Part 2 book “Textbook of preventive and community dentistry” has contents: Dental auxiliaries, school dental health, payment for dental care, ethical issues, dentists act and association, prevention of oral diseases, primary preventive services, fluorides in caries prevention, applied biostatistics and research methodology, behavioural sciences, and other contents. | CHAPTER 14 Dental Auxiliaries Social forces are the principal determinants of the structure and process of health services. The types of dental personnel in a society are a part of the structure: Their number and distribution are part of the process. The concept of the dental team encompasses the various providers of dental care who have different roles, functions and periods of training and who combine to treat patients. With increasing health consciousness the demand for dental care increases among the public. There was a necessity to make it affordable and available to all. In order to provide cost effective services and satisfy demand, the dedication of some responsibility to suitably trained para-professionals became inescapable in the dental field. These new para-professionals receive a less rigorous training of a shorter duration compared to the dentist. They were expected to perform well demarcated tasks efficiently. Dental auxiliary is a generic term for all persons who assist the dentist in treating the patients. In Britain, they have been known as “dental ancillaries”.1 Definition A dental auxiliary or ancillary is a person who is given responsibility by a dentist so that he or she can help the dentist render dental care, but who is not himself or herself qualified with a dental CLASSIFICATION WHO Classification3 1. Non-Operating Auxiliary a. b. Clinical: This is a person who assists the professional in his clinical work but does not carry out any independent procedures in the oral cavity. Laboratory: This is a person who assists the professional by carrying out certain technical laboratory procedures. 2. Operating Auxiliary This is a person who, not being a professional is permitted to carry out certain treatment procedures in the mouth under the direction and supervision of a professional. Revised Classification 1. 2. Non-operating ancillaries 1. Dental surgery assistant 2. Dental secretary/receptionist 3. Dental laboratory .
