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  "title": "The Dentists Act 1984 (Dental Auxiliaries) Order 2002",
  "short_title": "Dentists Act 1984 (Dental Auxiliaries) 2002",
  "long_title": "Section 46(1)(b) of the Dentists Act 1984 stipulates that the filling of teeth and the extraction of deciduous teeth can only be undertaken by dental auxiliaries in the course of the provision of national health services. This order disapplies this provision in relation to dental therapists.",
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