Dr. Lucy G. Honrado, President of Philippine Dental Association Pangasinan Chapter
The new Philippine Dental Law was discussed. One topic is about regulation of practice of dental technology and dental hygiene.
According to Philippine Dental Act 9484:
Dental Hygienist refers to a person who is a holder of a valid certificate of registration and professional identification card and has undergone a two year course in dental hygiene from a government recognized school under a college of dentistry and passing the prescribed board examination for dental hygienist, renders oral health promotion and preventive measures, performs scaling and polishing, oral examination, taking brief clinical history, taking radiograph, and giving oral health education to patients under the supervision of a licensed dentist.
Dental Technologist refers to a person who is a holder of a valid certificate of registration and professional identification card and who renders technical services such as mechanical construction of artificial denture and other oral devices under the supervision of a licensed dentist, and has finished a two year certificate course in dental technology from any government recognized school.
Dental Technologist holds a PRC card while a dental technician doesn't.
After the lectures, a general membership meeting was held, were:
1. PDC by-laws were ammended.
2. The election of officers was held.
3. The dental fees within the province were standardized.
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