OAR 818-042-0110: Certification — Expanded Function Orthodontic Dental Assistant (EFODA)

The Board may certify a dental assistant as an expanded function orthodontic assistant: (1) By credential in accordance with OAR 818-042-0120, or (2) Completion of an application, payment of fee and satisfactory evidence of; (a) Completion of a course of instruction in a program in dental assisting accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation; or (b) Passage of the Oregon Orthodontic Expanded Functions with Infection Control examination, or equivalent successor examinations, administered by the Dental Assisting National Board, Inc. (DANB), or any other testing entity authorized by the Board, or prior passage of the Certified Dental Assistant, Certified Orthodontic Assistant or Infection Control Examination administered by DANB and passage of the Oregon Expanded Functions Orthodontic Assisting exam, or equivalent successor examinations, administered by DANB, or any other testing entity authorized by the Board; and certification by an Oregon licensed dentist that the applicant has successfully placed and ligated orthodontic wires on ten (10) patients and removed bands/brackets and remaining adhesive using an ultrasonic, hand scaler or a slow speed hand piece from teeth on four (4) patients. The dental assistant must submit within six months’ certification by a licensed dentist that the dental assistant is proficient to perform all the expanded function duties in subsection (b). If no expanded function orthodontic certificate is issued within the six months, the dental assistant is no longer able to continue to perform expanded orthodontic function duties until EFODA certification is achieved.