MARYLAND STATE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS
SPRING GROVE HOSPITAL CENTER • BENJAMIN RUSH BUILDING
55 WADE AVENUE/TULIP DRIVE • CATONSVILLE, MARYLAND 21228
PHONE – 410-402-8508 • FAX – 410-402-8505
www.health.maryland.gov/dental/
Please mail your completed test, affidavit and a check or a money order in the amount of $50.00
(non-refundable) made payable to the Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners to the address
listed above.
Name Date
Address Social Security Number
Telephone Number
E-Mail Address
DENTIST – JURISPRUDENCE EXAMINATION – 2025
The successful completion of this examination fulfills the Jurisprudence requirements for the Maryland
State Board of Dental Examiners for Dentists. Each question has one correct answer. Circle the letter
next to the correct answer. This examination is open book.
1. It is the responsibility of the licensee to notify the Maryland State Board of Dental
Examiners within 60 days of any change of office address.
a. True b. False
2. In Maryland it is a violation of the dental law to hold oneself out to the public as a
specialist in:
a. Implantology d. All of the above
b. Cosmetic dentistry e. Answers a. and b. only
c. TMJ therapy
3. An advertisement by a dentist must include:
a. The fee for the service advertised
b. The name of a licensed dentist providing the dental services being advertised
c. The license number of the dentist providing the dental services being advertised
d. The telephone number of a licensed dentist providing the dental services being
advertised
e. All of the above
, 4. Allowing an individual who does not have a dental license or a dental hygiene license to
scale and / or polish teeth may cause the dentist:
a. To be charged by the Board with unprofessional conduct and criminally charged with a
misdemeanor
b. To be charged by the Board with unprofessional conduct and criminally charged with a
felony
c. None of the above
5. You wish to hire an individual to take and expose radiographs in your dental office. The
individual is not licensed or certified in another state to take and expose radiographs. For
the individual to receive certification in Maryland to take and expose radiographs the
individual must:
a. Provide to the Board a sworn statement by a Maryland licensed dentist that the
individual is competent to place and expose dental radiographs
b. Satisfactorily complete the Board approved educational requirements established
by the Maryland State Dental Association or the Maryland Dental Society
c. Pass an examination administered or approved by the Board for qualifying to
place and expose radiographs
d. Answers b. and c. only
6. Which of the following conditions must be met for a dental hygienist to perform dental
hygiene procedures in a private dental office without a dentist on the premises?
a. Treatments authorized by the supervising dentist to be provided by the dental hygienist
are rendered no later than 7 months from the date the patient was examined and
evaluated by the supervising dentist.
b. A supervising dentist may not employ more than 2 dental hygienists to work under the
dentist’s general supervision at any given time
c. Written emergency procedures are in place and the dental hygienist is trained to
implement the emergency procedures
d. In any 3-month period the number of hours a dental hygienist works without a licensed
dentist on the premises must be less than 60 percent of the dental hygienist’s total hours
e. All of the above
SPRING GROVE HOSPITAL CENTER • BENJAMIN RUSH BUILDING
55 WADE AVENUE/TULIP DRIVE • CATONSVILLE, MARYLAND 21228
PHONE – 410-402-8508 • FAX – 410-402-8505
www.health.maryland.gov/dental/
Please mail your completed test, affidavit and a check or a money order in the amount of $50.00
(non-refundable) made payable to the Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners to the address
listed above.
Name Date
Address Social Security Number
Telephone Number
E-Mail Address
DENTIST – JURISPRUDENCE EXAMINATION – 2025
The successful completion of this examination fulfills the Jurisprudence requirements for the Maryland
State Board of Dental Examiners for Dentists. Each question has one correct answer. Circle the letter
next to the correct answer. This examination is open book.
1. It is the responsibility of the licensee to notify the Maryland State Board of Dental
Examiners within 60 days of any change of office address.
a. True b. False
2. In Maryland it is a violation of the dental law to hold oneself out to the public as a
specialist in:
a. Implantology d. All of the above
b. Cosmetic dentistry e. Answers a. and b. only
c. TMJ therapy
3. An advertisement by a dentist must include:
a. The fee for the service advertised
b. The name of a licensed dentist providing the dental services being advertised
c. The license number of the dentist providing the dental services being advertised
d. The telephone number of a licensed dentist providing the dental services being
advertised
e. All of the above
, 4. Allowing an individual who does not have a dental license or a dental hygiene license to
scale and / or polish teeth may cause the dentist:
a. To be charged by the Board with unprofessional conduct and criminally charged with a
misdemeanor
b. To be charged by the Board with unprofessional conduct and criminally charged with a
felony
c. None of the above
5. You wish to hire an individual to take and expose radiographs in your dental office. The
individual is not licensed or certified in another state to take and expose radiographs. For
the individual to receive certification in Maryland to take and expose radiographs the
individual must:
a. Provide to the Board a sworn statement by a Maryland licensed dentist that the
individual is competent to place and expose dental radiographs
b. Satisfactorily complete the Board approved educational requirements established
by the Maryland State Dental Association or the Maryland Dental Society
c. Pass an examination administered or approved by the Board for qualifying to
place and expose radiographs
d. Answers b. and c. only
6. Which of the following conditions must be met for a dental hygienist to perform dental
hygiene procedures in a private dental office without a dentist on the premises?
a. Treatments authorized by the supervising dentist to be provided by the dental hygienist
are rendered no later than 7 months from the date the patient was examined and
evaluated by the supervising dentist.
b. A supervising dentist may not employ more than 2 dental hygienists to work under the
dentist’s general supervision at any given time
c. Written emergency procedures are in place and the dental hygienist is trained to
implement the emergency procedures
d. In any 3-month period the number of hours a dental hygienist works without a licensed
dentist on the premises must be less than 60 percent of the dental hygienist’s total hours
e. All of the above
