FLORIDA DENTAL LAWS AND RULES EXAM CORE QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS A+ 2025/2026

FLORIDA DENTAL LAWS AND RULES EXAM CORE QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS A+ 2025/2026
✔✔Taking/recording vital signs (DH) - ✔✔General, who received training in pre-
licensure or on-the-job

✔✔Prophylaxis (DH) - ✔✔General

✔✔Positioning/exposing x-rays (DH) - ✔✔General

✔✔Preassess and charting of rest and suspected findings (DH) - ✔✔General

✔✔Placing/removing perio/surg dressings (DH) - ✔✔General

✔✔Removing excess cement from restorations w/ hand instruments and scalers (DH) -
✔✔General

✔✔Removing sutures (DH) - ✔✔General

✔✔Insert and/or perform minor adjustments to sports guards andcustom fluoride trays
(DH) - ✔✔General (diff from doc)

✔✔Applying topical anesthetics and anti-inflammatory agents which are NOT applied by
aerosol or jet spray (DH) - ✔✔General, who received training in pre-licensure ed or on-
the-job

✔✔Obtaining bacteriological specimens, not cutting tissue (DH) - ✔✔General, who
received training in pre-licensure ed or on-the-job

✔✔Placing/removing cotton rolls (DH) - ✔✔General, who received training in pre-
licensure ed or on-the-job

✔✔Placing/removing temp restoration with non mechanical instruments only (DH) -
✔✔General, who received training in pre-licensure ed or on-the-job

✔✔Irrigation of debris (but no endo) (DH) - ✔✔General, who received training in pre-
licensure ed or on-the-job

✔✔Fabricating temp and crown and bridge in the lab (DH) - ✔✔General, who received
training in pre-licensure ed or on-the-job

✔✔Applying fluoride varnishes (DH) - ✔✔No supervision

✔✔OHI (DH) - ✔✔No supervision

, ✔✔Applying topical fluoride (DH) - ✔✔General

✔✔Polishing restorations,which is not for the purpose of changing the existing contour
of the tooth and only with: burnishers, slow-speed hand pieces, rubber cups, and bristle
brushes (DH) - ✔✔General

✔✔Polishing clinical crowns of the teeth which is not for the purpose of changing the
existing contour of the teeth and only using: slow-speed hand pieces, bristle brushes,
rubber cups, porte polishers and air-abrasive polishers (DH) - ✔✔General

✔✔Applied sealants (DH) - ✔✔General (diff from doc)

✔✔Placing/removing prescribed pre-treatment separators (DH) - ✔✔General (different
from doc)

✔✔Making impressions for bleaching trays, fluoride trays, surgical stents to provide
palatal coverage (DH) - ✔✔Indirect

✔✔Taking impressions for and delivery of at home bleaching trays (DH) - ✔✔Indirect

✔✔Taking impressions for passive appliances (mouth guards, space maintainers) (DH)
- ✔✔Indirect

✔✔Monitor/remove in-office bleaching materials after bleach placement by dentist (DH)
- ✔✔Indirect (diff from doc)

✔✔Cementing temp crown and bridge with temp cement (DH) - ✔✔Indirect (diff from
doc)

✔✔Marginating restorations w/ finishing burs, green stones and/or burlew wheels w.
slow-speed rotary instruments, which are not for the purpose of changing existing
contours or occlusion (DH) - ✔✔Indirect (diff from doc)

✔✔Monitoring Nitrous Oxide, turn off nitrous (DH) - ✔✔Indirect (diff from doc)

✔✔Applying cavity liners, varnishes & bases (DH) - ✔✔Indirect

✔✔Placing subgingival chlorhexidine & doxycycline or minocycline (DH) - ✔✔Indirect

✔✔Placing/removing rubber dams (DH) - ✔✔Indirect

✔✔Placing/removing matrices (DH) - ✔✔Indirect