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8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Scope of Practice

  • Define the statutory boundary between the practice of dentistry and permitted procedures by non-dentists, writing a one-paragraph summary in your own words

  • List at least ten procedures that require a licensed dentist and flag which ones carry explicit statutory or rule-based prohibitions

  • Identify the supervisory levels (direct, indirect, general, none) named in Oregon rules and match each to a category of auxiliary

  • Draft a personal glossary of scope-of-practice terms (practice of dentistry, supervision, delegation, teledentistry) with a one-line definition each

Your checkpoint

A one-page scope-of-practice boundary map showing dentist-only procedures, delegable procedures, and required supervision level for each

Week 2

Scope of Practice & Dental Assistant and Dental Therapy Regulation

  • Compare expanded functions permitted for dental assistants against those permitted for expanded practice dental hygienists, noting at least five differences

  • Trace how a dentist's delegation authority is limited when supervising a dental assistant versus a dental therapist

  • Write three short scenario vignettes (two compliant, one not) illustrating delegation limits and explain the violation in each

  • Identify which scope questions most often trigger board investigation and note the rule citation for each

Your checkpoint

Three delegation scenarios with a written compliance determination and rule citation for each

Week 3

Licensure and Renewal

  • Outline the full licensure pathway for a dentist in Oregon, from application through initial license issuance, listing each required document and exam

  • Map the renewal cycle, expiration date logic, and late-renewal consequences including any reinstatement steps

  • List continuing-license maintenance obligations that attach to licensure itself (e.g., reporting, address changes) separately from CE

  • Build a personal renewal calendar with deadlines and a checklist of items to gather 90 days before expiration

Your checkpoint

A licensure and renewal flowchart plus a personal deadline checklist covering the next two renewal cycles

Week 4

Anesthesia and Sedation Permits

  • Distinguish the permit categories for anesthesia and sedation and state which permit authorizes which drug classes and depth of sedation

  • Identify the facility, equipment, monitoring, and personnel requirements attached to each permit level

  • Describe the inspection, application, and renewal process for anesthesia permits, including any required documentation of training

  • Explain the emergency-preparedness and recordkeeping duties that apply during and after sedation cases

Your checkpoint

A comparison table of anesthesia and sedation permit categories with required drugs, monitoring, personnel, and renewal terms

Week 5

Continuing Education Requirements

  • State the total CE hours required per renewal and the mandatory subject-area allocations

  • Classify at least fifteen sample CE activities as qualifying or non-qualifying and justify each call

  • Describe the documentation a licensee must retain for CE and the audit response process

  • Draft a twelve-month CE plan that satisfies every mandatory category with room for audit-proof recordkeeping

Your checkpoint

A completed twelve-month CE plan with each mandatory category covered, hours tallied, and proof-of-completion filing method noted

Week 6

Complaint Process and Discipline

  • Sequence the complaint intake, investigation, and disciplinary process from complaint filing to final order

  • Distinguish the roles of board staff, the board, and administrative law judges in contested cases

  • List the range of disciplinary actions available and the collateral consequences of each (publication, practice restrictions, reporting)

  • Explain the licensee's rights and deadlines at each stage, including response, hearing request, and appeal

Your checkpoint

A one-page process timeline from complaint to final order with the licensee's action and deadline at each stage

Week 7

Dental Assistant and Dental Therapy Regulation

  • Compare the licensure, certification, and registration pathways for dental assistants and dental therapists, including required education and exams

  • State the supervision and practice-setting limits specific to each auxiliary category

  • Identify the CE and renewal obligations unique to dental assistants and dental therapists

  • Draft five practice questions on auxiliary regulation and answer them without notes, then check each against source rules

Your checkpoint

A side-by-side comparison sheet of assistant and therapist pathways, supervision limits, and renewal obligations, plus your scored practice-question set

Week 8

Scope of Practice & Licensure and Renewal & Anesthesia and Sedation Permits & Continuing Education Requirements & Complaint Process and Discipline & Dental Assistant and Dental Therapy Regulation

  • Re-review every domain using only your own notes and deliverables from weeks 1 through 7

  • Complete two timed mixed-domain practice sets and log every missed question by domain and rule

  • Convert each missed item into a one-line rule statement with citation and add it to a final review sheet

  • Recite the anesthesia permit categories, CE hour totals, and complaint-process deadlines from memory without reference

Your checkpoint

A final one-page rapid-review sheet of high-yield rules and deadlines, plus a scored log of missed questions by domain

Milestones

Week 2: You can explain, without notes, which procedures a dental assistant may perform under each supervision level and cite the governing rule

Week 4: You can name every anesthesia and sedation permit category, state its required monitoring and personnel, and score at least 80% on a self-written 20-question permit quiz

Week 6: You can walk through a hypothetical complaint from intake to final order in under five minutes, naming each stage and the licensee's deadline

Week 8: You score at least 85% on both timed mixed-domain practice sets and have no domain below 75% on your missed-question log