California Law and Ethics Dental Hygiene Questions with 100% Correct Answers.

Definition of Committee Correct Answer the Dental Hygiene Committee of California (DHCC) Definition of Dental Board Correct Answer the Dental Board of California Direct supervision Correct Answer A set of procedures where The dentist must physically be present in treatment facility General supervision Correct Answer Procedures where the dentist does NOT need to be physically present in treatment facility Oral prophylaxis Correct Answer Preventative and therapeutic dental procedures that include -- bacterial debridements with complete removal of supra and sub calculus, soft deposits, plaque and stains. And to smooth out tooth surfaces What is the purpose of the prophylaxis Correct Answer To create an environment for a patient to maintain healthy hard and soft tissues Can an RDH perform the same functions of an rda? Correct Answer Yes What does the practice of an rdh include Correct Answer Dental hygiene assessment and development, planning and implementation of a dental hygiene plan. It also includes oral hygiene education, counseling and health screenings Dental hygiene does NOT include what Correct Answer ---Diagnosing or comprehensive treatment plans ---Placing, moving, condensing, carving, removing of permanent restorations ---surgery, or cutting on hard and soft tissue , removing teeth and cutting and suturing --- prescribing meds ---administering local or general anesthesia or oral or parenteral conscious sedation other than nitrous oxide and oxygen and allowed local anesthetic. What can an rdh do under direct supervision? Correct Answer ---Soft-tissue curettage ---Administration of local anesthesia ---Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered in tandem or alone. What can an rdh do under general supervision Correct Answer --- preventative and therapeutic interventions including : oral prophylaxis, scaling and root planing