ROLES/DUTIES OF DENTAL THERAPIST
1. Educate and motivate children and the community.
2. Preventive treatments – fissure sealants, fluoride applications, oral hygiene instruction.
3. Dental examinations.
4. Cleaning teeth.
5. Restoring teeth.
6. Local anaesthetic administration.
7. Extracting deciduous (baby) teeth.
8. Taking radiographs (X-rays).
9. Taking impressions for mouthguards.
10. Refer complex problems to dentists.
11. Educate school canteens about health foods.
12. Act with other health care professionals to ensure job effectiveness.
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