Dental Hygiene Law and Ethics study guide (California) part 1

Dental Hygiene Law and Ethics study guide (California) part 1 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 a 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 -counseling -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 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. - ANS True Duties that an RDH is authorized to perform under GENERAL supervision - ANS -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 - 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