MN Dental Jurisprudence Exam 2026/2027 NEWEST
VERIFIED QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS
• Any person desiring to perform services as a dentist, hygienist, or licensed dental
assistant must submit an application to the board of dentistrya. True b. False -✓✓ True
• A dental technician who repairs a patient's denture at the request of the patient would
be practicing dentistry without a license.a. True b. False -✓✓ True
• In advertising, it is illegal for a dentist to imply superiority over other dentists.a. True b.
False -✓✓ True
• Failure to inform the Board of a name and address change could result in which of the
following?A. Failure to receive biennial registration renewal formsB. A penalty fee for
late renewalC. Failure to renew registration, resulting in suspension of registrationD. All
of the above -✓✓ All of the above
• Which of the following functions can be performed by a licensed dental assistant when
the dentist is out of the office?
A. Dry root canals with paper points
B. Pre-select orthodontic bands
C. Take radiographs
D. Remove temporary restorations -✓✓ C. Take radiographs
• Which of the following functions can be performed by a dental assistant if the dentist is
in the office?A. Take radiographsB. Take preliminary impressionsC. Mechanical polish
to the clinical crowns onlyD. None of the above -✓✓ None of the above
• Each board member should have been lawfully in active practice in MN for 2 years
immediately preceding appointment -✓✓ False, 5 years
• Written Authorization forms must be kept for a minimum of 2 years -✓✓ True
• Apply topical medications, including bleaching agents and cavity varnishes as
prescribed by dentist. (LDA ONLY) -✓✓ Indirect
• Apply topical medications, including bleaching agents, cavity varnishes, and
desensitizing agents. (DH ONLY) -✓✓ General
• Remove excess cement from inlays, crowns, bridges, or orthodontic appliances with
hand instruments only (LDA) -✓✓ Indirect
• Remove temporary restorations with hand instruments only. (LDA) -✓✓ Direct
, • Perform preliminary charting of the oral cavity and surrounding structures to include
case histories, perform initial and periodic examinations and assessments to determine
periodontal status, and formulate a dental hygiene treatment plan in coordination with a
dentist's treatment plan. (DH ONLY) -✓✓ General
• Perform restorative procedures limited to: placing, contouring, and adjusting amalgam
restorations and glass ionomers; adapting and cementing stainless steel crowns; and
placing,contouring, and adjusting class I, II, & V supragingival composite restorations on
primary and permanent teeth. (DH, LDA BOTH) -✓✓ Indirect
• Which of the following is/are acceptable for a fundamental activity in professional
development
A. General attendance at state conventions
B. CPR
C. Voluntary clinic work
D Restorative functions course
E. B and D -✓✓ CPR and Restorative functions course
b and d
• Hand pieces and air/water syringes should be?
A. soaked in a chemical sterilization solution
B. sterilized by heat or steam methods
C. only sterilized when coming into contact with blood
D. all of the above
E. B and C -✓✓ B.sterilized by heat or steam methods
• Standard precautions should be followed in which of the following situations? -✓✓
When treating all patients
• a collaborating dentist is limited to entering into a collaborative agreement with no
more than ____ dental therapist/ advanced dental therapist at any one time....a. 10b.
7c. 5d. 3 -✓✓ 5
• a collaborative agreement between the dentist and the dental therapist must be
reviewed, updated and submitted to the board of dentistry how often?a. monthlyb. bi-
monthlyc. yearlyd. biennially -✓✓ yearly
• a licensed dental therapist is limited to supervising no more than how many licensed
dental assistant -✓✓ 4
• a professional firm must submit which of the following board of dentistry -✓✓ annual
report
• when a licensee fails a professional portfolio audit, which of the following will
automatically occur in the licensee's next renewal period? -✓✓ a mandatory audit of the
VERIFIED QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS
• Any person desiring to perform services as a dentist, hygienist, or licensed dental
assistant must submit an application to the board of dentistrya. True b. False -✓✓ True
• A dental technician who repairs a patient's denture at the request of the patient would
be practicing dentistry without a license.a. True b. False -✓✓ True
• In advertising, it is illegal for a dentist to imply superiority over other dentists.a. True b.
False -✓✓ True
• Failure to inform the Board of a name and address change could result in which of the
following?A. Failure to receive biennial registration renewal formsB. A penalty fee for
late renewalC. Failure to renew registration, resulting in suspension of registrationD. All
of the above -✓✓ All of the above
• Which of the following functions can be performed by a licensed dental assistant when
the dentist is out of the office?
A. Dry root canals with paper points
B. Pre-select orthodontic bands
C. Take radiographs
D. Remove temporary restorations -✓✓ C. Take radiographs
• Which of the following functions can be performed by a dental assistant if the dentist is
in the office?A. Take radiographsB. Take preliminary impressionsC. Mechanical polish
to the clinical crowns onlyD. None of the above -✓✓ None of the above
• Each board member should have been lawfully in active practice in MN for 2 years
immediately preceding appointment -✓✓ False, 5 years
• Written Authorization forms must be kept for a minimum of 2 years -✓✓ True
• Apply topical medications, including bleaching agents and cavity varnishes as
prescribed by dentist. (LDA ONLY) -✓✓ Indirect
• Apply topical medications, including bleaching agents, cavity varnishes, and
desensitizing agents. (DH ONLY) -✓✓ General
• Remove excess cement from inlays, crowns, bridges, or orthodontic appliances with
hand instruments only (LDA) -✓✓ Indirect
• Remove temporary restorations with hand instruments only. (LDA) -✓✓ Direct
, • Perform preliminary charting of the oral cavity and surrounding structures to include
case histories, perform initial and periodic examinations and assessments to determine
periodontal status, and formulate a dental hygiene treatment plan in coordination with a
dentist's treatment plan. (DH ONLY) -✓✓ General
• Perform restorative procedures limited to: placing, contouring, and adjusting amalgam
restorations and glass ionomers; adapting and cementing stainless steel crowns; and
placing,contouring, and adjusting class I, II, & V supragingival composite restorations on
primary and permanent teeth. (DH, LDA BOTH) -✓✓ Indirect
• Which of the following is/are acceptable for a fundamental activity in professional
development
A. General attendance at state conventions
B. CPR
C. Voluntary clinic work
D Restorative functions course
E. B and D -✓✓ CPR and Restorative functions course
b and d
• Hand pieces and air/water syringes should be?
A. soaked in a chemical sterilization solution
B. sterilized by heat or steam methods
C. only sterilized when coming into contact with blood
D. all of the above
E. B and C -✓✓ B.sterilized by heat or steam methods
• Standard precautions should be followed in which of the following situations? -✓✓
When treating all patients
• a collaborating dentist is limited to entering into a collaborative agreement with no
more than ____ dental therapist/ advanced dental therapist at any one time....a. 10b.
7c. 5d. 3 -✓✓ 5
• a collaborative agreement between the dentist and the dental therapist must be
reviewed, updated and submitted to the board of dentistry how often?a. monthlyb. bi-
monthlyc. yearlyd. biennially -✓✓ yearly
• a licensed dental therapist is limited to supervising no more than how many licensed
dental assistant -✓✓ 4
• a professional firm must submit which of the following board of dentistry -✓✓ annual
report
• when a licensee fails a professional portfolio audit, which of the following will
automatically occur in the licensee's next renewal period? -✓✓ a mandatory audit of the
