Dental Assisting, Dental Therapy and Oral Hygiene
Overview
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The following professions are registered under our auspices:
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Oral Hygienists
Oral Hygienists are health professionals devoted to the prevention of diseases and the promotion and improvement of the public’s health. They are preventive primary oral health care providers who provide educational, clinical, and therapeutic services to the public. Their primary concern as health practitioners is the promotion of total health through the prevention of oral disease. The service Oral Hygienists provide, contributes to the health and well-being of society.
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Dental Therapists
Dental Therapists function as health practitioners in oral health care, independently and/or as a part of the multi-disciplinary healthcare team. Dental Therapists focus on the holistic care of patients, which ranges from prevention of oral disease and promotion of oral health to the alleviation of oral abnormalities, pain and disease and function in the fields of preventive, promotive and rehabilitative health, on primary, secondary and tertiary levels.
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Dental Assistants
Dental Assistants contribute to effective chairside assisting in dentistry with regards to infection control, practice management and the education of patients, the public and the community regarding basic oral health. Dental Assistants play a significant role in oral health environments such as private practices, public health and other facilities where oral health care and health promotion is provided to the public.
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Vision
Regulate equitable and innovative quality oral health care for all.
Mission
To promote Oral Health Care to all through:
- Ensuring compliance for professional registration
- Appropriate education and training standards
- Advocacy for innovative and sustainable professional practice Transparency
Board Members
The Professional Boards are constituted in terms of section 15A of the Health Professions Act 56 of 1974. In terms of the section, Professional Boards are statutory structures whose overall objective is to ensure the establishment and maintenance of acceptable levels of health care services in the professions under their control. The Health Professions Act 56 of 1974 empowers Professional Boards to assume control and exercise authority in respect of all matters affecting the training of persons in, and the manner of the exercise of the practices pursued in connection with, any profession falling within the ambit of the professional board, and to maintain and enhance the dignity of the profession and the integrity of the persons practising the profession.
The current Board was inaugurated on 04 November 2020 and they will hold office for a period of five (5) years.
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Chairperson
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Dr TA Muslim
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Vice-Chairperson
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Prof PB Brijlal
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Board members
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Ms PK Manda
Mr LS Naidoo
Ms P Sodo
Ms KS Paulse
Mr SD Madonsela
Ms J Motshwane
Ms T Mutibi
Mr R Morewane
Mr BM Moloisane
Dr J Smit
Ms T Mokale
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In terms of Regulation 2 of the Regulations relating to the functions and functioning of the Professional Board, the Professional Board at its first meeting each year must appoint Committees which would function until the first meeting of the Professional Board in the following year. The Professional Board for Dental Assisting, Dental Therapy and Oral Hygiene has established the following Committees:
- Education, Training and Registration Committee
- Committee of Preliminary Enquiries
- Executive Committee
- Professional Practice Committee
Announcements
| Regulations Relationg to the Registration by Dental Therapists and Oral Hygienists of Additional Qualifications |
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The Minister of Health intends, under section 35 of the Health Professions Act 1974 (Act 56 of 1974) and after consultation with the Health Professions Council of South Africa, to make the regulations in the schedule >>> read more
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Unqualified yet Experienced Dental Assistants to Register:
Registration of Experienced Dental Assistants who do not have National Certificate in Dental Assisting
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Pretoria – In April 2005, the HPCSA opened the registration process to professionalise Dental Assistants. At the time, the regulations prescribed qualifications that would enable dental assistants to register. Those that did not register were thus not allowed to practise. The HPCSA as a statutory body is required to act in accordance with the establishing statute, namely the Health Professions Act No. 56 of 1974 which requires that Dental Assistants should register with the HPCSA if they are to practise
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NB: Dental Assistants with limited registration please note that the last Board Examination is scheduled on the 08 March 2023.
Newsletter
Information coming soon
Accreditations
In terms of Section 16 of the Health Professions Act 56 of 1974, the Board has control of education and training.
Approval of Higher Education Institutions
The Education, Training and Registration Committee convenes three times a year to consider education, training and registration matters.
Guidelines for the Evaluation and Recognition of Higher Education Institutions:
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Self-Evaluation portfolio for the evaluation and accreditation for Dental Assisting, Dental Therapy and Oral Hygiene programmes
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Approved Education and Training Institutions
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Approved Education and Training Institutions that Offer Dental Assisting:
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Contact details for Dental Assisting Higher education institutions
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Approved Education and Training Institutions that Offer Dental Therapy:
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Contact details for Dental Therapy Higher Education Institutions
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Approved Esucation and Training Institutions that offer Oral Hygiene
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Contact details for Oral Hygiene Higher Education Institutions
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Training Clinical Facilities
The Board has developed guidelines which are being used by the Universities to approve Clinical Training facilities:
| Form 346 | View document |
Professional Associations
| Professional Associations | View document |
Guidelines
| Restoration | View document |
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Mobile practice
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View document |
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Foreign Qualified
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View document |
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Oral Hygiene scope of profession
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View document |
| Supervision guidelines | View document |
Rules
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Rules for the registration of oral hygienists – BN 991/81
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Rules for the registration of dental therapists – BN 80/90
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Rules relating to the registration by dental therapists and oral hygienists of additional qualifications – BN 58/2008
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Rules relating to the registration by oral hygienists of additional qualifications – BN 63/2011
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Regulations
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Regulations relating to the constitution of the professional board for dental therapy and oral hygiene – GN R1255/2008
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The Regulations Relating to the Scope of Professions
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Regulations defining the scope of profession of Dental Therapists
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Qualification Regulations
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Regulations relating to the registration of students in dental therapy – GN R400/85
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Regulations relating to the registration of students in oral hygiene – GN R1038/88
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Regulations relating to the registration by dental therapists of additional qualifications – GN R872/91
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Regulations relating to the registration by oral hygienists of additional qualifications – GN R1319/93
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| Regulations relating to the registration by DT & OH of add qualifications
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| Regulations relating to the Registration by Dental Therapists and Oral Hygienists of Additional Qualifications
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| Regulations relating to the qualifications for registration of oral hygienists - GN R42/2015 |
Registration Regulations
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Regulations relating to the registration of student dental assistants – GN R581/2008
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