or Certified Dental Assisting (CDA) examination, and the Expanded Function Dental Assistant examination, or equivalent successor examinations, administered by the Dental Assisting National Board, Inc. (DANB), or any other testing entity authorized by the Board; and certification by a licensed dentist that the applicant has successfully polished six (6) amalgam or composite surfaces, removed supra-gingival excess cement from four (4) crowns and/or fixed partial dentures (bridges) with hand instruments; placed temporary restorative material in three (3) teeth; preliminarily fitted four (4) crowns to check contacts or to adjust occlusion outside the mouth; removed four (4) temporary crowns for final cementation and cleaned teeth for final cementation; fabricated four (4) temporary crowns and/or fixed partial dentures (bridges) and temporarily cemented the crowns and/or fixed partial dentures (bridges); polished the coronal surfaces of teeth with a brush or rubber cup as part of oral prophylaxis in six (6) patients; placed matrix bands on four (4) teeth prepared for Class II restorations.

Source: Rule 818-042-0080 — Certification — Expanded Function Dental Assistant (EFDA), https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=818-042-0080.

818–042–0010
Definitions 818–042–0020
Dentist and Dental Hygienist Responsibility 818–042–0030
Infection Control 818–042–0040
Prohibited Acts 818–042–0050
Taking of X-Rays — Exposing of Radiographic Images 818–042–0060
Certification — Radiologic Proficiency 818–042–0070
Expanded Function Dental Assistants (EFDA) 818–042–0080
Certification — Expanded Function Dental Assistant (EFDA) 818–042–0090
Additional Functions of EFDAs 818–042–0095
Restorative Functions of Dental Assistants 818–042–0100
Expanded Functions — Orthodontic Assistant (EFODA) 818–042–0110
Certification — Expanded Function Orthodontic Assistant (EFODA) 818–042–0112
Expanded Function Preventive Dental Assistants (EFPDA) 818–042–0113
Certification — Expanded Function Preventive Dental Assistants (EFPDA) 818–042–0114
Additional Functions of Expanded Function Preventive Dental Assistants (EFPDA) 818–042–0115
Expanded Functions — Certified Anesthesia Dental Assistant 818–042–0116
Certification — Anesthesia Dental Assistant 818–042–0117
Initiation of IV Line 818–042–0120
Certification by Credential 818–042–0130
Application for Certification by Credential

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OAR 818-042-0080 Certification — Expanded Function Dental Assistant (EFDA)

OAR 818-042-0080
Certification — Expanded Function Dental Assistant (EFDA)