FLORIDA LAWS & RULES (DENTAL
EXAM ADEX CDCA) QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Dentistry - Correct Answers -the healing art which is concerned with the exam,
diagnosis, treatment planning, and care of conditions within the human oral cavity and
adjacent tissues and structures
Dental Hygiene - Correct Answers -the rendering of educational, preventative, and
therapeutic dental services and any related extra-oral procedure required in the
performance of services
Governor of Florida - Correct Answers -Who appoints the board of dentistry members?
Irremediable tasks - Correct Answers -Intraoral treatment tasks which are irreversible
and create unaltered changes within the oral cavity
Remediable tasks - Correct Answers -Intraoral treatment tasks which are reversible and
do not create unalterable changes within the oral cavity or structures and do not cause
an increased risk to the patient
Irremediable - Correct Answers -Applying topical with jet spray is what type of task?
Remediable - Correct Answers -A dental hygienist who applies bleaching solution,
activates light source, monitors and removes in office bleaching materials is performing
a ______ task
Re-cementing temp crowns with temp cement - Correct Answers -The practicing dentist
is out of the country and a patient comes into the office with an emergency.
What is a remediable task is the hygienist/assistant able to perform?
Irremediable - Correct Answers -The use of a laser or laser type device is considered to
be what type of task?
Dental hygienists & assistants - Correct Answers -Who may perform emergency
remediable tasks under conditions specified in the laws?
, 50 min - Correct Answers -How many minutes are equivalent to one hour of continuing
education?
Chemotherapeutic agents - Correct Answers -What is not an appropriate topic for
continuing education?
Board approved individual study - Correct Answers -What is an appropriate educational
activity or topic for continuing education?
Pt stress management - Correct Answers -What is an example of a CE a dental
hygienist would take?
1st biennium of licensure - Correct Answers -When are licensees excused from CE?
Practicing hygienist or dentist - Correct Answers -Who of the following are required to
take CE credits?
Writing within the scope of dentistry - Correct Answers -Which of the following is legal of
a dentist writing prescriptions?
False - Correct Answers -If 40 hours of CE are taken in 1 biennium, the remaining hours
taken can count toward renewal requirement for the next biennium. True/False
True - Correct Answers -A dentist or hygienist takes a 10 hr HIV/AIDs course. The
remaining 9 hours could count for their remaining 24 or 30 hours required for licensure
renewal. True/False
Dental license # - Correct Answers -What must be included in a prescription for a
prescription strength fluoride gel?
True - Correct Answers -If the dentist uses anesthesia in his office, his/her staff has to
be properly trained in anticonvulsants. T/F
Board of Dentistry - Correct Answers -Who grants sedation permits?
NO - Correct Answers -A dental hygienist under the ____ supervision of a dentist may
administer local anesthesia, including intraoral block anesthesia, soft tissue infiltration
anesthesia, or both, to a non-sedated patient who is 15 or older, if they meet criteria
outlined in the laws manual
Altered state of consciousness - Correct Answers -Nitrous oxide produces:
Pt's physical ability - Correct Answers -With conscious sedation, it must not effect what?
25% - Correct Answers -What is the minimum oxygen level required when administering
nitrous oxide anesthesia?
EXAM ADEX CDCA) QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Dentistry - Correct Answers -the healing art which is concerned with the exam,
diagnosis, treatment planning, and care of conditions within the human oral cavity and
adjacent tissues and structures
Dental Hygiene - Correct Answers -the rendering of educational, preventative, and
therapeutic dental services and any related extra-oral procedure required in the
performance of services
Governor of Florida - Correct Answers -Who appoints the board of dentistry members?
Irremediable tasks - Correct Answers -Intraoral treatment tasks which are irreversible
and create unaltered changes within the oral cavity
Remediable tasks - Correct Answers -Intraoral treatment tasks which are reversible and
do not create unalterable changes within the oral cavity or structures and do not cause
an increased risk to the patient
Irremediable - Correct Answers -Applying topical with jet spray is what type of task?
Remediable - Correct Answers -A dental hygienist who applies bleaching solution,
activates light source, monitors and removes in office bleaching materials is performing
a ______ task
Re-cementing temp crowns with temp cement - Correct Answers -The practicing dentist
is out of the country and a patient comes into the office with an emergency.
What is a remediable task is the hygienist/assistant able to perform?
Irremediable - Correct Answers -The use of a laser or laser type device is considered to
be what type of task?
Dental hygienists & assistants - Correct Answers -Who may perform emergency
remediable tasks under conditions specified in the laws?
, 50 min - Correct Answers -How many minutes are equivalent to one hour of continuing
education?
Chemotherapeutic agents - Correct Answers -What is not an appropriate topic for
continuing education?
Board approved individual study - Correct Answers -What is an appropriate educational
activity or topic for continuing education?
Pt stress management - Correct Answers -What is an example of a CE a dental
hygienist would take?
1st biennium of licensure - Correct Answers -When are licensees excused from CE?
Practicing hygienist or dentist - Correct Answers -Who of the following are required to
take CE credits?
Writing within the scope of dentistry - Correct Answers -Which of the following is legal of
a dentist writing prescriptions?
False - Correct Answers -If 40 hours of CE are taken in 1 biennium, the remaining hours
taken can count toward renewal requirement for the next biennium. True/False
True - Correct Answers -A dentist or hygienist takes a 10 hr HIV/AIDs course. The
remaining 9 hours could count for their remaining 24 or 30 hours required for licensure
renewal. True/False
Dental license # - Correct Answers -What must be included in a prescription for a
prescription strength fluoride gel?
True - Correct Answers -If the dentist uses anesthesia in his office, his/her staff has to
be properly trained in anticonvulsants. T/F
Board of Dentistry - Correct Answers -Who grants sedation permits?
NO - Correct Answers -A dental hygienist under the ____ supervision of a dentist may
administer local anesthesia, including intraoral block anesthesia, soft tissue infiltration
anesthesia, or both, to a non-sedated patient who is 15 or older, if they meet criteria
outlined in the laws manual
Altered state of consciousness - Correct Answers -Nitrous oxide produces:
Pt's physical ability - Correct Answers -With conscious sedation, it must not effect what?
25% - Correct Answers -What is the minimum oxygen level required when administering
nitrous oxide anesthesia?
