RDHAP law & ethics Exam With Questions And
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The practice of dental hygiene includes
The practice of dental hygiene includes dental hygiene assessment and development, planning, and
implementation of a dental hygiene care plan. It also includes oral health education, counseling, and health
screenings
The practice of dental hygiene does not include any of the following procedures
) Diagnosis and comprehensive treatment planning.
(2) Placing, condensing, carving, or removal of permanent restorations.
(3) Surgery or cutting on hard and soft tissue including, but not limited to, the removal of teeth and the cutting and
suturing of soft tissue.
(4) Prescribing medication.
(5) Administering local or general anesthesia or oral or parenteral conscious sedation, except for the
administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered alone or in combination with each other, or
local anesthesia pursuant to Section 1909.
A registered dental hygienist is authorized to perform the following procedures under direct supervision of a
licensed dentist, after submitting to the dental hygiene board evidence of satisfactory completion of a course of
instruction, approved by the dental hygiene board, in the procedures:
(a) Soft-tissue curettage.
(b) Administration of local anesthesia.
(c) Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered alone or in combination with each other.
A registered dental hygienist is authorized to perform the following procedures under general supervision:
a) Preventive and therapeutic interventions, including oral prophylaxis, scaling, and root planing.
(b) Application of topical, therapeutic, and subgingival agents used for the control of caries and periodontal
disease.
(c) The taking of impressions for bleaching trays and application and activation of agents with nonlaser, light-curing
devices.
(d) The taking of impressions for bleaching trays and placements of in-office, tooth-whitening devices.
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The practice of dental hygiene includes
The practice of dental hygiene includes dental hygiene assessment and development, planning, and
implementation of a dental hygiene care plan. It also includes oral health education, counseling, and health
screenings
The practice of dental hygiene does not include any of the following procedures
) Diagnosis and comprehensive treatment planning.
(2) Placing, condensing, carving, or removal of permanent restorations.
(3) Surgery or cutting on hard and soft tissue including, but not limited to, the removal of teeth and the cutting and
suturing of soft tissue.
(4) Prescribing medication.
(5) Administering local or general anesthesia or oral or parenteral conscious sedation, except for the
administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered alone or in combination with each other, or
local anesthesia pursuant to Section 1909.
A registered dental hygienist is authorized to perform the following procedures under direct supervision of a
licensed dentist, after submitting to the dental hygiene board evidence of satisfactory completion of a course of
instruction, approved by the dental hygiene board, in the procedures:
(a) Soft-tissue curettage.
(b) Administration of local anesthesia.
(c) Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered alone or in combination with each other.
A registered dental hygienist is authorized to perform the following procedures under general supervision:
a) Preventive and therapeutic interventions, including oral prophylaxis, scaling, and root planing.
(b) Application of topical, therapeutic, and subgingival agents used for the control of caries and periodontal
disease.
(c) The taking of impressions for bleaching trays and application and activation of agents with nonlaser, light-curing
devices.
(d) The taking of impressions for bleaching trays and placements of in-office, tooth-whitening devices.
