Or. Admin. Code § 818-001-0002 - Definitions
As used in OAR chapter 818:
(1) "Board" means the Oregon Board of
Dentistry, the members of the Board, its employees, its agents, and its
consultants.
(2) "Dental Practice
Act" means ORS Chapter 679 and 680.010 to 680.170 and the rules adopted
pursuant thereto.
(3) "Dentist"
means a person licensed pursuant to ORS Chapter 679 to practice
dentistry.
(4) "Dental Hygienist"
means a person licensed pursuant to ORS
680.010 to
680.210 to practice dental
hygiene.
(5) "Dental Therapist"
means a person licensed to practice dental therapy under ORS
679.603.
(6) "Dental Therapy" means the provision of
preventative dental care, restorative dental treatment and other educational,
clinical and therapeutic patient services as part of a dental care team,
including the services described under ORS
679.621.
(7) "Direct Supervision" means supervision
requiring that a dentist diagnose the condition to be treated, that a dentist
authorize the procedure to be performed, and that a dentist remain in the
dental treatment room while the procedures are performed.
(8) "General Supervision" means supervision
requiring that a dentist authorize the procedures, but not requiring that a
dentist be present when the authorized procedures are performed. The authorized
procedures may also be performed at a place other than the usual place of
practice of the dentist.
(9)
"Indirect Supervision" means supervision requiring that a dentist authorize the
procedures and that a dentist be on the premises while the procedures are
performed.
(10) "Informed Consent"
means the consent obtained following a thorough and easily understood
explanation to the patient, or patient's guardian, of the proposed procedures,
any available alternative procedures and any risks associated with the
procedures. Following the explanation, the licensee shall ask the patient, or
the patient's guardian, if there are any questions. The licensee shall provide
thorough and easily understood answers to all questions asked.
(11) "Licensee" means a dentist, hygienist or
dental therapist.
(12) "Volunteer
Licensee" is a dentist, hygienist or dental therapist licensed according to
rule to provide dental health care without receiving or expecting to receive
compensation.
(13) "Limited Access
Patient" means a patient who, due to age, infirmity, or handicap is unable to
receive regular dental hygiene treatment in a dental office.
(14) "Specialty." The specialty definitions
are added to more clearly define the scope of the practice as it pertains to
the specialty areas of dentistry.
(a) "Dental
Anesthesiology" is the specialty of dentistry that deals with the management of
pain through the use of advanced local and general anesthesia
techniques.
(b) "Dental Public
Health" is the science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases
and promoting dental health through organized community efforts. It is that
form of dental practice which serves the community as a patient rather than the
individual. It is concerned with the dental health education of the public,
with applied dental research, and with the administration of group dental care
programs as well as the prevention and control of dental diseases on a
community basis.
(c) "Endodontics"
is the specialty of dentistry which is concerned with the morphology,
physiology and pathology of the human dental pulp and periradicular tissues.
Its study and practice encompass the basic and clinical sciences including
biology of the normal pulp, the etiology, diagnosis, prevention and treatment
of diseases and injuries of the pulp and associated periradicular
conditions.
(d) "Oral and
Maxillofacial Pathology" is the specialty of dentistry and discipline of
pathology that deals with the nature, identification, and management of
diseases affecting the oral and maxillofacial regions. It is a science that
investigates the causes, processes, and effects of these diseases. The practice
of oral pathology includes research and diagnosis of diseases using clinical,
radiographic, microscopic, biochemical, or other examinations.
(e) "Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology" is the
specialty of dentistry and discipline of radiology concerned with the
production and interpretation of images and data produced by all modalities of
radiant energy that are used for the diagnosis and management of diseases,
disorders and conditions of the oral and maxillofacial region.
(f) "Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery" is the
specialty of dentistry which includes the diagnosis, surgical and adjunctive
treatment of diseases, injuries and defects involving both the functional and
esthetic aspects of the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial
region.
(g) "Oral Medicine" is the
specialty of dentistry responsible for the oral health care of medically
complex patients and for the diagnosis and management of medically-related
diseases, disorders and conditions affecting the oral and maxillofacial
region.
(h) "Orofacial Pain"
Orofacial Pain is the specialty of dentistry that encompasses the diagnosis,
management and treatment of pain disorders of the jaw, mouth, face, head and
neck. The specialty of Orofacial Pain is dedicated to the evidenced-based
understanding of the underlying pathophysiology, etiology, prevention, and
treatment of these disorders and improving access to interdisciplinary patient
care.
(i) "Orthodontics and
Dentofacial Orthopedics" is the specialty of dentistry concerned with the
supervision, guidance and correction of the growing or mature dentofacial
structures, including those conditions that require movement of teeth or
correction of malrelationships and malformations of their related structures
and the adjustment of relationships between and among teeth and facial bones by
the application of forces and/or the stimulation and redirection of functional
forces within the craniofacial complex. Major responsibilities of orthodontic
practice include the diagnosis, prevention, interception and treatment of all
forms of malocclusion of the teeth and associated alterations in their
surrounding structures; the design, application and control of functional and
corrective appliances; and the guidance of the dentition and itssupporting
structures to attain and maintain optimum occlusal relations in physiologic and
esthetic harmony among facial and cranial structures.
(j) "Pediatric Dentistry" is an age defined
specialty that provides both primary and comprehensive preventive and
therapeutic oral health care for infants and children through adolescence,
including those with special health care needs.
(k) "Periodontics" is the specialty of
dentistry which encompasses the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases
of the supporting and surrounding tissues of the teeth or their substitutes and
the maintenance of the health, function and esthetics of these structures and
tissues.
(l) "Prosthodontics" is
the specialty of dentistry pertaining to the restoration and maintenance of
oral functions, comfort, appearance and health of the patient by the
restoration of natural teeth and/or the replacement of missing teeth and
contiguous oral and maxillofacial tissues with artificial
substitutes.
(15)
"Full-time" as used in ORS
679.025 and
680.020 is defined by the Board
as any student who is enrolled in an institution accredited by the Commission
on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association or its successor
agency in a course of study for dentistry, dental hygiene or dental
therapy.
(16) For purposes of ORS
679.020(4)(h)
the term "dentist of record" means a dentist that either authorized treatment
for, supervised treatment of or provided treatment for the patient in clinical
settings of the institution described in 679.020(3).
(17) "Dental Study Group" as used in ORS
679.050, OAR
818-021-0060 and OAR
818-021-0070 is defined as a
group of licensees who come together for clinical and non-clinical educational
study for the purpose of maintaining or increasing their competence. This is
not meant to be a replacement for residency requirements.
(18) "Physical Harm" as used in OAR
818-001-0083(2)
is defined as any physical injury that caused, partial or total physical
disability, incapacity or disfigurement. In no event shall physical harm
include mental pain, anguish, or suffering, or fear of injury.
(19) "Teledentistry" is defined as the use of
information technology and telecommunications to facilitate the providing of
dental primary care, consultation, education, and public awareness in the same
manner as telehealth and telemedicine.
(20) "BLS for Healthcare Providers or its
Equivalent" the BLS certification standard is the American Heart Association's
BLS Healthcare Providers Course or its equivalent, as determined by the Board.
This initial BLS course must be a hands-on course; online BLS courses
will not be approved by the Board for initial BLS certification: After the initial BLS certification, the Board will accept a Board-approved BLS for Healthcare Providers or its equivalent Online Renewal course for license renewal. A BLS certification card with an expiration date must be received from the BLS provider as documentation of BLS certification. The Board considers the BLS expiration date to be the last day of the month that the BLS instructor indicates that the certification expires.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 679 & 680
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 679.010 & 680.010
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