Expanded Duties Dental Assistant for the GP Dentist

Just as the general dentist provides many and varied services, the Expanded Duties General Assistant must be able to legally perform many of the Expanded Duties for Dental Assistants allowed by the Georgia Board of Dentistry. Dr Joe Hair has taught and certified Expanded Duties Dental Assistants since 1990 when the Board adopted the EDDA designation. During these 30+ years, Dr Hair has listened to the dentists and the assistants in regards to which duties they actually will use. This course contains the duties that an EDDA will actually use when assisting chairside in a general practice.

Expanded Duties Dental Assistant for the GP Dentist

EDDA - GP

Upon successful completion of this course the EDDA will be able to legally perform the following duties in the dental office:

Take and record vital signs.
Apply desensitizing agents to root surfaces of teeth and prepared dentinal surfaces of teeth prior to cementation of temporary restorations and crowns, bridges, or inlays.
Place cavity liner, base or varnish over unexposed pulp.
Intraoral fabrication of temporary crowns and bridges. All such adjustments must be performed extraorally.
Make impressions to be used to fabricate a night guard (bruxism or muscle relaxation appliance). All adjustments must be performed extraorally. Final adjustment must be made by the dentist.
Make impressions for passive orthodontic appliances.

Monitor the administration of nitrous oxide/oxygen; turn off nitrous oxide/oxygen at the completion of the dental procedure and make adjustments to the level of nitrous oxide/oxygen, but only following the specific instructions of the dentist.
Apply topical anticariogenic agents.
Apply primer and bonding agents to etched enamel or dentin; and light cure with fiber-optic light source (not to include use of a laser device).
Packing and removing retraction cord, as prescribed by the dentist, so long as said cord is used solely for restorative dental procedures.
Changing of bleaching agent, following initial applications by the dentist, during the bleaching process of vital and non-vital teeth after the placement of a rubber dam; and applying the fiber-optic light source of a curing light for activation of the bleach (not to include the use of a laser device).

Take and record vital signs.
Apply desensitizing agents to root surfaces of teeth and prepared dentinal surfaces of teeth prior to cementation of temporary restorations and crowns, bridges, or inlays.
Place cavity liner, base or varnish over unexposed pulp.
Intraoral fabrication of temporary crowns and bridges. All such adjustments must be performed extraorally.
Make impressions to be used to fabricate a night guard (bruxism or muscle relaxation appliance). All adjustments must be performed extraorally. Final adjustment must be made by the dentist.
Make impressions for passive orthodontic appliances.
Monitor the administration of nitrous oxide/oxygen; turn off nitrous oxide/oxygen at the completion of the dental procedure and make adjustments to the level of nitrous oxide/oxygen, but only following the specific instructions of the dentist.
Apply topical anticariogenic agents.
Apply primer and bonding agents to etched enamel or dentin; and light cure with fiber-optic light source (not to include use of a laser device).
Packing and removing retraction cord, as prescribed by the dentist, so long as said cord is used solely for restorative dental procedures.
Changing of bleaching agent, following initial applications by the dentist, during the bleaching process of vital and non-vital teeth after the placement of a rubber dam; and applying the fiber-optic light source of a curing light for activation of the bleach (not to include the use of a laser device).

Course Fee: $445.00

Register for EDDA-GP Course

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Qualifications to take certification course (Mark One Only).

I am a Certified Dental Assistant (CDA). I am a graduate of a 12 month approved assisting course. I am a 6-month employee

Additional requirements to practice as EDDA (must accept to complete application).

I must have a high school diploma or the equivalent thereof and maintain current CPR certification. I may only perform those expanded duties listed on my certificate(s).

Policy on Cheating (must accept to complete application).

I understand that if I am caught cheating or even give the appearance of cheating or misrepresenting someone else's work as my own, I will be dismissed from the course without a certificate, and forfeit the course fees. There are no refunds.

Financial Policy (must accept to complete application).

I understand there are no refunds. I may reschedule the test and hands-on portion of the course once (twice with your physician's medical excuse) in a 12-month period. It is my responsibility to keep up with the 12-month period.

Policy on Retaking the course (must accept to complete application).

If I do not pass the written test (I'll have 3 chances), or do not complete the clinical skills (duties), or am otherwise unprepared for the final exam and/or clinical skills portion of the course, I will not receive a certificate. However, after paying a $50.00 administrative fee to Expanded Duties LLC, I will be able to participate in the next course that has space for me.

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Duties allowed to be performed by an Expanded Duties Assistant

Rule 150-9-.02 Expanded Duties of Dental Assistants