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214Chapter 9 – Profession of Dentistryprosthodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery and anaesthesia, dentalanaesthesia, oral pathology and medicine, oral radiology, and dental publichealth.There are two dental schools in Ontario, one at the University of Torontoand one at the University of Western Ontario.Authorized ActsIn the course of engaging in the practice of dentistry, a member isauthorized, subject to the terms, conditions and limitations imposed on hisor her certificate of registration, to perform the following:1. Communicating a diagnosis identifying a disease or disorder of theoral-facial complex as a cause of a person’s symptoms.2. Performing a procedure on tissue of the oral-facial complex belowthe dermis, below the surface of a mucous membrane or in or belowthe surfaces of the teeth, including the scaling of teeth.3. Harvesting tissue for the purpose of surgery on the oral-facialcomplex.4. Setting a fracture of a bone of the oral-facial complex or setting adislocation of a joint of the oral-facial complex.5. Administering a substance by injection or inhalation.6. Applying or ordering the application of a prescribed form of energy.7. Prescribing or dispensing drugs.8. Fitting or dispensing a dental prosthesis, an orthodontic orperiodontal appliance or a device used inside the mouth to protectteeth from abnormal functioning. 3RegulationsThe RCDSO Council may make regulations, subject to the approval of theLieutenant Governor in Council and with prior review by the Minister,regulating the dispensing of drugs by members. These regulations requiremembers to keep prescribed records and to provide the Minister withreports containing prescribed information respecting the dispensing ofdrugs. 4Dentists also have a detailed professional misconduct regulation. It includes“prescribing, dispensing or selling a drug for an improper purpose, orotherwise using improperly the authority to prescribe, dispense or selldrugs” as grounds for disciplinary action. 53Dentistry Act, 1991. S.O. 1991.c.24.s.4.4Dentistry Act, 1991. S.O. 1991.c.24.s.12.5For the purposes of clause 51 (1) (c) of the Health Professions Procedural Code.HPRAC Critical Links January 2009