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Or. Rev. Stat. § 680.500 (2026)

Definitions for ORS 680.500 to 680.565

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      680.500 Definitions for ORS 680.500 to 680.565. As used in ORS 680.500 to 680.565:

      (1) “Denture” means any removable full or partial upper or lower prosthetic dental appliance to be worn in the human mouth to replace any missing natural teeth.

      (2) “Denturist” means a person licensed under ORS 680.500 to 680.565 to engage in the practice of denture technology and who is authorized within the person’s scope of practice to provide to the public full or partial upper or lower dentures or other removable nonorthodontic dental appliances intended to be worn in the human mouth.

      (3) “Practice of denture technology” means:

      (a) Constructing, repairing, relining, reproducing, duplicating, supplying, fitting or altering a denture or other removable nonorthodontic dental appliance intended to be worn in the human mouth in respect of which a service is performed under paragraph (b) of this subsection; and

      (b) The following services when performed for a purpose listed in paragraph (a) of this subsection:

      (A) The taking of impressions;

      (B) The taking of bite registrations;

      (C) Try-ins of dentures or other removable nonorthodontic dental appliances intended to be worn in the human mouth; and

      (D) Insertions of dentures or other removable nonorthodontic dental appliances intended to be worn in the human mouth. [1979 c.1 §1; 1991 c.921 §1; 1993 c.142 §2; 1999 c.885 §26; 2003 c.1 §1; 2005 c.648 §23; 2011 c.53 §1]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2001–2001 · leading case: Oregon State Denturist Ass'n v. Bd. of Dentistry, 19 P.3d 986 (Or. Ct. App. 2001).
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Oregon State Denturist Ass'n v. Bd. of Dentistry, 19 P.3d 986 (Or. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 18× “In 1978, Oregon voters passed Ballot Measure 5, subsequently codified at ORS 680.500 to ORS 680.572, which exempted “denturists” from the “dentist-only” principle.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 680.500(3) — 1 case
Oregon State Denturist Ass'n v. Bd. of Dentistry, 19 P.3d 986 (Or. Ct. App. 2001). “In 1978, Oregon voters passed Ballot Measure 5, subsequently codified at ORS 680.500 to ORS 680.572, which exempted “denturists” from the “dentist-only” principle.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 680.500(5) — 1 case
Oregon State Denturist Ass'n v. Bd. of Dentistry, 19 P.3d 986 (Or. Ct. App. 2001). “In 1978, Oregon voters passed Ballot Measure 5, subsequently codified at ORS 680.500 to ORS 680.572, which exempted “denturists” from the “dentist-only” principle.”
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