MSDBE JURISPRUDENCE FINAL PAPER 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔A dental hygiene licensure application who is a graduate of a foreign dental hygiene
school must have graduated from a school which is recognized by the licensure
authorities in that country and who completed no less than
A. 4 academic years of post secondary study
B. 2 academic years of post secondary study
C. 5 academic years of post secondary study
D. 1 academic year of post secondary study
E. The law does not state a minimum study requirement - ✔✔B. 2 academic years of
post secondary study
✔✔One requirement of a dental applicant graduate of a foreign dental school is that the
formal clinical training in a dental school accredited by the ADA must be completed for a
period of at least
A. One year
B. 1 1/2 years
C. 2 years
D. 6 months - ✔✔C. 2 years
✔✔A person who has graduated from an accredited dental hygiene school and who has
successfully passed the state board exam in Mississippi is legally allowed to practice as
a hygienist in Mississippi, even if she has not yet passed the national board exam -
✔✔False
✔✔A license is not required for persons working in a dental office to perform
mechanical work on inabimate objects - ✔✔True
✔✔Dental hygienist may sign a written work authorization to a dental laboratory -
✔✔False
✔✔Licensed out of state dentist are required to have a Mississippi license in order to
present an educational clinic or demonstration before a dental society or during the
Mississippi dental Association annual session - ✔✔False
✔✔A dentist licensed outside of the state of MS may be called into the state by licensed
dentist of this state for consultative or operative purposes as long as authorization is
provided by the board - ✔✔True
, ✔✔The state dental practice act makes provisions for students of dentistry or dental
hygiene to practice under the supervision of instructors in an educational program
Recognized by the board - ✔✔True
✔✔Applicants for a license to practice dentistry/dental hygiene in the state who are
graduates of a foreign dental school must be proficient in English language - ✔✔True
✔✔Activities carried on by students ever dentistry or dental hygiene may be profit
making according to the state dental practice acts - ✔✔False
✔✔The state jurisprudence test for MS is scheduled in May 19, 2006 - ✔✔False
✔✔A regularly licensed dentist may delegate procedures to take regularly licensed
dental hygienist or other competent dental auxiliary under general supervision -
✔✔False
✔✔Procedures requiring the professional judgment and skill of a dentist include
diagnosis, treatment planning, surgical procedures involving hard and soft tissues or
any intro oral procedure of an irreversible nature which could result in injury to a patient
- ✔✔True
✔✔Dental and dental hygiene instructors are required by law to be licensed by the
Mississippi State Board of dental examiners - ✔✔True
✔✔Removal of calcareous a deposit may be delegated by the dentist to a regularly
licensed and registered dental hygienist or other competent dental auxiliary while
working under the immediate supervision and full responsibility at the dentist - ✔✔False
✔✔Dental assistance, while working in the office of a regularly licensed and registered
dentist, shall at all times be under the general supervision and direction of a dentist -
✔✔False
✔✔The MS state board of dental examiners may prohibit any sandal hygienist or dental
auxiliary personnel from rendering service it feels is not in the best interest of the public
- ✔✔True
✔✔The main purpose of the MS state board of dental examiners is to protect the dentist
and the dental hygienist - ✔✔False
✔✔Dentist associated with a school of dentistry are eligible for appointment onto the
board - ✔✔False
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔A dental hygiene licensure application who is a graduate of a foreign dental hygiene
school must have graduated from a school which is recognized by the licensure
authorities in that country and who completed no less than
A. 4 academic years of post secondary study
B. 2 academic years of post secondary study
C. 5 academic years of post secondary study
D. 1 academic year of post secondary study
E. The law does not state a minimum study requirement - ✔✔B. 2 academic years of
post secondary study
✔✔One requirement of a dental applicant graduate of a foreign dental school is that the
formal clinical training in a dental school accredited by the ADA must be completed for a
period of at least
A. One year
B. 1 1/2 years
C. 2 years
D. 6 months - ✔✔C. 2 years
✔✔A person who has graduated from an accredited dental hygiene school and who has
successfully passed the state board exam in Mississippi is legally allowed to practice as
a hygienist in Mississippi, even if she has not yet passed the national board exam -
✔✔False
✔✔A license is not required for persons working in a dental office to perform
mechanical work on inabimate objects - ✔✔True
✔✔Dental hygienist may sign a written work authorization to a dental laboratory -
✔✔False
✔✔Licensed out of state dentist are required to have a Mississippi license in order to
present an educational clinic or demonstration before a dental society or during the
Mississippi dental Association annual session - ✔✔False
✔✔A dentist licensed outside of the state of MS may be called into the state by licensed
dentist of this state for consultative or operative purposes as long as authorization is
provided by the board - ✔✔True
, ✔✔The state dental practice act makes provisions for students of dentistry or dental
hygiene to practice under the supervision of instructors in an educational program
Recognized by the board - ✔✔True
✔✔Applicants for a license to practice dentistry/dental hygiene in the state who are
graduates of a foreign dental school must be proficient in English language - ✔✔True
✔✔Activities carried on by students ever dentistry or dental hygiene may be profit
making according to the state dental practice acts - ✔✔False
✔✔The state jurisprudence test for MS is scheduled in May 19, 2006 - ✔✔False
✔✔A regularly licensed dentist may delegate procedures to take regularly licensed
dental hygienist or other competent dental auxiliary under general supervision -
✔✔False
✔✔Procedures requiring the professional judgment and skill of a dentist include
diagnosis, treatment planning, surgical procedures involving hard and soft tissues or
any intro oral procedure of an irreversible nature which could result in injury to a patient
- ✔✔True
✔✔Dental and dental hygiene instructors are required by law to be licensed by the
Mississippi State Board of dental examiners - ✔✔True
✔✔Removal of calcareous a deposit may be delegated by the dentist to a regularly
licensed and registered dental hygienist or other competent dental auxiliary while
working under the immediate supervision and full responsibility at the dentist - ✔✔False
✔✔Dental assistance, while working in the office of a regularly licensed and registered
dentist, shall at all times be under the general supervision and direction of a dentist -
✔✔False
✔✔The MS state board of dental examiners may prohibit any sandal hygienist or dental
auxiliary personnel from rendering service it feels is not in the best interest of the public
- ✔✔True
✔✔The main purpose of the MS state board of dental examiners is to protect the dentist
and the dental hygienist - ✔✔False
✔✔Dentist associated with a school of dentistry are eligible for appointment onto the
board - ✔✔False
