NC DENTAL JURISPRUDENCE UPDATED 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔True - ✔✔If a person practices dentistry while their license is suspended, the license
to practice dentistry may be permanently revoked:
✔✔$75 - ✔✔The NC State Board of Dentistry will provide a certificate to license a
resident dentist desiring to change to another state or territory. The fee for the issuance
of each certificate is:
✔✔-is still impaired after treatment
-poses an imminent danger to the public
-exhibits professional incompetence
All of the above - ✔✔An impaired dentist peer review organization shall immediately
report to the Board detailed information about any dentist licensed by the board, if the
dentist being reviewed:
✔✔Direct - ✔✔Define "supervision" as it relates to dental hygiene in NC:
✔✔NOT Approved:
-Developing Your Dental Hygiene Career Path: Negotiations and Salary.
Approved:
-Periodontal instrumentation for the Advanced Practitioner
-2016/2017 Infection Control Updates for the dental setting
-The magic of air: a subgingival air polishing workshop - ✔✔All of the following topics
are considered Board approved for continuing education courses, EXCEPT:
✔✔True - ✔✔The teaching of dental hygiene in a school or college by an individual
dental hygienist who is licensed in any state in the United States SHALL NOT constitute
the practice of dental hygiene:
✔✔-be of good moral character
-be a graduate of an accredited high school or have a GED
, -be a graduate of an accredited dental hygiene school
ALL of the above - ✔✔When applying for a dental hygiene license, you must:
✔✔Exception:
-private practice - ✔✔Under 90-233 (a1), a dental hygienist who meets certain required
qualifications as listed in this section, may be designated by an employing dentist as
capable of providing dental hygiene services w/o the physical presence of the dentist
(w/o direct supervision). Before the hygienist performs any tx, the dentist must have
personally performed an eval on the pt to be treated and have provided a written tx plan
for the hygienist. All of the following are facilities where this type of tx may occur
EXCEPT:
✔✔Class I Misdemeanor - ✔✔Any person who shall aid and abet another in violating
any of the provisions of Article 16 (Dental Hygiene Act) shall be guilty of a:
✔✔True - ✔✔A dental hygienist who has been disciplined by the Board MAY NOT
practice outside the direct supervision of a dentist:
✔✔2 years - ✔✔A dental hygienist can apply for licensure by credentials as long as
they have actively been practicing dental hygiene under the direct supervision of a
licensed dentist for a minimum of ___ years immediately preceding the date of
application.
✔✔True - ✔✔A dental hygienist shall Not establish or operate a separate facility that
exclusively renders dental hygiene care.
✔✔Exception:
-the dental hygienist has a poor attitude towards coworkers and patients -
✔✔Disciplinary action can be taken by the Board for all of the following reasons
EXCEPT:
✔✔$80 - ✔✔The portion of the annual fee to be paid upon dental hygiene license
renewal to assist in funding programs for impaired dental hygienists is:
✔✔Mary is not permitted to apply for a provisional license since she has failed an exam
administered by the Board - ✔✔Mar Hygienist graduated from the Dental Hygiene
Program at CPCC in 1995 and failed the NC State Board Exam. She applied for
licensure in VA and was successful and has worked full time in a periodontal practice.
She plans to move back to NC and will be applying for a provisional license. Which of
the following is true regarding Mary's situation?
✔✔-Graduate of a Board accredited dental hygiene school.
-Licensed to practice dental hygiene
-Practices dental hygiene as prescribed by the Board
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔True - ✔✔If a person practices dentistry while their license is suspended, the license
to practice dentistry may be permanently revoked:
✔✔$75 - ✔✔The NC State Board of Dentistry will provide a certificate to license a
resident dentist desiring to change to another state or territory. The fee for the issuance
of each certificate is:
✔✔-is still impaired after treatment
-poses an imminent danger to the public
-exhibits professional incompetence
All of the above - ✔✔An impaired dentist peer review organization shall immediately
report to the Board detailed information about any dentist licensed by the board, if the
dentist being reviewed:
✔✔Direct - ✔✔Define "supervision" as it relates to dental hygiene in NC:
✔✔NOT Approved:
-Developing Your Dental Hygiene Career Path: Negotiations and Salary.
Approved:
-Periodontal instrumentation for the Advanced Practitioner
-2016/2017 Infection Control Updates for the dental setting
-The magic of air: a subgingival air polishing workshop - ✔✔All of the following topics
are considered Board approved for continuing education courses, EXCEPT:
✔✔True - ✔✔The teaching of dental hygiene in a school or college by an individual
dental hygienist who is licensed in any state in the United States SHALL NOT constitute
the practice of dental hygiene:
✔✔-be of good moral character
-be a graduate of an accredited high school or have a GED
, -be a graduate of an accredited dental hygiene school
ALL of the above - ✔✔When applying for a dental hygiene license, you must:
✔✔Exception:
-private practice - ✔✔Under 90-233 (a1), a dental hygienist who meets certain required
qualifications as listed in this section, may be designated by an employing dentist as
capable of providing dental hygiene services w/o the physical presence of the dentist
(w/o direct supervision). Before the hygienist performs any tx, the dentist must have
personally performed an eval on the pt to be treated and have provided a written tx plan
for the hygienist. All of the following are facilities where this type of tx may occur
EXCEPT:
✔✔Class I Misdemeanor - ✔✔Any person who shall aid and abet another in violating
any of the provisions of Article 16 (Dental Hygiene Act) shall be guilty of a:
✔✔True - ✔✔A dental hygienist who has been disciplined by the Board MAY NOT
practice outside the direct supervision of a dentist:
✔✔2 years - ✔✔A dental hygienist can apply for licensure by credentials as long as
they have actively been practicing dental hygiene under the direct supervision of a
licensed dentist for a minimum of ___ years immediately preceding the date of
application.
✔✔True - ✔✔A dental hygienist shall Not establish or operate a separate facility that
exclusively renders dental hygiene care.
✔✔Exception:
-the dental hygienist has a poor attitude towards coworkers and patients -
✔✔Disciplinary action can be taken by the Board for all of the following reasons
EXCEPT:
✔✔$80 - ✔✔The portion of the annual fee to be paid upon dental hygiene license
renewal to assist in funding programs for impaired dental hygienists is:
✔✔Mary is not permitted to apply for a provisional license since she has failed an exam
administered by the Board - ✔✔Mar Hygienist graduated from the Dental Hygiene
Program at CPCC in 1995 and failed the NC State Board Exam. She applied for
licensure in VA and was successful and has worked full time in a periodontal practice.
She plans to move back to NC and will be applying for a provisional license. Which of
the following is true regarding Mary's situation?
✔✔-Graduate of a Board accredited dental hygiene school.
-Licensed to practice dental hygiene
-Practices dental hygiene as prescribed by the Board
