How do I file a complaint with the Texas dental Board?
Complaints must be submitted to the TSBDE on the Complaint Form.
- By email. Email complaints to [email protected].
- By fax. Fax complaints to 512-649-2732.
- By mail. Mail complaints to: Texas State Board of Dental Examiners. Attn: Investigations Division. 333 Guadalupe ST. Tower 3, Suite 800. Austin, TX 78701-3942.
How do I contact Texas State Board of Dental Examiners?
Dental Examiners, Texas State Board of*
- (512) 463-6400.
- (512) 649-0797.
What is the duty of the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners?
The Mission of the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners is to protect the public health and safety and promote high quality and safe dental care by providing enforcement, licensing, peer assistance, and related information services to licensees and their patients.
Who regulates dentists in Texas?
The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners
The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (TSBDE) is authorized by the Dental Practice Act to regulate and enforce state law relating to the practice of dentistry in Texas.
What is the Texas Dental Practice Act?
It is the Mission of the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners to safeguard the dental health of Texans by developing and maintaining programs to: 1. Ensure that only qualified persons are licensed to provide dental care; and 2. Ensure that violators of laws and rules regarding dentistry are sanctioned as appropriate.
What is sedation level1?
A Level 1 permit allows a dentist to use a single medication or a single medication in combination with nitrous oxide to achieve sedation. The sedation provided may only result in a minimally depressed level of consciousness.
Can you work as a dental assistant without being certified in Texas?
Texas has three basic types of dental assistant, plus three advanced certificates. It is not necessary to have a Texas dental assistant license for an entry-level position, although candidates with formal training and credentials may have more job opportunities and receive higher pay.
Can a hygienist clean teeth without a dentist present?
A dental hygienist may provide preventive dental hygiene services directly to a patient without a prior examination, presence, or authorization of a dentist. A dental hygienist may practice in any setting or facility that is documented in the dental hygienist’s access practice agreement.
Where can you find the laws governing the practice of dentistry in the State of Texas?
The Dental Practice Act is found in Chapters 251 through 267 of the Texas Occupations Code.
What is the Texas dental Practice Act?
Where can you find laws governing the practice of dentistry in the State of Texas?
What are the two types of statutory law Chapter 5?
What are two types of statutory law? Criminal law and civil law.