Dental Assisting: Jurisprudence Questions AND Correct
Answers
A person DOES NOT practice dentistry if the person is a: - ✔✔-Faculty
member of a reputable dental/dental hygiene school
-Student of a reputable dental school who performs operations
without pay
-Performs laboratory work (only on inert matter)
-Licensed state physician who does not represent Dentistry
-Dental Hygienist who practices within strict conformity with the state
law
-Dental assistant who performs duties permited under the Dental
Practice Act
Actions by the SBDE in General - ✔✔SBDE after notice and hearing
may:
-reprimand a person who holds a license
-issue a warning letter to a licensed person
-impose a fine to a licensed person
-impose an Administrative penalty on a person who holds a license
-place on probation
-revoke or suspend a liscense
Analgesia - ✔✔Reduction of pain but responds to verbal command
,Anti-Anxiety sedative - ✔✔A sedative administered in a dosage
intended to reduce anxiety
Anxiolysis - ✔✔Pharmacological reduction of anxiety through the
administration of a minor tranquilizer-patient maintains airway
without assistance
Appliances going to a lab must be considered___________ until
____________ - ✔✔Bio-hazardous until disinfected
Assistant and Hygienists monitor nitrous oxide if they have: - ✔✔-
passed a exam issued from the SBDE
-maintain a current CPR certification
-under direct supervision of the dentist
Barrier Techniques - ✔✔Use of protective items against infection-
transmission during any intraoral or invasive procedure
-appropriate gloves,protective eye/ear/nasal/oral masks are used
when "splash, spatter, or aerosol" or body fluids is possible or
expected
Biohazard Materials - ✔✔All items contaminated by body fluids
during patient care must be treated as Bio-hazardous material
, -ex) extracted teeth must be rendered nonbio-hazardous before
returned to the patient or other party
Board Duties and Powers - ✔✔Adopt and enforce rules necessary to:
-ensure following of rules made to protect public health and safety
-rules to protect the public from the spread of infections in dentistry
-examine applications for license in the practice of dentistry
-organize board meetings
CDA Registration Procedures - ✔✔-Complete the application and send
in fees
-provide proof of DANB Certified Dental Assistant examination
-proof of passing the SBDE Jurisprudence Assessment (submit within
preceding 12 months)
-proof of basic life support
Clinical Provisions for monitoring Nitrous Oxide - ✔✔-patient must be
suitably evaluated prior to the start of any sedative procedures
--Review medial and dental history
--Advise patient/guardian of procedure
--Evaluate equipment for proper operations/delivery
--Baseline vital signs should be obtained
Answers
A person DOES NOT practice dentistry if the person is a: - ✔✔-Faculty
member of a reputable dental/dental hygiene school
-Student of a reputable dental school who performs operations
without pay
-Performs laboratory work (only on inert matter)
-Licensed state physician who does not represent Dentistry
-Dental Hygienist who practices within strict conformity with the state
law
-Dental assistant who performs duties permited under the Dental
Practice Act
Actions by the SBDE in General - ✔✔SBDE after notice and hearing
may:
-reprimand a person who holds a license
-issue a warning letter to a licensed person
-impose a fine to a licensed person
-impose an Administrative penalty on a person who holds a license
-place on probation
-revoke or suspend a liscense
Analgesia - ✔✔Reduction of pain but responds to verbal command
,Anti-Anxiety sedative - ✔✔A sedative administered in a dosage
intended to reduce anxiety
Anxiolysis - ✔✔Pharmacological reduction of anxiety through the
administration of a minor tranquilizer-patient maintains airway
without assistance
Appliances going to a lab must be considered___________ until
____________ - ✔✔Bio-hazardous until disinfected
Assistant and Hygienists monitor nitrous oxide if they have: - ✔✔-
passed a exam issued from the SBDE
-maintain a current CPR certification
-under direct supervision of the dentist
Barrier Techniques - ✔✔Use of protective items against infection-
transmission during any intraoral or invasive procedure
-appropriate gloves,protective eye/ear/nasal/oral masks are used
when "splash, spatter, or aerosol" or body fluids is possible or
expected
Biohazard Materials - ✔✔All items contaminated by body fluids
during patient care must be treated as Bio-hazardous material
, -ex) extracted teeth must be rendered nonbio-hazardous before
returned to the patient or other party
Board Duties and Powers - ✔✔Adopt and enforce rules necessary to:
-ensure following of rules made to protect public health and safety
-rules to protect the public from the spread of infections in dentistry
-examine applications for license in the practice of dentistry
-organize board meetings
CDA Registration Procedures - ✔✔-Complete the application and send
in fees
-provide proof of DANB Certified Dental Assistant examination
-proof of passing the SBDE Jurisprudence Assessment (submit within
preceding 12 months)
-proof of basic life support
Clinical Provisions for monitoring Nitrous Oxide - ✔✔-patient must be
suitably evaluated prior to the start of any sedative procedures
--Review medial and dental history
--Advise patient/guardian of procedure
--Evaluate equipment for proper operations/delivery
--Baseline vital signs should be obtained
