# What changed in California dental auxiliary duties and supervision in 2025?

> The current Dental Board duties table changed on January 1, 2025, so older auxiliary charts can now point to the wrong answer.

Last verified: 2026-06-09
Reviewed by: Mahtab Mansour, DDS on 2026-04-25 (re-verification in progress)

## Direct answer
- Use the current Board duties and supervision table instead of a pre-2025 chart.
- The update matters because California tests precise duty and supervision combinations.
- If an answer choice sounds familiar from an older chart, check whether the 2025 update changed that lane.

## Common trap
- This is one of the easiest stale-prep traps in the public law cluster because candidates often memorize the older table and never re-check it.

## Full guide
- [What can California dental auxiliaries do and under what supervision?](https://dentovio.com/guide/california-dentistry-law-ethics-exam/auxiliaries-delegation-supervision/index.html.md): Use this guide when you need the current California duties table, supervision definitions, and delegation boundaries for auxiliaries.

## Focused answer page
- [Focused answer](https://dentovio.com/answers/glossary-what-changed-in-auxiliary-duties-2025/index.html.md): Short, source-bounded answer page for search and AI citation.
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## Primary sources
- `A6` Dental Board of California — Table of Dental Auxiliary Duties Delegable by Supervising Dentist, effective 1/1/2025 (DA/OA/DSA/RDA/RDAEF; G/D/CR notation; 16 CCR §1068 posting notice). <https://www.dbc.ca.gov/formspubs/pub_permitted_duties.pdf>
- `A17` BPC section 1741 direct and general supervision definitions. <https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=1741.>
- `A18` BPC section 1750.1 dental assistant duties. <https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=1750.1.>
- `A38` BPC section 1750 dental assistant definition, BSDP, and infection-control prerequisites. <https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=1750.>

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## Related glossary pages
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