# Minnesota lets licensed dental assistants do preliminary charting of the mouth except the periodontal structures

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20220214-dental-hygienist-13
Date: 2022-02-14 · Stage: Constraint
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Occupation: https://flyvolo.ai/en/careers/dental-hygienist

## Scope

Minnesota. Among the procedures a licensed dental assistant may perform under general supervision, the rule lists completing preliminary charting of the oral cavity and surrounding structures with the exception of periodontal structures, and says an assistant must not perform any procedure not otherwise authorized. The wording came in with the Board of Dentistry's rules adopted at 46 SR 908 (notice of adoption published 7 February 2022; under Minnesota law a rule takes effect five working days after that notice, so 14 February 2022); the 2018 version already excluded periodontal probing and assessment. It draws the line between people; it says nothing about devices or software.

## Source

- Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes — Minnesota Rules 3100.8500, Licensed dental assistants, subpart 1, item J (wording adopted at 46 SR 908, published 7 February 2022) — https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/3100.8500/ (primary source)

## What this means

In Minnesota the periodontal chart is not delegated even to the licensed assistant beside the chair; it stays with the hygienist or dentist, whatever tool records it.

## What it does not show yet

One state's delegation rule; it does not address voice charting, digital probes or software, and it is about assistants, not about whether hygienists use AI.

## How to verify it yourself

Open Minnesota Rules 3100.8500 on the Revisor's site and find "with the exception of periodontal structures" (subpart 1, item J).


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