MN DENTAL EVALUATION TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔*limited licensed dental assistants - ✔✔non licensed but have taken a course in
taking RADIOGRAPHS
✔✔*Sedation* - ✔✔____
✔✔Minimal Sedation (Conscious sedation) - ✔✔-to reduce anxiety -- Anxiolysis
-lightest form of sedation
-ex: N2O2, oral meds, or IV sedation (need 12 hours of a course with 3 different
"practice cases")
✔✔characterized by moderate impairment to the patient's cognitive function and
coordination, but leaves unaffected the patient's ventilator and cardiovascular -
✔✔minimal sedation
✔✔Moderate Sedation (still conscious) - ✔✔relaxed, awake and can still respond
ex: N2O2, oral meds, IV sedation (need 60 hours during an extra course with practice)
✔✔Deep sedation (unconscious) - ✔✔can only be performed by an anesthesiologist or
an oral surgeon (need extra schooling)
✔✔*means a depressed level of consciousness produced by a pharmacological agent
during which the patient cannot be easily aroused but responds purposefully following
repeated or painful stimulation - ✔✔deep sedation
✔✔*general anesthesia (unconscious) - ✔✔for extreme cases of dental care
*oral and maxillofacial surgeons
✔✔*Infection Control* - ✔✔------
, ✔✔high level disinfection - ✔✔Elimination of all microorganisms except bacterial spores
✔✔decontamination - ✔✔Removal, inactivation, or destruction of HBV and HIV on a
surface or item to the point where HBV and/or HIV are *no longer capable of causing
infection* and the surface or item is rendered safe for barehanded touching, use or
disposal.
✔✔Disinfection - ✔✔destroys *most* pathogenic and other microorganisms by physical
or chemical means
-does not ensure the degree of safety associated with sterilization processes
(ex: sanitary wipes used to wipe down the cubicle)
✔✔sterilization - ✔✔destroys *all* microorganisms, including substantial numbers of
resistant bacterial spores, by heat (steam autoclave, dry heat, and unsaturated
chemical vapor) or liquid chemical sterilants
✔✔*Use surface barriers on ______ to protect, particularly for surfaces that are hard to
clean - ✔✔light switches, radiographic equipment, drawer handles, computers (change
barriers between patients) ----still need to use EPA approved wipes to clean after
barriers are removed
✔✔The _______________ regulates *low- and intermediate-level* disinfectants that are
used on surfaces - ✔✔Environmental Protection Agency
✔✔The ____________ regulates liquid *chemical sterilants/high-level* disinfectants -
✔✔Food and Drug Administration
✔✔Any disinfectant used in a dental setting should be registered by the ____________
and be approved for use in health care settings - ✔✔Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)
✔✔can you use disinfectant wipes from the grocery store? - ✔✔no, the are not EPA
registered
✔✔*what does PPE include? - ✔✔gloves, masks, gowns, and eye protection
✔✔disposal of liquid and human waste (blood) - ✔✔all liquid and human waste,
including floor wash water, must be disposed of through *trap drains into a public
sanitary sewer system*
✔✔*what type of gloves should you use? - ✔✔chemical and puncture resistant gloves
-even for "household cleaning" of the dentist office
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔*limited licensed dental assistants - ✔✔non licensed but have taken a course in
taking RADIOGRAPHS
✔✔*Sedation* - ✔✔____
✔✔Minimal Sedation (Conscious sedation) - ✔✔-to reduce anxiety -- Anxiolysis
-lightest form of sedation
-ex: N2O2, oral meds, or IV sedation (need 12 hours of a course with 3 different
"practice cases")
✔✔characterized by moderate impairment to the patient's cognitive function and
coordination, but leaves unaffected the patient's ventilator and cardiovascular -
✔✔minimal sedation
✔✔Moderate Sedation (still conscious) - ✔✔relaxed, awake and can still respond
ex: N2O2, oral meds, IV sedation (need 60 hours during an extra course with practice)
✔✔Deep sedation (unconscious) - ✔✔can only be performed by an anesthesiologist or
an oral surgeon (need extra schooling)
✔✔*means a depressed level of consciousness produced by a pharmacological agent
during which the patient cannot be easily aroused but responds purposefully following
repeated or painful stimulation - ✔✔deep sedation
✔✔*general anesthesia (unconscious) - ✔✔for extreme cases of dental care
*oral and maxillofacial surgeons
✔✔*Infection Control* - ✔✔------
, ✔✔high level disinfection - ✔✔Elimination of all microorganisms except bacterial spores
✔✔decontamination - ✔✔Removal, inactivation, or destruction of HBV and HIV on a
surface or item to the point where HBV and/or HIV are *no longer capable of causing
infection* and the surface or item is rendered safe for barehanded touching, use or
disposal.
✔✔Disinfection - ✔✔destroys *most* pathogenic and other microorganisms by physical
or chemical means
-does not ensure the degree of safety associated with sterilization processes
(ex: sanitary wipes used to wipe down the cubicle)
✔✔sterilization - ✔✔destroys *all* microorganisms, including substantial numbers of
resistant bacterial spores, by heat (steam autoclave, dry heat, and unsaturated
chemical vapor) or liquid chemical sterilants
✔✔*Use surface barriers on ______ to protect, particularly for surfaces that are hard to
clean - ✔✔light switches, radiographic equipment, drawer handles, computers (change
barriers between patients) ----still need to use EPA approved wipes to clean after
barriers are removed
✔✔The _______________ regulates *low- and intermediate-level* disinfectants that are
used on surfaces - ✔✔Environmental Protection Agency
✔✔The ____________ regulates liquid *chemical sterilants/high-level* disinfectants -
✔✔Food and Drug Administration
✔✔Any disinfectant used in a dental setting should be registered by the ____________
and be approved for use in health care settings - ✔✔Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)
✔✔can you use disinfectant wipes from the grocery store? - ✔✔no, the are not EPA
registered
✔✔*what does PPE include? - ✔✔gloves, masks, gowns, and eye protection
✔✔disposal of liquid and human waste (blood) - ✔✔all liquid and human waste,
including floor wash water, must be disposed of through *trap drains into a public
sanitary sewer system*
✔✔*what type of gloves should you use? - ✔✔chemical and puncture resistant gloves
-even for "household cleaning" of the dentist office
