IOWA DENTAL BOARD EVALUATION EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SCORED A+
✔✔What are indications for hand hygiene? - ✔✔Visible blood
✔✔How often should gloves be changed? - ✔✔Every patient OR torn
✔✔When should overgloves be used? - ✔✔If using for drawer or cabinet preventing
cross contamination
✔✔What is a latex allergy, What symptoms indicate that a latex allergy has occurred? -
✔✔Symptoms: rash, runny nose, itchy eyes, scratchy throat, contact dermatitis
Allergic to the proteins that make up latex.
✔✔Give examples of single use devices in dentistry. - ✔✔Gloves, saliva ejector, prophy
cups, needles, gauze
✔✔What disinfectants can be used for spraying? - ✔✔FDA approved/ EPA approved
✔✔What is the preferred method of decontamination for countertops? - ✔✔EPA
registered hospital grade disinfectant
✔✔T/F Dental Assistants can eat or drink in the sterilization area of the dental office
only if there are no contaminated instruments on the counter. - ✔✔False
✔✔T/F Overgloves are not acceptable alone as a glove during patient treatment -
✔✔True- Not heavy enough
✔✔T/F If you wear contact lenses you do not need additional eye protection - ✔✔False.
✔✔Does the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have authority to make
laws? - ✔✔No ONLY regulations
✔✔What does the FDA regulate? - ✔✔Chemical germicides used and what is
considered critical and semicritical- HAVE to sterilize and ALSO regulates drugs
✔✔What does the EPA regulate? - ✔✔Regulates disinfectants, housekeeping and
medical waste and chemical germicidals
✔✔What should be placed in a sharps container? - ✔✔Needles
✔✔When should an exposure be reported? - ✔✔ASAP
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SCORED A+
✔✔What are indications for hand hygiene? - ✔✔Visible blood
✔✔How often should gloves be changed? - ✔✔Every patient OR torn
✔✔When should overgloves be used? - ✔✔If using for drawer or cabinet preventing
cross contamination
✔✔What is a latex allergy, What symptoms indicate that a latex allergy has occurred? -
✔✔Symptoms: rash, runny nose, itchy eyes, scratchy throat, contact dermatitis
Allergic to the proteins that make up latex.
✔✔Give examples of single use devices in dentistry. - ✔✔Gloves, saliva ejector, prophy
cups, needles, gauze
✔✔What disinfectants can be used for spraying? - ✔✔FDA approved/ EPA approved
✔✔What is the preferred method of decontamination for countertops? - ✔✔EPA
registered hospital grade disinfectant
✔✔T/F Dental Assistants can eat or drink in the sterilization area of the dental office
only if there are no contaminated instruments on the counter. - ✔✔False
✔✔T/F Overgloves are not acceptable alone as a glove during patient treatment -
✔✔True- Not heavy enough
✔✔T/F If you wear contact lenses you do not need additional eye protection - ✔✔False.
✔✔Does the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have authority to make
laws? - ✔✔No ONLY regulations
✔✔What does the FDA regulate? - ✔✔Chemical germicides used and what is
considered critical and semicritical- HAVE to sterilize and ALSO regulates drugs
✔✔What does the EPA regulate? - ✔✔Regulates disinfectants, housekeeping and
medical waste and chemical germicidals
✔✔What should be placed in a sharps container? - ✔✔Needles
✔✔When should an exposure be reported? - ✔✔ASAP
