11Major dental treatment

#### 11 Major dental treatment 11 Major dental treatment > > (1) For the purposes of the definition of major treatment in section 33 (1) of the Act, the following dental treatment is declared to be major treatment: > > > > > (a) any treatment involving the administration of a general anaesthetic or simple sedation, > > > > > (b) any treatment intended, or likely, to result in the removal of all teeth, > > > > > (c) any treatment likely to result in the patient’s ability to chew food being significantly impaired for an indefinite or prolonged period. > > > (2) In this clause, simple sedation means a technique in which the use of a drug or drugs produces a state of depression of the central nervous system enabling treatment to be carried out, and in which: > > > > > (a) verbal contact with the patient is maintained throughout the period of sedation, and > > > > > (b) the technique used has a margin of safety wide enough to render unintended loss of consciousness unlikely.