DENTAL HYGIENE LAW AND ETHICS STUDY GUIDE (CALIFORNIA) PART 1 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 100% GUARANTEED SUCCESS.
Oral Prophylaxis ANS >>> preventive and therapeutic procedures including
bacterial debridement with complete removal of sub and supragingival
calculus, soft deposits, plaque and stains.
*OBJECTIVE: maintain healthy hard and soft tissue*
Hygienists licensed before December 31, 2005 may perform all RDA
functions. ANS >>> True
All hygienists licensed on or after January 1, 2006 must apply for an RDA
license separately in order to perform RDA functions. ANS >>> True
The practice of dental hygiene includes:
-dental hygiene assessment
-development
-planning
,-implementation
of a dental hygiene care plan
Also includes:
-health education
-counselling
-health screenings ANS >>> True
Dental hygiene practice does NOT include: ANS >>> -Diagnosis
-Comprehensive treatment planning
-Placing, condensing, carving or removal of permanent restorations
-Surgery or cutting of hard or soft tissue
-Prescribing medication
-Administering local/general/oral or parenteral conscious sedation
EXCEPT for the administration of N2O2 whether alone or in
combination with each other
A RDH is authorized to perform the following procedures under DIRECT
supervision ANS >>> *Soft tissue curettage
*Administration of local anaesthesia
*Administration of N2O2, whether alone or in combination with each
other
,Courses of instruction for direct supervision duties added to the scope
of practice of dental hygiene on or after July 1, 2009, shall be submitted
b the committee for approval by the dental board. ANS >>> True
Duties that an RDH is authorized to perform under GENERAL
supervision ANS >>> -Preventive and therapeutic interventions including
oral prophylaxis, scaling, and root planning
-taking impressions for bleach trays and application and activation of
agents with nonlazier light curing devices
-taking impressions for bleach trays and placements of in-office, tooth
whitening devices
Procedures a RDH may provide without supervision ANS >>> -educational
services, oral health training programs, oral health screenings
-refer any screened patients with possible oral abnormalities to a DDS
for comprehensive Tx, diagnosis, and Tx plan
-application of fluorides and pit and fissure sealants
How many days after a licensee changes his or her address shall they
notify the committee of the change? ANS >>> within 30 days
A licensee who changes his or her legal name shall provide the
committee with documentation of change within ________ days. ANS
>>> 10
, If not renewed, a license issued under the provisions, unless specifically
excepted expires at ___________________ on the ___________ day of
the month of the legal birth date of the licensee during the
______________ year of a two-year term. ANS >>> 12 midnight, last,
second
A licensee may have his or her license revoked or suspended, or may be
reprimanded or placed on probation by the committee for
__________________________, incompetence,
___________________________, repeated acts of negligence in his or
her profession, receiving a license by mistake, or for any other cause
applicable to the licentiate provided. ANS >>> unprofessional conduct,
gross negligence
A licensee may have his or her license revoked or suspended, or may be
reprimanded or placed on probation by the ___________________, for
conviction of a crime substantially related to the licensee's
qualifications, functions or duties. ANS >>> committee
The record of conviction or a copy certified by the ___________ of the
court or by the judge whose court the conviction occurred shall be
conclusive evidence of ______________. ANS >>> clerk, conviction
A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of
___________________ made to charge of a felony or any
misdemeanour substantially related to the licensee's qualifications,
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 100% GUARANTEED SUCCESS.
Oral Prophylaxis ANS >>> preventive and therapeutic procedures including
bacterial debridement with complete removal of sub and supragingival
calculus, soft deposits, plaque and stains.
*OBJECTIVE: maintain healthy hard and soft tissue*
Hygienists licensed before December 31, 2005 may perform all RDA
functions. ANS >>> True
All hygienists licensed on or after January 1, 2006 must apply for an RDA
license separately in order to perform RDA functions. ANS >>> True
The practice of dental hygiene includes:
-dental hygiene assessment
-development
-planning
,-implementation
of a dental hygiene care plan
Also includes:
-health education
-counselling
-health screenings ANS >>> True
Dental hygiene practice does NOT include: ANS >>> -Diagnosis
-Comprehensive treatment planning
-Placing, condensing, carving or removal of permanent restorations
-Surgery or cutting of hard or soft tissue
-Prescribing medication
-Administering local/general/oral or parenteral conscious sedation
EXCEPT for the administration of N2O2 whether alone or in
combination with each other
A RDH is authorized to perform the following procedures under DIRECT
supervision ANS >>> *Soft tissue curettage
*Administration of local anaesthesia
*Administration of N2O2, whether alone or in combination with each
other
,Courses of instruction for direct supervision duties added to the scope
of practice of dental hygiene on or after July 1, 2009, shall be submitted
b the committee for approval by the dental board. ANS >>> True
Duties that an RDH is authorized to perform under GENERAL
supervision ANS >>> -Preventive and therapeutic interventions including
oral prophylaxis, scaling, and root planning
-taking impressions for bleach trays and application and activation of
agents with nonlazier light curing devices
-taking impressions for bleach trays and placements of in-office, tooth
whitening devices
Procedures a RDH may provide without supervision ANS >>> -educational
services, oral health training programs, oral health screenings
-refer any screened patients with possible oral abnormalities to a DDS
for comprehensive Tx, diagnosis, and Tx plan
-application of fluorides and pit and fissure sealants
How many days after a licensee changes his or her address shall they
notify the committee of the change? ANS >>> within 30 days
A licensee who changes his or her legal name shall provide the
committee with documentation of change within ________ days. ANS
>>> 10
, If not renewed, a license issued under the provisions, unless specifically
excepted expires at ___________________ on the ___________ day of
the month of the legal birth date of the licensee during the
______________ year of a two-year term. ANS >>> 12 midnight, last,
second
A licensee may have his or her license revoked or suspended, or may be
reprimanded or placed on probation by the committee for
__________________________, incompetence,
___________________________, repeated acts of negligence in his or
her profession, receiving a license by mistake, or for any other cause
applicable to the licentiate provided. ANS >>> unprofessional conduct,
gross negligence
A licensee may have his or her license revoked or suspended, or may be
reprimanded or placed on probation by the ___________________, for
conviction of a crime substantially related to the licensee's
qualifications, functions or duties. ANS >>> committee
The record of conviction or a copy certified by the ___________ of the
court or by the judge whose court the conviction occurred shall be
conclusive evidence of ______________. ANS >>> clerk, conviction
A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of
___________________ made to charge of a felony or any
misdemeanour substantially related to the licensee's qualifications,
