CALIFORNIA DENTAL LAW AND ETHICS
UPDATED PRACTICE SOLUTION BUNDLED
REVIEW SHEET TESTED ANSWERS
⩥ How often should you test sterilization devices?.
Answer: at least once weekly with a biological indicator. Results should
be documented and maintained for 12 months.
⩥ How should you clean non-critical items in operatory?.
Answer: Items that are unable to be disinfected should be protected with
an impervious barrier that would be changed after each patient and when
visibly soiled.
All other surfaces should be disinfected with a hospital grade low to
intermediate germicide after each patient.
⩥ What should be done daily with water/air lines?.
Answer: They should be flushed for 2 minutes at beginning of the day
before attaching handpieces or other devices. The lines and devices
should be flushed between patients for at least 20 seconds.
⩥ Definition of Committee.
Answer: the Dental Hygiene Committee of California (DHCC)
,⩥ Definition of Dental Board.
Answer: the Dental Board of California
⩥ Direct supervision.
Answer: A set of procedures where The dentist must physically be
present in treatment facility
⩥ General supervision.
Answer: Procedures where the dentist does NOT need to be physically
present in treatment facility
⩥ Oral prophylaxis.
Answer: 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.
Answer: To create an environment for a patient to maintain healthy hard
and soft tissues
⩥ Can an RDH perform
, the same functions of an rda?.
Answer: Yes
⩥ What does the practice of an rdh include.
Answer: 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.
Answer: ---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?.
Answer: ---Soft-tissue curettage
---Administration of local anesthesia
---Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered in
tandem or alone.
UPDATED PRACTICE SOLUTION BUNDLED
REVIEW SHEET TESTED ANSWERS
⩥ How often should you test sterilization devices?.
Answer: at least once weekly with a biological indicator. Results should
be documented and maintained for 12 months.
⩥ How should you clean non-critical items in operatory?.
Answer: Items that are unable to be disinfected should be protected with
an impervious barrier that would be changed after each patient and when
visibly soiled.
All other surfaces should be disinfected with a hospital grade low to
intermediate germicide after each patient.
⩥ What should be done daily with water/air lines?.
Answer: They should be flushed for 2 minutes at beginning of the day
before attaching handpieces or other devices. The lines and devices
should be flushed between patients for at least 20 seconds.
⩥ Definition of Committee.
Answer: the Dental Hygiene Committee of California (DHCC)
,⩥ Definition of Dental Board.
Answer: the Dental Board of California
⩥ Direct supervision.
Answer: A set of procedures where The dentist must physically be
present in treatment facility
⩥ General supervision.
Answer: Procedures where the dentist does NOT need to be physically
present in treatment facility
⩥ Oral prophylaxis.
Answer: 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.
Answer: To create an environment for a patient to maintain healthy hard
and soft tissues
⩥ Can an RDH perform
, the same functions of an rda?.
Answer: Yes
⩥ What does the practice of an rdh include.
Answer: 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.
Answer: ---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?.
Answer: ---Soft-tissue curettage
---Administration of local anesthesia
---Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered in
tandem or alone.
