{"id":453,"date":"2021-12-05T04:21:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T04:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/texasdentalassistants.com\/?page_id=453"},"modified":"2025-08-20T04:20:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T04:20:53","slug":"coronal-polishing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tdaa.org\/index.php\/coronal-polishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronal Polishing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Texas Dental Assistants by rule (Rule 114.5) may be delegated the task of coronal polishing by a licensed Texas dentist under direct supervision.&nbsp; Certain requirements apply as stated below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Coronal Polishing Requirements for Dental Assistants<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Have at least one year of experience as a dental assistant (no experience needed for graduates from a CODA-accredited program)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Successfully complete a current course in basic life support (CPR)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complete a minimum of 8 hours of clinical and didactic education in coronal polishing taken through a CODA-accredited dental, dental hygiene, or dental assistant program approved by the Board.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\"><strong>Additional Note:<\/strong>&nbsp; Coronal polishing must be in accordance with the minimum standard of care and limited to the dental assistant\u2019s scope of practice.&nbsp; The delegated duty of polishing by a dental assistant may not be billed as a prophylaxis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Pursuant to \u00a7258.003 of the Dental Practice Act, the delegating dentist is responsible for all dental acts delegated to a dental assistant, including application of pit and fissure sealants.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>List of TSBDE-approved Coronal Polishing course providers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epcc.edu\/Academics\/ContinuingEducation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">El Paso Community College<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwlgcc.org\/product\/coronal_polishing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grayson County College<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hccs.edu\/corporate-college\/training-solutions\/dental-assisting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houston Community College<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smile.uthscsa.edu\/course?rc=511rf2R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UT Health Science Center San Antonio <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/delmar.edu\/degrees\/dental-assisting\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Del Mar College <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Dental Assistants by rule (Rule 114.5) may be delegated the task of coronal polishing by a licensed Texas dentist under direct supervision.&nbsp; Certain requirements apply as stated below: Coronal Polishing Requirements for Dental Assistants Additional Note:&nbsp; Coronal polishing must be in accordance with the minimum standard of care and limited to the dental assistant\u2019s&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tdaa.org\/index.php\/coronal-polishing\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Coronal Polishing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-453","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tdaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tdaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tdaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tdaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tdaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tdaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":794,"href":"https:\/\/tdaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/453\/revisions\/794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tdaa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}