Dental Laws Exam Review – Latest Update
2026 | Exam Prep | Graded A+
Hygienists provide care without authorization of a dentist when working in alternative
settings. Specific protocols exist with each state. This mainly include rural or inner city
health centers, migrant work facilities, home health, group homes, federally funded
sites. This statement is indicative of which level of supervision?
A. public health
B. direct
C. indirect
D. independent - correct answerA.
Hygienists providing care and practicing with the dentist in the facility.
A. public health
B. direct
C. indirect
D. independent - correct answerB.
The following responsibilities, preventative, therapeutic, and educational are covered
under which dental hygiene role?
A. corporate
B. researcher
C. public health
D. clinician - correct answerD.
Primary disease prevention is characterized by the following...
A. early detection and prompt intervention
B. no disease, condition, or injury present
C. treatment and rehabilitation - correct answerB.
What are 2 different types of hand instruments?
A. assessment and grip
B. assessment and evaluation
C. assessment and treatment - correct answerC.
Which of the following fingers has no function in the grasp?
A. thumb
B. little finger
C. index finger
D. middle finger - correct answerB.
Another name for the lower shank is which of the following?
A. rigid shank
, B. terminal shank
C. functional shank
D. flexible shank - correct answerB.
What is the function of the index finger and the thumb in the modified pen grasp?
A. has no function
B. to hold the instrument
C. to guide the working end and to feel vibrations
D. to stabilize the hand in the mouth - correct answerB.
Measuring textile sensitivity is:
A. the correct relationship between the working end and the tooth surface
B. the surface irregularities found subgingivally on the tooth
C. the way the clinicians fingers are placed on the instrument handle
D. the clinicians ability to feel things through the instrument shank and handle - correct
answerD.
An instrument that has the capability to be used at both ends during patient treatment is
categorized as which of the following?
A. unparied instrument
B. single ended instrument
C. double ended instrument
D. expanded instrument - correct answerC.
During instrumentation the fulcrum finger will act as a?
A. drive finger
B. door knob movement
C. digital finger
D. pivot that supports the hand - correct answerD.
Orientation to the tooth surface begins by orienting what part of the instrument to the
tooth surface to be instrumented.
A. the handle
B. the lower shank
C. the cutting edge - correct answerB.
The use of the mirror to hold the patients cheek, lip, or tongue so the clinician can view
tooth surfaces that are otherwise hidden from view is called which of the following?
A. indirect vision
B. transillumination
C. retraction - correct answerC.
Which of the following instruments is an assessment instrument?
A. universal
B. curet
C. scaler
2026 | Exam Prep | Graded A+
Hygienists provide care without authorization of a dentist when working in alternative
settings. Specific protocols exist with each state. This mainly include rural or inner city
health centers, migrant work facilities, home health, group homes, federally funded
sites. This statement is indicative of which level of supervision?
A. public health
B. direct
C. indirect
D. independent - correct answerA.
Hygienists providing care and practicing with the dentist in the facility.
A. public health
B. direct
C. indirect
D. independent - correct answerB.
The following responsibilities, preventative, therapeutic, and educational are covered
under which dental hygiene role?
A. corporate
B. researcher
C. public health
D. clinician - correct answerD.
Primary disease prevention is characterized by the following...
A. early detection and prompt intervention
B. no disease, condition, or injury present
C. treatment and rehabilitation - correct answerB.
What are 2 different types of hand instruments?
A. assessment and grip
B. assessment and evaluation
C. assessment and treatment - correct answerC.
Which of the following fingers has no function in the grasp?
A. thumb
B. little finger
C. index finger
D. middle finger - correct answerB.
Another name for the lower shank is which of the following?
A. rigid shank
, B. terminal shank
C. functional shank
D. flexible shank - correct answerB.
What is the function of the index finger and the thumb in the modified pen grasp?
A. has no function
B. to hold the instrument
C. to guide the working end and to feel vibrations
D. to stabilize the hand in the mouth - correct answerB.
Measuring textile sensitivity is:
A. the correct relationship between the working end and the tooth surface
B. the surface irregularities found subgingivally on the tooth
C. the way the clinicians fingers are placed on the instrument handle
D. the clinicians ability to feel things through the instrument shank and handle - correct
answerD.
An instrument that has the capability to be used at both ends during patient treatment is
categorized as which of the following?
A. unparied instrument
B. single ended instrument
C. double ended instrument
D. expanded instrument - correct answerC.
During instrumentation the fulcrum finger will act as a?
A. drive finger
B. door knob movement
C. digital finger
D. pivot that supports the hand - correct answerD.
Orientation to the tooth surface begins by orienting what part of the instrument to the
tooth surface to be instrumented.
A. the handle
B. the lower shank
C. the cutting edge - correct answerB.
The use of the mirror to hold the patients cheek, lip, or tongue so the clinician can view
tooth surfaces that are otherwise hidden from view is called which of the following?
A. indirect vision
B. transillumination
C. retraction - correct answerC.
Which of the following instruments is an assessment instrument?
A. universal
B. curet
C. scaler
