RDH LAW AND ETHICS EXAM 2025
(CALIFORNIA) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Definition of Committee
the Dental Hygiene Committee of California (DHCC)
Definition of Dental Board
the Dental Board of California
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
Oral prophylaxis
,Preventative and therapeutic dental procedures 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 of the prophylaxis
To create an environment for a patient to maintain healthy hard and soft tissues
Can an RDH perform
the same functions of an rda?
Yes
What does the practice of an rdh include
Dental hygiene assessment and development, planning and implementation of a
dental hygiene plan.
It also includes oral hygiene education, counseling and health screenings
Dental hygiene does NOT include what
---Diagnosing or comprehensive treatment plans
---Placing, moving, condensing, carving, removing of permanent restorations
, ---surgery, or cutting on hard and soft 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.
What can an rdh do under direct supervision?
---Soft-tissue curettage
---Administration of local anesthesia
---Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered in tandem or
alone.
What can an rdh do under general supervision
--- preventative and therapeutic interventions including : oral prophylaxis, scaling
and root planing
---application of topical, therapeutic and subgingival agents used for the control 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
(CALIFORNIA) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Definition of Committee
the Dental Hygiene Committee of California (DHCC)
Definition of Dental Board
the Dental Board of California
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
Oral prophylaxis
,Preventative and therapeutic dental procedures 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 of the prophylaxis
To create an environment for a patient to maintain healthy hard and soft tissues
Can an RDH perform
the same functions of an rda?
Yes
What does the practice of an rdh include
Dental hygiene assessment and development, planning and implementation of a
dental hygiene plan.
It also includes oral hygiene education, counseling and health screenings
Dental hygiene does NOT include what
---Diagnosing or comprehensive treatment plans
---Placing, moving, condensing, carving, removing of permanent restorations
, ---surgery, or cutting on hard and soft 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.
What can an rdh do under direct supervision?
---Soft-tissue curettage
---Administration of local anesthesia
---Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered in tandem or
alone.
What can an rdh do under general supervision
--- preventative and therapeutic interventions including : oral prophylaxis, scaling
and root planing
---application of topical, therapeutic and subgingival agents used for the control 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
