Are Dental Techs allowed to apply fillings to my teeth?

I went to the dentist yesturday for removal of my silver fillings and repair of one new cavity. The dentist did the actual drilling. But then a tech came in and after she had been working in my mouth for a half hour or so I asked her what she was doing and she was doing the composite fillings. I had never ever had other than the dentist doing this. Is this allowed by law? I feel so cheated. Please please advise.


I am from N.E. Ohio

Are Dental Techs allowed to apply fillings to my teeth?
Any job an assistant does (with expanded duties) is suppose to be reversible. An assistant putting in a filling is NOT reversible. Talk to the American Dental Society in your area, they should be listed in your phone book.
Reply:She's allowed to ONLY if she possesses her EFDA certificate/license.





If you have to go back, ask to see it. By law, it's supposed to be posted.
Reply:I am from Wisconsin, don't know about laws in Ohio, but that is totally illegal here. I would check out the specific laws in your state at your regulation and licensing board. EDIT: Why would someone give a thumbs down to an factual answer? Duh! Pug is correct also. There are some (not all) dental assistants out there who think they are LICENSED professionals, they are not. They could get in alot of trouble for doing things they are not supposed to. But what do they care? It is the DENTIST who will be fined and reprimanded by his/her state board.
Reply:In some states this is allowed . I don't know about Ohio you might check with you state dental board. In some state dental tech. can do a lot of what the Dr used to do. I'm sure it is ok in you state. A Dr surly won't do some thing he isn't suppose to do by law.