Dental Law Exam Questions Solved Accurately
EFDA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅an individual who holds a current valid certification
under this act to perform reversible intraoral procedures authorized by this act under the direct
supervision of a licensed dentist and under an assignment of duties by a dentist, as defined in
section 11.8
Scope of Practice - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. placing & contouring amalgam & other
resorative materials
2. perform coronal polishing
3. perform flouride treatments, including flouride varnish
4. take impressions of teeth for athletic appliances
EFDA's shall NOT perform - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. Complete or limited
examinations, diagnosis and treatment planning
2. Surgical or cutting procedures of hard or soft tissues. (highspeed handpiece)
3. Prescribing drugs, medicaments or work authorizations
4. Taking impressions other than for study models, diagnostic casts or athletic appliances.
5. Final inspection and approval of restorative and other treatment which affects occlusion and
any necessary occlusal adjustments.
6. performing pulp capping, pulpotomy and other endo procedures.
7. placement and intraoral adjustments of fixed and removable prosthetic appliances
, 8. administration of local anesthesia, parenteral or inhalational sedation or general anesthesia.
Direct Supervision - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Dentist remaining in the facility while the
treatment is performed by the EFDA
Professional Education - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Candidates for certification as EFDA
shall show compliance with section 3 (d.1) of the act by submitting verification of one of the
following:
1. Graduation from an expanded function dental assisting program at a 2 yr college OR other
insitution accredited or provisionally accredited by the accrediting agency approved by the
united states department of education council on postsecondary accredition which offers an
associates degree.
2. Graduate from a dental hygiene school which required the successful completion of at least 75
hours of clinical and didactic instruction in restorative functions accreditated or provisionally
accreddited by the commisions on accreditations of the american dental association.
3. Completion of a certificate program in expanded functions dental assisting of at least 200
hours of clinical and didactic instructions from a dental assisting program accredited by CODA
Examination - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Failure to register or to sit for the examination
shall be deemed a failure of the examination.
upon notice from the board of the failure, the temporary permit holder shall immediately cease to
practice as an expanded functions dental assistant and shall return the temporary permit to the
board.
Changes of Name/address - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅notify the board in WRITING
within 10 days
EFDA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅an individual who holds a current valid certification
under this act to perform reversible intraoral procedures authorized by this act under the direct
supervision of a licensed dentist and under an assignment of duties by a dentist, as defined in
section 11.8
Scope of Practice - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. placing & contouring amalgam & other
resorative materials
2. perform coronal polishing
3. perform flouride treatments, including flouride varnish
4. take impressions of teeth for athletic appliances
EFDA's shall NOT perform - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. Complete or limited
examinations, diagnosis and treatment planning
2. Surgical or cutting procedures of hard or soft tissues. (highspeed handpiece)
3. Prescribing drugs, medicaments or work authorizations
4. Taking impressions other than for study models, diagnostic casts or athletic appliances.
5. Final inspection and approval of restorative and other treatment which affects occlusion and
any necessary occlusal adjustments.
6. performing pulp capping, pulpotomy and other endo procedures.
7. placement and intraoral adjustments of fixed and removable prosthetic appliances
, 8. administration of local anesthesia, parenteral or inhalational sedation or general anesthesia.
Direct Supervision - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Dentist remaining in the facility while the
treatment is performed by the EFDA
Professional Education - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Candidates for certification as EFDA
shall show compliance with section 3 (d.1) of the act by submitting verification of one of the
following:
1. Graduation from an expanded function dental assisting program at a 2 yr college OR other
insitution accredited or provisionally accredited by the accrediting agency approved by the
united states department of education council on postsecondary accredition which offers an
associates degree.
2. Graduate from a dental hygiene school which required the successful completion of at least 75
hours of clinical and didactic instruction in restorative functions accreditated or provisionally
accreddited by the commisions on accreditations of the american dental association.
3. Completion of a certificate program in expanded functions dental assisting of at least 200
hours of clinical and didactic instructions from a dental assisting program accredited by CODA
Examination - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Failure to register or to sit for the examination
shall be deemed a failure of the examination.
upon notice from the board of the failure, the temporary permit holder shall immediately cease to
practice as an expanded functions dental assistant and shall return the temporary permit to the
board.
Changes of Name/address - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅notify the board in WRITING
within 10 days
