Professional Indemnity Insurance for Dental Hygienists and Therapists
GDC-approved Indemnity Insurance, tailor-made for Overseas qualified Dental Professionals.
Professional Dental Indemnity Insurance for Dental Hygienist & Dental Therapists starting from £ 170.68.
A dental hygienist can:
- Provide oral hygiene instructions, advice and smoking cessation advice
- Take full medical and dental histories
- Carry out full dental examinations
- Carry out periodontal examinations, including 6-point pocket charts, plaque, recession and bleeding indices
- Monitor the progression of periodontal disease
- Plan and carry out the treatment of periodontal diseases, including supragingival and subgingival scaling, root-surface debridement and polishing, using manual or ultrasonic instruments
- Prescribe, take and interpret radiographs (acting as ‘operator’, ‘practitioner’ and ‘referrer’ under the IRR99 and IR(ME)R regulations)
- Provide preventative treatment for caries, such as application of topical fluoride and fissure sealants
- Adjust overhangs and tooth surfaces interfering with periodontal treatment
- Place temporary fillings
- Replace crowns or fixed prostheses with a temporary cement
- Take impressions
- Place a rubber dam, when necessary for treatment
- Carry out oral cancer screening, including identifying abnormal anatomy and pathological signs and symptoms
- Provide periodontal care around implants
- Refer to and liaise with other DCPs
Additional Duties
With further training, a dental hygienist can also carry out tooth whitening (to the prescription of a dentist), administer inhalation sedation and remove sutures, however you must be able to provide appropriate certificates from accredited courses. If you are ever in any doubt whether a treatment is included in your scope of practice, it is best to check the relevant GDC legislation and contact your indemnity insurance provider. When you applying for a position, you may find it useful to have a discussion with your employer about what duties they expect of a hygienist, and how they implement Direct Access (2013) in their practice.
For further information, visit:
https://www.gdc-uk.org/docs/default-source/standards-and-guidance/scope-of-practice/scope-of-practice-september-2013.pdf
https://www.gdc-uk.org/information-standards-guidance/standards-and-guidance/direct-access
Professional Dental Indemnity Insurance for Dental Hygienist & Dental Therapists starting from £ 170.68.
