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Starting September 10, there is a new method for logging into ADA, TDA and many local society websites.

Before Sept 2, you can update your profile on ada.org ensuring you have a unique email address on your account. After September 10, you will be prompted to enter a unique email address and reset your password. You will no longer use your ADA number to log in.
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As we transition to a new association management software you may experience difficulty in accessing your member profile. If you have any issues or would like to make a payment, you can call 512-443-3675, ext. 137 to speak to Rachael Daigle.

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TDA connects dentists with each other, with patients, and with resources for life and career. TDA is a professional membership organization for dentists, and the 3rd largest state dental association in the US. The TDA is part of a tripartite affiliation with the American Dental Association at the national level, and component societies at the local level. The Association has more than 9,200 members, and is composed of 26 local component dental societies, grouped into 4 divisions across Texas.

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REMINDER: Check Your Team Members’ Licenses and Registrations

Dec 13, 2023

REMINDER: Check Your Team Members’ Licenses and Registrations

The dentist is responsible for all delegated acts performed by dental hygienists and dental assistants under their direction. This includes ensuring that the dental hygienists and registered dental assistants have current licenses and registrations.1

For a dentist to delegate the taking of patient x-rays to a dental assistant, the dental assistant must hold a registration issued by the TSBDE (ie, Registered Dental Assistant).2 For a registered dental assistant or dental hygienist to monitor nitrous oxide, he or she must have a specific N20 monitoring designation issued by the TSBDE.3, 4

Additionally, a dentist can’t delegate coronal polishing or pit & fissure sealants to a dental assistant unless the dental assistant completed the required education and training before the delegation.5

Dentists are responsible for verifying that the dental assistant has at least 2 years of experience, current basic life support, and completed the required 8 hours of didactic and clinical education in coronal polishing and/or pit and fissure sealants before delegating those procedures.

As a reminder to Texas dentists, training programs may only be offered by dental, dental hygiene, or dental assistant programs accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) and approved by the TSBDE. Neither dental professional associations nor individual dentists may offer training courses unless they are offering a course taught by a CODA-accredited dental education program approved by the TSBDE.

Dentists must perform ongoing due diligence to ensure that all team members working in the dentist’s practice remain in compliance with the TSBDE’s license and registration requirements.

References

  1. Texas Occupations Code §258.003, Responsibility of Delegating Dentist
  2. 22 Texas Administrative Code §114.2, Registration of Dental Assistants
  3. 22 Texas Administrative Code §114.4, Monitoring the Administration of Nitrous Oxide
  4. 22 Texas Administrative Code §115.2, Permitted Duties
  5. 22 Texas Administrative Code §§114.3, Pit and Fissure Sealant; 114.5, Coronal Polishing

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