Advanced Dental Therapist

**Semantic type:** Biomedical Occupation or Discipline

**Definition:** A dental care professional who has a masters degree in advanced dental therapy and is licensed to provide basic and advanced treatments, perform oral evaluation and assessment, create treatment plans, do non-surgical extraction of certain diseased teeth, and more. They work under the supervision of a dentist, but the dentist does not need to see the patient prior to them receiving care or be on site during a procedure.

**Synonyms:** - Advanced Practice Dental Therapist