MN Dental Jurisprudence Exam 2023 (100% Correct Answers With complete solution)

*general supervision - correct answer The dentist has prior knowledge and has given consent for the procedures being performed during which the dentist is not required to be present in the dental office or on the premises. *indirect - correct answer The dentist is in the office, authorizes the procedures, and remains in the office while the procedures are being performed by the allied dental personnel. direct - correct answer The dentist is in the dental office, personally diagnoses the condition to be treated, personally authorizes the procedure, and before dismissal of the patient, evaluates the performance of the allied dental personnel. personal - correct answer The dentist is personally operating on a patient and authorizes the allied dental personnel to aid in treatment by concurrently performing supportive procedures. DH, DT or DA must do these before administering nitrous - correct answer take a course with a minimum of *12 hours* total comprised of didactic instruction, personally administering and managing at least *3* individual supervised cases who can place sealants after completing a course by a school accredited by the commission on dental accreditation? - correct answer DH, DT, DA *WHO can give local anesthesia after completing a course on local anesthesia from a school accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation - correct answer DH and DT (not DA) *Dental hygienists and licensed dental assistants shall not take impressions and bite registrations for _____________ of fixed and removable prostheses. - correct answer Final construction *Before removal of bond material, a dental hygienist or licensed dental assistant must successfully complete a course in the use of ____________ for the express purpose of the removal of bond material from teeth. - correct answer rotary instruments *Scope of Practice* - correct answer --- DH and DA with restorative functions can place, contour, and adjust amalgam, glass ionomers, and stainless steel crowns on class _______ (supragingival) - correct answer Class I, II, V - a dental hygienist or dental assistant must successfully complete a board approved course on these specific restorative procedures. application of pit and fissure sealants - correct answer DH - general LDA - indirect *Administer LA - correct answer DH - general *monitor a patient on nitrous - correct answer DH - General LDA - Indirect T/F -- DH or LDA shall NOT take impressions and bite registrations for the FINAL construction of fixed and removable prostheses. - correct answer True *Utilizing rotary instruments for the removal of bond material from teeth - correct answer DH - indirect LDA - indirect Performing any or all restorative procedures limited to placing, contouring, & adjusting amalgam, glass ionomers, and Class I and V supra composite restorations - correct answer DH - indirect LDA - indirect *managing and removing IV lines - correct answer DH - indirect LDA - indirect *placing an IV line - correct answer DH - direct LDA - direct administering any medications or agents - correct answer Personal DH and RDA *Perform preliminary charting including assessments and existing restoration, determine the perio status, and formulate the DH tx plan in coordination with DDS - correct answer DH - general *make referrals in consultation with DDS - correct answer DH - general *complete prophy with scaling, root planing, and polishing restorations - correct answer DH - general dietary and nutritional counseling - correct answer DH - general *replacement, cementation and adjustment of INTACT temporary restorations - correct answer DH - general LDA - general *remove overhangs - correct answer DH - general Complete preliminary charting of oral cavity and surrounding structures w/ exception of perio probing and assessment of the perio structure - correct answer LDA - general of course DH can do this too, with probing take photographs intra or extra orally - correct answer DH - general LDA - general take vital signs - correct answer DH - general LDA - general place temporary fillings - correct answer DH - general LDA - general *cut arch wires, remove loose bands or brackets - correct answer DH - general LDA - general *take X-rays - correct answer DH - general LDA - general *take impressions for casts and bite registrations - correct answer DH - general LDA - general *place and remove ortho separators - correct answer DH - general LDA - general *deliver vacuum-formed ortho retainers - correct answer DH - general DA - general *etch enamel surfaces; apply and adjust sealants - correct answer DH - general LDA - indirect *monitor a patient on nitrous oxide - correct answer DH - general LDA - indirect *mechanical polishing clinical crowns (calculus must be removed by DDS or DH before polishing) - correct answer DH - general LDA - indirect *remove excess cement from inlays, crowns, bridges, ortho appliances with HAND INSTRUMENTS - correct answer DH - general LDA - indirect