CALIFORNIA DENTAL LAW AND ETHICS
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAMS
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
PRACTICE SOLUTION
⩥ General supervision.
Answer: Procedures where the dentist does NOT need to be physically
present in treatment facility
⩥ Oral prophylaxis.
Answer: Preventative and therapeutic dental procedures that include
-- bacterial debridements with complete removal of supra and sub
calculus, soft deposits, plaque and stains. And to smooth out tooth
surfaces
⩥ What is the purpose of the prophylaxis.
Answer: To create an environment for a patient to maintain healthy hard
and soft tissues
⩥ What does the practice of an rdh include.
Answer: Dental hygiene assessment and development, planning and
implementation of a dental hygiene plan.
It also includes oral hygiene education, counseling and health screenings
,⩥ Dental hygiene does NOT include what.
Answer: ---Diagnosing or comprehensive treatment plans
---Placing, moving, condensing, carving, removing of permanent
restorations
---surgery, or cutting on hard and soft tissue , removing teeth and cutting
and suturing
--- prescribing meds
---administering local or general anesthesia or oral or parenteral
conscious sedation other than nitrous oxide and oxygen and allowed
local anesthetic.
⩥ What can an rdh do under direct supervision?.
Answer: ---Soft-tissue curettage
---Administration of local anesthesia
---Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered in
tandem or alone.
⩥ What can an rdh do under general supervision.
Answer: --- preventative and therapeutic interventions including : oral
prophylaxis, scaling and root planing
---application of topical, therapeutic and subgingival agents used for the
control of caries and periodontal disease.
,---the taking of impressions for bleaching trays and activation of non
laser, light curing devices
---the taking of impressions for bleaching trays and placements of in
office tooth whitening devices
⩥ What can an rdh do without any supervision.
Answer: -Educational services
-Oral health training programs
-Oral health screenings
*rdh must refer any screened patients with abnormalities to a dentist to
receive a comprehensive exam, diagnosis and a treatment plan
⩥ In a government public health program an rdh may provide without
supervision the following:.
Answer: -oral prophylaxis,srp.
-Fluoride application
-Pit and fissure sealants
* the rdh may submit insurance claims for the services provided under
the public health programs.
⩥ No person shall be allowed to practice as a dental hygenist except for
what Exceptions.
Answer: ---a student in a dental/dental hygiene school performing the
curriculum.
, ---a dental assistant acting under the rules of the dental board may
perform the following:
*taking impressions
*applying fluorides
*applying non-areosol and non caustic topical agents
--- an rda acting under the rules of the dental board my perform the
following:
*coronal polishing
*applying bleaching agents
*activating bleaching agents with a non laser light curing device
*applying pit and fissure sealants
---an rdaef can apply a pit and fissure sealant
---a rdh,rdhap,rdhef that is licensed in a different juristriction that is
performing a clinical demonstration for educational purposes
⩥ What is the timeframe required to notify the board if there are any
name changes or address/email changes (1934).
Answer: The board must be notified within 30 days for all living address
and email address changes
The board must be notified within 10 days of a name change
⩥ When does a license expire (1935).
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAMS
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
PRACTICE SOLUTION
⩥ General supervision.
Answer: Procedures where the dentist does NOT need to be physically
present in treatment facility
⩥ Oral prophylaxis.
Answer: Preventative and therapeutic dental procedures that include
-- bacterial debridements with complete removal of supra and sub
calculus, soft deposits, plaque and stains. And to smooth out tooth
surfaces
⩥ What is the purpose of the prophylaxis.
Answer: To create an environment for a patient to maintain healthy hard
and soft tissues
⩥ What does the practice of an rdh include.
Answer: Dental hygiene assessment and development, planning and
implementation of a dental hygiene plan.
It also includes oral hygiene education, counseling and health screenings
,⩥ Dental hygiene does NOT include what.
Answer: ---Diagnosing or comprehensive treatment plans
---Placing, moving, condensing, carving, removing of permanent
restorations
---surgery, or cutting on hard and soft tissue , removing teeth and cutting
and suturing
--- prescribing meds
---administering local or general anesthesia or oral or parenteral
conscious sedation other than nitrous oxide and oxygen and allowed
local anesthetic.
⩥ What can an rdh do under direct supervision?.
Answer: ---Soft-tissue curettage
---Administration of local anesthesia
---Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered in
tandem or alone.
⩥ What can an rdh do under general supervision.
Answer: --- preventative and therapeutic interventions including : oral
prophylaxis, scaling and root planing
---application of topical, therapeutic and subgingival agents used for the
control of caries and periodontal disease.
,---the taking of impressions for bleaching trays and activation of non
laser, light curing devices
---the taking of impressions for bleaching trays and placements of in
office tooth whitening devices
⩥ What can an rdh do without any supervision.
Answer: -Educational services
-Oral health training programs
-Oral health screenings
*rdh must refer any screened patients with abnormalities to a dentist to
receive a comprehensive exam, diagnosis and a treatment plan
⩥ In a government public health program an rdh may provide without
supervision the following:.
Answer: -oral prophylaxis,srp.
-Fluoride application
-Pit and fissure sealants
* the rdh may submit insurance claims for the services provided under
the public health programs.
⩥ No person shall be allowed to practice as a dental hygenist except for
what Exceptions.
Answer: ---a student in a dental/dental hygiene school performing the
curriculum.
, ---a dental assistant acting under the rules of the dental board may
perform the following:
*taking impressions
*applying fluorides
*applying non-areosol and non caustic topical agents
--- an rda acting under the rules of the dental board my perform the
following:
*coronal polishing
*applying bleaching agents
*activating bleaching agents with a non laser light curing device
*applying pit and fissure sealants
---an rdaef can apply a pit and fissure sealant
---a rdh,rdhap,rdhef that is licensed in a different juristriction that is
performing a clinical demonstration for educational purposes
⩥ What is the timeframe required to notify the board if there are any
name changes or address/email changes (1934).
Answer: The board must be notified within 30 days for all living address
and email address changes
The board must be notified within 10 days of a name change
⩥ When does a license expire (1935).
