Florida Laws & Rules (Dental Exam ADEX
CDCA) questions and answers
Dentistry - the healing art which is concerned with the exam, diagnosis, treatment
planning, and care of conditions within the human oral cavity and adjacent tissues
and structures
Dental Hygiene - the rendering of educational, preventative, and therapeutic
dental services and any related extra-oral procedure required in the performance
of services
Governor of Florida - Who appoints the board of dentistry members?
Irremediable tasks - Intraoral treatment tasks which are irreversible and create
unaltered changes within the oral cavity
Remediable tasks - Intraoral treatment tasks which are reversible and do not
create unalterable changes within the oral cavity or structures and do not cause
an increased risk to the patient
Irremediable - Applying topical with jet spray is what type of task?
,Florida Laws & Rules (Dental Exam ADEX
CDCA) questions and answers
Remediable - A dental hygienist who applies bleaching solution, activates light
source, monitors and removes in office bleaching materials is performing a
______ task
Re-cementing temp crowns with temp cement - The practicing dentist is out of the
country and a patient comes into the office with an emergency.
What is a remediable task is the hygienist/assistant able to perform?
Irremediable - The use of a laser or laser type device is considered to be what type
of task?
Dental hygienists & assistants - Who may perform emergency remediable tasks
under conditions specified in the laws?
50 min - How many minutes are equivalent to one hour of continuing education?
Chemotherapeutic agents - What is not an appropriate topic for continuing
education?
, Florida Laws & Rules (Dental Exam ADEX
CDCA) questions and answers
Board approved individual study - What is an appropriate educational activity or
topic for continuing education?
Pt stress management - What is an example of a CE a dental hygienist would take?
1st biennium of licensure - When are licensees excused from CE?
Practicing hygienist or dentist - Who of the following are required to take CE
credits?
Writing within the scope of dentistry - Which of the following is legal of a dentist
writing prescriptions?
False - If 40 hours of CE are taken in 1 biennium, the remaining hours taken can
count toward renewal requirement for the next biennium. True/False
True - A dentist or hygienist takes a 10 hr HIV/AIDs course. The remaining 9 hours
could count for their remaining 24 or 30 hours required for licensure renewal.
True/False
CDCA) questions and answers
Dentistry - the healing art which is concerned with the exam, diagnosis, treatment
planning, and care of conditions within the human oral cavity and adjacent tissues
and structures
Dental Hygiene - the rendering of educational, preventative, and therapeutic
dental services and any related extra-oral procedure required in the performance
of services
Governor of Florida - Who appoints the board of dentistry members?
Irremediable tasks - Intraoral treatment tasks which are irreversible and create
unaltered changes within the oral cavity
Remediable tasks - Intraoral treatment tasks which are reversible and do not
create unalterable changes within the oral cavity or structures and do not cause
an increased risk to the patient
Irremediable - Applying topical with jet spray is what type of task?
,Florida Laws & Rules (Dental Exam ADEX
CDCA) questions and answers
Remediable - A dental hygienist who applies bleaching solution, activates light
source, monitors and removes in office bleaching materials is performing a
______ task
Re-cementing temp crowns with temp cement - The practicing dentist is out of the
country and a patient comes into the office with an emergency.
What is a remediable task is the hygienist/assistant able to perform?
Irremediable - The use of a laser or laser type device is considered to be what type
of task?
Dental hygienists & assistants - Who may perform emergency remediable tasks
under conditions specified in the laws?
50 min - How many minutes are equivalent to one hour of continuing education?
Chemotherapeutic agents - What is not an appropriate topic for continuing
education?
, Florida Laws & Rules (Dental Exam ADEX
CDCA) questions and answers
Board approved individual study - What is an appropriate educational activity or
topic for continuing education?
Pt stress management - What is an example of a CE a dental hygienist would take?
1st biennium of licensure - When are licensees excused from CE?
Practicing hygienist or dentist - Who of the following are required to take CE
credits?
Writing within the scope of dentistry - Which of the following is legal of a dentist
writing prescriptions?
False - If 40 hours of CE are taken in 1 biennium, the remaining hours taken can
count toward renewal requirement for the next biennium. True/False
True - A dentist or hygienist takes a 10 hr HIV/AIDs course. The remaining 9 hours
could count for their remaining 24 or 30 hours required for licensure renewal.
True/False
