NC DENTAL JURISPRUDENCE UPDATED PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔1x/week, when training new employees, after repair, when running implantable
devices, using new packaging or new sterilizer - ✔✔How often are sterilizers biologically
monitored?
✔✔gluteralderhyde - ✔✔Sterilization method that cannot be biologically monitored
✔✔Hep A, Hep E - ✔✔Which type of Hep does not have a carrier
✔✔Hep A, Hep E - ✔✔Which type of Hep is not bloodborne
✔✔immunoglobulin or Hep B vaccine - ✔✔What is given to a non-immunized healthcare
worker who has been exposed?
✔✔notify supervisor, get consent from clinician to perform HIV serolytic test - ✔✔If
clinician is exposed but pt source is unknown what should be done?
✔✔coughing, night sweats, fever - ✔✔3 symptoms of TB
✔✔economically depressed population - ✔✔What segment of the population is at an
increased risk for TB
✔✔Airborne/Droplet transmission of active respiratory infection from person to person -
✔✔How is TB spread?
✔✔False - ✔✔If a person has been diagnosed with TB they will always test positive for
TB with a skin test (T/F)
✔✔oral candidiasis - ✔✔Fungal infection sometimes seen intraorally
,✔✔3-6 weeks after exposure mono-like symptoms - ✔✔How long after exposure to HIV
would you expect to see acute HIV?
✔✔male to male sexual contact - ✔✔What group has the highest prevalence of HIV?
✔✔IV drug users, unprotected sex, substance abuse - ✔✔3 high risk behaviors for HIV
✔✔yes - ✔✔Is an employer responsible for offering Hep B immunizations?
✔✔eating, drinking, smoking, applying cosmetics - ✔✔What things should not be done
in treatment areas
✔✔stop sterilizer, allow to cool, re-sterilize instruments - ✔✔What should be done if
sterilization cycle is interrupted before completion
✔✔manufacturing and labeling of med devices, safety of drugs and devices, safety and
efficacy of disinfectants, medical waste, worker safety, instrument sterilizing - ✔✔What
is regulated by fed govt
✔✔probing, scaling, root planing - ✔✔If a pt requires pre-med but did not take it prior to
apt, what cannot be done at the pt's apt?
✔✔What is the composition of the NC State Board of Dental Examiners? - ✔✔6 dentists
who are licensed to practice dentistry in NC
1 dental hygienist who is licensed to practice dental hygiene in NC
1 person who shall be a citizen and resident of NC and who shall be licensed to practice
neither dentistry nor dental hygiene
✔✔What are the voting powers of each member of the Board? - ✔✔The dental
hygienist or the consumer member cannot participate or vote in any matters of the
Board which involves the issuance, renewal or revocation of the license to practice
dentistry in the State of North Carolina. The consumer member cannot participate or
vote in any matters of the Board which involve the issuance, renewal or revocation of
the license to practice dental hygiene in the State of North Carolina. Members of the
Board licensed to practice dentistry in North Carolina shall have been elected in an
election held as hereinafter provided in which every person licensed to practice dentistry
in North Carolina and residing or practicing in North Carolina shall be entitled to vote.
✔✔Who is eligible to vote in the election of dentists and dental hygienists to serve on
the Board? - ✔✔Every dentist with a current North Carolina license residing or
practicing in North Carolina shall be eligible to vote in elections of dentists to the Board.
Every dental hygienist with a current North Carolina license residing or practicing in
North Carolina shall be eligible to vote in elections of dental hygienists to the Board. The
holding of such a license to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in North Carolina shall
, constitute registration to vote in such elections. The list of licensed dentists and dental
hygienists shall constitute the registration list for elections to the appropriate seats on
the Board.
✔✔What is the term of office for Board members? - ✔✔Each member of said Board
shall be elected for a term of three years and until his successor shall be elected and
shall qualify. Each year there shall be elected two dentists for such terms of three years
each. Every three years there shall be elected one dental hygienist for a term of three
years. Dental hygienists shall be elected to the Board in an election held in accordance
with the procedures hereinafter provided in which those persons licensed to practice
dental hygiene in North Carolina and residing or practicing in North Carolina shall be
entitled to vote. Every three years a person who is a citizen and resident of North
Carolina and licensed to practice neither dentistry nor dental hygiene shall be appointed
to the Board for a term of three years by the Governor of North Carolina.
✔✔KNOW Article 16- The Dental Hygiene Practice Act. - ✔✔Printed
✔✔What are the rules that apply to dental hygienists? - ✔✔Printed
✔✔What are the rules that apply to dental assistants? - ✔✔Printed
✔✔What are the regulations concerning conscious sedation? - ✔✔Printed
"Monitoring" means observation of the patient during the flow of sedation agents and
includes reducing the flow of sedation
or shutting off equipment controlling such flow. Monitoring does not include increasing
the flow of
sedation agents.
We can increase oxygen and lower nitrous as well as shut the machine off which will
lower the oxygen.
North Carolina Laws Governing Nitrous Oxide / Rules of the NC State Board of Dental
Examiners
• a DA I or DA II may aid and assist a licensed dentist in the administration of nitrous
oxide-oxygen inhalant conscious sedation after a completion of a Board-approved
course.....
• "monitoring" means observation of the patient during the flow of sedation agents and
includes reducing the flow of sedation or shutting off equipment controlling such flow.
• monitoring does not include increasing the flow of sedation agents
• dentist initiates use of nitrous
• auxiliary can turn oxygen up
• auxiliary can turn nitrous down / off
✔✔List and know the dates involved in the licensure renewal process. - ✔✔A renewal
application shall
be completed and received in the Board's office before midnight on January 31 of each
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔1x/week, when training new employees, after repair, when running implantable
devices, using new packaging or new sterilizer - ✔✔How often are sterilizers biologically
monitored?
✔✔gluteralderhyde - ✔✔Sterilization method that cannot be biologically monitored
✔✔Hep A, Hep E - ✔✔Which type of Hep does not have a carrier
✔✔Hep A, Hep E - ✔✔Which type of Hep is not bloodborne
✔✔immunoglobulin or Hep B vaccine - ✔✔What is given to a non-immunized healthcare
worker who has been exposed?
✔✔notify supervisor, get consent from clinician to perform HIV serolytic test - ✔✔If
clinician is exposed but pt source is unknown what should be done?
✔✔coughing, night sweats, fever - ✔✔3 symptoms of TB
✔✔economically depressed population - ✔✔What segment of the population is at an
increased risk for TB
✔✔Airborne/Droplet transmission of active respiratory infection from person to person -
✔✔How is TB spread?
✔✔False - ✔✔If a person has been diagnosed with TB they will always test positive for
TB with a skin test (T/F)
✔✔oral candidiasis - ✔✔Fungal infection sometimes seen intraorally
,✔✔3-6 weeks after exposure mono-like symptoms - ✔✔How long after exposure to HIV
would you expect to see acute HIV?
✔✔male to male sexual contact - ✔✔What group has the highest prevalence of HIV?
✔✔IV drug users, unprotected sex, substance abuse - ✔✔3 high risk behaviors for HIV
✔✔yes - ✔✔Is an employer responsible for offering Hep B immunizations?
✔✔eating, drinking, smoking, applying cosmetics - ✔✔What things should not be done
in treatment areas
✔✔stop sterilizer, allow to cool, re-sterilize instruments - ✔✔What should be done if
sterilization cycle is interrupted before completion
✔✔manufacturing and labeling of med devices, safety of drugs and devices, safety and
efficacy of disinfectants, medical waste, worker safety, instrument sterilizing - ✔✔What
is regulated by fed govt
✔✔probing, scaling, root planing - ✔✔If a pt requires pre-med but did not take it prior to
apt, what cannot be done at the pt's apt?
✔✔What is the composition of the NC State Board of Dental Examiners? - ✔✔6 dentists
who are licensed to practice dentistry in NC
1 dental hygienist who is licensed to practice dental hygiene in NC
1 person who shall be a citizen and resident of NC and who shall be licensed to practice
neither dentistry nor dental hygiene
✔✔What are the voting powers of each member of the Board? - ✔✔The dental
hygienist or the consumer member cannot participate or vote in any matters of the
Board which involves the issuance, renewal or revocation of the license to practice
dentistry in the State of North Carolina. The consumer member cannot participate or
vote in any matters of the Board which involve the issuance, renewal or revocation of
the license to practice dental hygiene in the State of North Carolina. Members of the
Board licensed to practice dentistry in North Carolina shall have been elected in an
election held as hereinafter provided in which every person licensed to practice dentistry
in North Carolina and residing or practicing in North Carolina shall be entitled to vote.
✔✔Who is eligible to vote in the election of dentists and dental hygienists to serve on
the Board? - ✔✔Every dentist with a current North Carolina license residing or
practicing in North Carolina shall be eligible to vote in elections of dentists to the Board.
Every dental hygienist with a current North Carolina license residing or practicing in
North Carolina shall be eligible to vote in elections of dental hygienists to the Board. The
holding of such a license to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in North Carolina shall
, constitute registration to vote in such elections. The list of licensed dentists and dental
hygienists shall constitute the registration list for elections to the appropriate seats on
the Board.
✔✔What is the term of office for Board members? - ✔✔Each member of said Board
shall be elected for a term of three years and until his successor shall be elected and
shall qualify. Each year there shall be elected two dentists for such terms of three years
each. Every three years there shall be elected one dental hygienist for a term of three
years. Dental hygienists shall be elected to the Board in an election held in accordance
with the procedures hereinafter provided in which those persons licensed to practice
dental hygiene in North Carolina and residing or practicing in North Carolina shall be
entitled to vote. Every three years a person who is a citizen and resident of North
Carolina and licensed to practice neither dentistry nor dental hygiene shall be appointed
to the Board for a term of three years by the Governor of North Carolina.
✔✔KNOW Article 16- The Dental Hygiene Practice Act. - ✔✔Printed
✔✔What are the rules that apply to dental hygienists? - ✔✔Printed
✔✔What are the rules that apply to dental assistants? - ✔✔Printed
✔✔What are the regulations concerning conscious sedation? - ✔✔Printed
"Monitoring" means observation of the patient during the flow of sedation agents and
includes reducing the flow of sedation
or shutting off equipment controlling such flow. Monitoring does not include increasing
the flow of
sedation agents.
We can increase oxygen and lower nitrous as well as shut the machine off which will
lower the oxygen.
North Carolina Laws Governing Nitrous Oxide / Rules of the NC State Board of Dental
Examiners
• a DA I or DA II may aid and assist a licensed dentist in the administration of nitrous
oxide-oxygen inhalant conscious sedation after a completion of a Board-approved
course.....
• "monitoring" means observation of the patient during the flow of sedation agents and
includes reducing the flow of sedation or shutting off equipment controlling such flow.
• monitoring does not include increasing the flow of sedation agents
• dentist initiates use of nitrous
• auxiliary can turn oxygen up
• auxiliary can turn nitrous down / off
✔✔List and know the dates involved in the licensure renewal process. - ✔✔A renewal
application shall
be completed and received in the Board's office before midnight on January 31 of each
