expanded function dental assistant, a dental assistant with training beyond basic dental assisting, who has passed a competency examination, and who has state-granted permission to perform certain dental procedures other than the removal, altering, or shaping of human tissue. Examples of some expanded functions are placement of post-extraction and sedative dressings; placing periodontal dressings; sizing stainless steel crowns; placing and condensing amalgam for Class I, V, and VI restorations; carving amalgam; placing composite for Class I, V, and VI restorations; polishing the coronal surfaces of teeth; minor palliative care of dental emergencies (placing sedative filling); preliminary bending of archwire; removal of orthodontic bands and bonds; final cementation of any permanent appliance or prosthesis; minor palliative care of orthodontic emergencies (bend/clip wire, remove broken appliance); making impressions for the fabrication of removable prosthesis; placement of temporary soft liners in a removable prosthesis; place retraction cord in preparation for fixed prosthodontic impressions; making impressions for the fabrication of fixed prosthesis; extra-oral adjustment of fixed prosthesis; extra-oral adjustment of removable prosthesis during and after insertion; and placement and cementation of orthodontic brackets and/or bands.
