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California Dental Hygiene Law and Ethics Exam
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Functions that may be performed by an RDH - Answer✔- All functions that may be performed
by and RDA
Practices INCLUDED in Dental Hygiene: - Answer✔- Development and implementing a dental
hygiene care plan (oral health, counseling, and health screenings)
Practices EXCLUDED from Dental Hygiene: - Answer✔- Diagnosis and comprehensive treatment
planning
- Placing, condensing, carving or removal of permanent restorations
- 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.
-Prescribing medication
- 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.
Procedures an RDH is authorized to perform under DIRECT SUPERVISION - Answer✔- Soft tissue
Curettage
- Administration of local anesthesia
- Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered alone or in combination
with each other
Procedures an RDH is authorized to perform under GENERAL SUPERVISION - Answer✔-
Preventative and therapeutic interventions (prophy and/or SRP)
- Application of topical, therapeutic and subgingival agents used for the control of CARIES and
PERIO DISEASE
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- Taking impressions for bleaching trays and application and activation of agents w/ a nonlaser,
light curing devices
Additional authorized duties of an RDH: - Answer✔- Determine which x-rays to perform on a pt.
who has not received a CompEx for the DDS to see what the specific problem is. (LimitedEx and
PA)
- Place protective restorations (sealants) which for this purpose are identified as interim
therapeutic restorations (temp filling). An interim therapeutic restoration consists of the
REMOVAL OF SOFT MATERIAL FROM THE TOOTH USING ONLY HAND INSTRUMENTATION! (
interim therapeutic restorations can only be completed of a program that includes training in
performing those functions.
Procedures that can be performed WITHOUT DIRECT SUPERVISION: - Answer✔- Educational
services, Oral Health training programs, and Oral Health Screenings
- In a public health program created by Federal, State or Local Law an RDH may provide
preventative services ( application of fluoride and sealants)
RDH general supervision requirements - Answer✔Any procedure performed or service provided
by an RDH that DOES NOT specifically require DIRECT SUPERVISION. (As long as it DOES NOT
give rise to a situation in the office requiring immediate attention to alleviate severe pain or
immediate diagnosis)
Limitations on who may engage in the practice of Dental Hygiene: - Answer✔- A student
enrolled in a dental or dental hygiene school who is performing procedures as a part of the
regular curriculum of that program under the supervision of the faculty of that program.
A DENTAL ASSISTANT acting in accordance with the rules of the dental board in performing the
following Dental Hygiene procedures: - Answer✔- Applying non-aerosol and non-caustic topical
agents
- Applying topical fluoride
- Taking impressions for bleaching trays
A REGISTERED DENTAL ASSISTANT acting in accordance with the rules of the dental board in
performing in the following Dental Hygiene procedures: - Answer✔- Polishing the coronal
surfaces of teeth
- Applying bleaching agents
- Activating bleaching agents with a non-laser light-curing device
- Applying pit and fissure sealants (ONLY an RDA in extended functions)
Requirements for Licensure - Answer✔- Completion of RDH program
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California Dental Hygiene Law and Ethics Exam
Questions And Answers| Already Graded A+|
Latest Update.
Functions that may be performed by an RDH - Answer✔- All functions that may be performed
by and RDA
Practices INCLUDED in Dental Hygiene: - Answer✔- Development and implementing a dental
hygiene care plan (oral health, counseling, and health screenings)
Practices EXCLUDED from Dental Hygiene: - Answer✔- Diagnosis and comprehensive treatment
planning
- Placing, condensing, carving or removal of permanent restorations
- 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.
-Prescribing medication
- 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.
Procedures an RDH is authorized to perform under DIRECT SUPERVISION - Answer✔- Soft tissue
Curettage
- Administration of local anesthesia
- Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered alone or in combination
with each other
Procedures an RDH is authorized to perform under GENERAL SUPERVISION - Answer✔-
Preventative and therapeutic interventions (prophy and/or SRP)
- Application of topical, therapeutic and subgingival agents used for the control of CARIES and
PERIO DISEASE
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- Taking impressions for bleaching trays and application and activation of agents w/ a nonlaser,
light curing devices
Additional authorized duties of an RDH: - Answer✔- Determine which x-rays to perform on a pt.
who has not received a CompEx for the DDS to see what the specific problem is. (LimitedEx and
PA)
- Place protective restorations (sealants) which for this purpose are identified as interim
therapeutic restorations (temp filling). An interim therapeutic restoration consists of the
REMOVAL OF SOFT MATERIAL FROM THE TOOTH USING ONLY HAND INSTRUMENTATION! (
interim therapeutic restorations can only be completed of a program that includes training in
performing those functions.
Procedures that can be performed WITHOUT DIRECT SUPERVISION: - Answer✔- Educational
services, Oral Health training programs, and Oral Health Screenings
- In a public health program created by Federal, State or Local Law an RDH may provide
preventative services ( application of fluoride and sealants)
RDH general supervision requirements - Answer✔Any procedure performed or service provided
by an RDH that DOES NOT specifically require DIRECT SUPERVISION. (As long as it DOES NOT
give rise to a situation in the office requiring immediate attention to alleviate severe pain or
immediate diagnosis)
Limitations on who may engage in the practice of Dental Hygiene: - Answer✔- A student
enrolled in a dental or dental hygiene school who is performing procedures as a part of the
regular curriculum of that program under the supervision of the faculty of that program.
A DENTAL ASSISTANT acting in accordance with the rules of the dental board in performing the
following Dental Hygiene procedures: - Answer✔- Applying non-aerosol and non-caustic topical
agents
- Applying topical fluoride
- Taking impressions for bleaching trays
A REGISTERED DENTAL ASSISTANT acting in accordance with the rules of the dental board in
performing in the following Dental Hygiene procedures: - Answer✔- Polishing the coronal
surfaces of teeth
- Applying bleaching agents
- Activating bleaching agents with a non-laser light-curing device
- Applying pit and fissure sealants (ONLY an RDA in extended functions)
Requirements for Licensure - Answer✔- Completion of RDH program
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