Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 679 > General Provisions

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Dental assistant: means a person who, under the supervision of a dentist or dental therapist, renders assistance to a dentist, dental therapist, dental hygienist, dental technician or another dental assistant or who, under the supervision of a dental hygienist, renders assistance to a dental hygienist providing dental hygiene. See Oregon Statutes 679.010
• Dental hygienist: means a person who, under the supervision of a dentist, practices dental hygiene. See Oregon Statutes 679.010
• Dental technician: means a person who, at the authorization of a dentist, makes, provides, repairs or alters oral prosthetic appliances and other artificial materials and devices that are returned to a dentist and inserted into the human oral cavity or that come in contact with its adjacent structures and tissues. See Oregon Statutes 679.010
• Dental therapist: means a person licensed to practice dental therapy under ORS § 679. See Oregon Statutes 679.010
• Dental therapy: means the provision of preventive dental care, restorative dental treatment and other educational, clinical and therapeutic patient services as part of a dental care team, including the services described under ORS § 679. See Oregon Statutes 679.010
• Dentist: means a person who may perform any intraoral or extraoral procedure required in the practice of dentistry. See Oregon Statutes 679.010
• Dentist of record: means a dentist that either authorizes treatment for, supervises treatment of or provides treatment for a patient in a dental office or clinic owned or operated by an institution as described in ORS § 679. See Oregon Statutes 679.010
• Dentistry: means the healing art concerned with:

  (A) The examination, diagnosis, treatment planning, treatment, care and prevention of conditions within the human oral cavity and maxillofacial region, and of conditions of adjacent or related tissues and structures; and

  (B) The prescribing, dispensing and administering of prescription drugs for purposes related to the activities described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph. See Oregon Statutes 679.010

• Direct supervision: means supervision requiring that a dentist diagnose the condition to be treated, that a dentist authorize the procedure to be performed, and that a dentist remain in the dental treatment room while the procedures are performed. See Oregon Statutes 679.010
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Expanded practice dental hygienist: means a dental hygienist who performs dental hygiene services in accordance with ORS § 680. See Oregon Statutes 679.010
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Indirect supervision: means supervision requiring that a dentist authorize the procedures and that a dentist be on the premises while the procedures are performed. See Oregon Statutes 679.010
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• United States: includes territories, outlying possessions and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100