ACTUAL EXAM 2025 DENTAL HYGIENE LAW AND ETHICS
Medicine Dentistry
CALIFORNIA DENTAL HYGIENE LAW AND
ETHICS ACTUAL EXAM, LATEST VERSION
2025 COMPLETE 260 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS VERIFIED
ALREADY GRADED A+
Terms in this set (260)
Direct supervision A set of procedures where The dentist
must physically be present in treatment
facility
General supervision Procedures where the dentist does NOT
need to be physically present in
treatment facility
Preventative and therapeutic dental procedures
Oral prophylaxis 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 To create an environment for a patient to
of the prophylaxis maintain healthy hard and soft tissues
Dental hygiene assessment and
What does the development, planning and
,practice of an rdh implementation of a dental hygiene
include plan.
It also includes oral hygiene education,
counseling and health screenings
---Diagnosing or comprehensive treatment
plans
---Placing, moving, condensing, carving,
removing of permanent restorations
Dental hygiene does ---surgery, or cutting on hard and soft
NOT include what
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.
---Soft-tissue curettage
What can an rdh do ---Administration of local anesthesia
under direct ---Administration of nitrous oxide and
supervision? oxygen, whether administered in tandem
or alone.
--- preventative and therapeutic
interventions including : oral
prophylaxis, scaling and root planing
What can an rdh do ---application of topical, therapeutic and
under general subgingival agents used for the control
supervision of caries and periodontal disease.
---the taking of impressions for
bleaching trays and activation of non
, laser, light curing devices
---the taking of impressions for
bleaching trays and placements of in
office tooth whitening devices
-Educational services
-Oral health training programs
What can an rdh do -Oral health screenings
without any *rdh must refer any screened patients
supervision with abnormalities to a dentist to receive
a comprehensive exam, diagnosis and
a treatment plan
-oral prophylaxis,srp.
In a government -Fluoride application
public health -Pit and fissure sealants
* the rdh may submit insurance claims
program an rdh
for the services provided under the
may provide public health programs.
without supervision
the following:
---a student in a dental/dental hygiene school
performing the curriculum.
---a dental assistant acting under the
rules of the dental board may perform
the following:
*taking impressions
No person shall be *applying fluorides
*applying non-areosol and non caustic topical
allowed to practice
agents
as a dental --- an rda acting under the rules of the dental
hygenist except for board my perform the following:
what Exceptions *coronal polishing
*applying bleaching agents
, *activating bleaching agents with a non laser
light curing device
*applying pit and fissure sealants
---an rdaef can apply a pit and fissure sealant
---a rdh,rdhap,rdhef that is licensed in a
different juristriction that is performing a
clinical demonstration for educational
purposes
What is the The board must be notified within 30
timeframe required days for all living address and email
to notify the board if address changes
there are any name
The board must be notified within 10 days of a
changes or
name change
address/email
changes (1934)
12 midnight On the last day of the birth
month of the applicant on the second
When does a license
expire (1935) year of a 2 year term
License is good for 2 years must renew prior to
that day
Can you renew an Yes, it must be renewed within 5 years
expired license? of expiring by filing an application for
(1936) renewal and paying accrued renewal
and delinquency fees.
Gross
For what reasons negligence,
may a license be Incompetence
revoked, suspended, Unprofessional conduct
Repeated acts
or put on probations
Medicine Dentistry
CALIFORNIA DENTAL HYGIENE LAW AND
ETHICS ACTUAL EXAM, LATEST VERSION
2025 COMPLETE 260 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS VERIFIED
ALREADY GRADED A+
Terms in this set (260)
Direct supervision A set of procedures where The dentist
must physically be present in treatment
facility
General supervision Procedures where the dentist does NOT
need to be physically present in
treatment facility
Preventative and therapeutic dental procedures
Oral prophylaxis 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 To create an environment for a patient to
of the prophylaxis maintain healthy hard and soft tissues
Dental hygiene assessment and
What does the development, planning and
,practice of an rdh implementation of a dental hygiene
include plan.
It also includes oral hygiene education,
counseling and health screenings
---Diagnosing or comprehensive treatment
plans
---Placing, moving, condensing, carving,
removing of permanent restorations
Dental hygiene does ---surgery, or cutting on hard and soft
NOT include what
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.
---Soft-tissue curettage
What can an rdh do ---Administration of local anesthesia
under direct ---Administration of nitrous oxide and
supervision? oxygen, whether administered in tandem
or alone.
--- preventative and therapeutic
interventions including : oral
prophylaxis, scaling and root planing
What can an rdh do ---application of topical, therapeutic and
under general subgingival agents used for the control
supervision of caries and periodontal disease.
---the taking of impressions for
bleaching trays and activation of non
, laser, light curing devices
---the taking of impressions for
bleaching trays and placements of in
office tooth whitening devices
-Educational services
-Oral health training programs
What can an rdh do -Oral health screenings
without any *rdh must refer any screened patients
supervision with abnormalities to a dentist to receive
a comprehensive exam, diagnosis and
a treatment plan
-oral prophylaxis,srp.
In a government -Fluoride application
public health -Pit and fissure sealants
* the rdh may submit insurance claims
program an rdh
for the services provided under the
may provide public health programs.
without supervision
the following:
---a student in a dental/dental hygiene school
performing the curriculum.
---a dental assistant acting under the
rules of the dental board may perform
the following:
*taking impressions
No person shall be *applying fluorides
*applying non-areosol and non caustic topical
allowed to practice
agents
as a dental --- an rda acting under the rules of the dental
hygenist except for board my perform the following:
what Exceptions *coronal polishing
*applying bleaching agents
, *activating bleaching agents with a non laser
light curing device
*applying pit and fissure sealants
---an rdaef can apply a pit and fissure sealant
---a rdh,rdhap,rdhef that is licensed in a
different juristriction that is performing a
clinical demonstration for educational
purposes
What is the The board must be notified within 30
timeframe required days for all living address and email
to notify the board if address changes
there are any name
The board must be notified within 10 days of a
changes or
name change
address/email
changes (1934)
12 midnight On the last day of the birth
month of the applicant on the second
When does a license
expire (1935) year of a 2 year term
License is good for 2 years must renew prior to
that day
Can you renew an Yes, it must be renewed within 5 years
expired license? of expiring by filing an application for
(1936) renewal and paying accrued renewal
and delinquency fees.
Gross
For what reasons negligence,
may a license be Incompetence
revoked, suspended, Unprofessional conduct
Repeated acts
or put on probations
