Nevada § 631.3125 - Dental therapists: Additional authorized care and services
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 631.3125 — Dental therapists: Additional authorized care and services, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 631.3125. Dental therapists: Additional authorized care and services
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.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 631.3125 ("Dental therapists: Additional authorized care and services") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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