Dental Hygiene Law and Ethics Study Guide California Part 1 Latest 2026 Already Passed Latest UPDATE 100 CORRECT ANSWERS
California Dental Hygiene Law and Ethics Study Guide Part 1 2026 | Complete Verified Answer Set Oral Prophylaxis - answer - 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. - answer - True All hygienists licensed on or after January 1, 2006 must apply for a RDA license separately in order to perform RDA functions. - answer - True The practice of dental hygiene includes: -dental hygiene assessment -development -planning -implementation of a dental hygiene care plan Also includes: -health education -counseling -health screenings - answer - True Dental hygiene practice does NOT include: - answer - -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 - answer - *Soft tissue curettage *Administration of local anesthesia *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. - answer - True Duties that an RDH is authorized to perform under GENERAL supervision - answer - -Preventive and therapeutic interventions including oral prophylaxis, scaling, and root planing -taking impressions for bleach trays and application and activation of agents with nonlaser light curing devices -taking impressions for bleach trays and placements of in-office, tooth whitening devices Procedures a RDH may provide without supervision - answer - -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? - answer - within 30 days A licensee who changes his or her legal name shall provide the committee with documentation of change within ________ days. - answer - 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. - answer - 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. - answer - 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. - answer - 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 ______________. - answer - clerk, conviction A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of ___________________ made to charge of a felony or any misdemeanor substantially related to the licensee's qualifications, functions, or duties deemed to be a conviction within the meaning of this section. - answe
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