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Whatever that state has signed off, and Oregon shows the shape of it. A dental assistant there places and finishes direct restorations only with a Restorative Functions Certificate, which takes the EFDA certificate, a board-approved curriculum or another course of instruction the board approves, and a pass on CDCA-WREB-CITA's Dental Hygiene Restorative Examination or another equivalent, within the previous 5 years. If the exam was more than 5 years ago, the board takes verification from another state or jurisdiction where you're legally authorized to do restorative work, with at least 25 restorative procedures from the last 5 years that your supervising dentist certifies (OAR 818-042-0095).

Not for the whole procedure, and the rule is specific about the halves. Oregon's restorative work runs under indirect supervision: the supervising dentist prepares the tooth first, and a dentist checks and documents the finished restoration before the patient leaves. The patient consents twice, once to the treatment and once to an assistant with the certificate placing the restoration, and gold foil stays with the dentist either way. A practice leaning on expanded functions is buying the middle of that sequence.

Not on its own, because each board defines the tier itself. The name differs, the permitted procedures differ, and the exam a board accepts differs, so a certificate earned in one state is evidence in the next one and not a credential. Our dental assisting guide sets out California's RDA tiers and what the EFDA label covers outside them.