RDHAP LAW AND ETHICS CURRENT
EXAM
ANSWER The practice of dental hygiene comprises dental hygiene assessment and
development, as well as the creation and implementation of a dental hygiene care
plan. It involves oral health education, counseling, and health screenings.
The practice of dental hygiene excludes the following procedures: ANSWER)
Diagnosis and detailed treatment planning.
(2) Permanent restorations can be placed, condensed, carved, or removed.
(3) Surgery or cutting on hard and soft tissues, including but not limited to tooth
extraction and soft tissue cutting and suturing.
(4) Prescription medicine.
(5) Providing local or general anesthesia, or oral or parenteral conscious sedation,
except the administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, either alone or in
combination, or local anesthesia under Section 1909.
A registered dental hygienist may perform the following procedures under the
direct supervision of a licensed dentist after submitting evidence to the dental
hygiene board of satisfactory completion of a course of instruction in the
procedures: - ANSWER (a) Soft-tissue curettage.
(a) The administration of local anesthesia.
(c) The administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, either separately or in
combination.
A registered dental hygienist can do the following operations under general
supervision: - ANSWER a) Preventive and therapeutic interventions, such as oral
prophylaxis, scaling, and root planing.
(a) Topical, therapeutic, and subgingival agents are utilized to treat caries and
periodontal disease.
, (c) Taking impressions for bleaching trays, as well as applying and activating
agents using nonlaser light-curing devices.
(d) Taking impressions for bleaching trays and placing in-office tooth-whitening
devices.
Without supervision, a registered dental hygienist can perform educational services,
oral health training programs, and oral health screenings. - ANSWER b) Any
screened patients with suspected oral problems should be sent to a dentist for a
thorough examination, diagnosis, and treatment plan.
(c) In any public health program established by federal, state, or local law or
administered by a federal, state, county, or local governmental entity, a registered
dental hygienist may provide dental hygiene preventive services in addition to oral
screenings, such as the application of fluorides and pit and fissure sealants, without
supervision. A registered dental hygienist engaged as stated in this subdivision may
submit or enable to be submitted any insurance or third-party claims for patient
services provided as authorized by this article.
No one other than a registered dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in
alternative practice, registered dental hygienist in extended functions, or a licensed
dentist may engage in the practice of dental hygiene or perform dental hygiene
procedures on patients, including, but not limited to, supragingival and subgingival
scaling, dental hygiene assessment, and treatment planning, except for the
following people: - ANSWER A student enrolled in a dental or a
(b) A dental assistant working in line with the dental board's rules to execute the
following procedures:
(1) Using non-aerosol, non-caustic topical agents.
(2) Applying topical fluoride.
(3) Making impressions of bleaching trays.
(c) A registered dental assistant working in line with the dental board's rules,
conducting the following procedures:
EXAM
ANSWER The practice of dental hygiene comprises dental hygiene assessment and
development, as well as the creation and implementation of a dental hygiene care
plan. It involves oral health education, counseling, and health screenings.
The practice of dental hygiene excludes the following procedures: ANSWER)
Diagnosis and detailed treatment planning.
(2) Permanent restorations can be placed, condensed, carved, or removed.
(3) Surgery or cutting on hard and soft tissues, including but not limited to tooth
extraction and soft tissue cutting and suturing.
(4) Prescription medicine.
(5) Providing local or general anesthesia, or oral or parenteral conscious sedation,
except the administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, either alone or in
combination, or local anesthesia under Section 1909.
A registered dental hygienist may perform the following procedures under the
direct supervision of a licensed dentist after submitting evidence to the dental
hygiene board of satisfactory completion of a course of instruction in the
procedures: - ANSWER (a) Soft-tissue curettage.
(a) The administration of local anesthesia.
(c) The administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, either separately or in
combination.
A registered dental hygienist can do the following operations under general
supervision: - ANSWER a) Preventive and therapeutic interventions, such as oral
prophylaxis, scaling, and root planing.
(a) Topical, therapeutic, and subgingival agents are utilized to treat caries and
periodontal disease.
, (c) Taking impressions for bleaching trays, as well as applying and activating
agents using nonlaser light-curing devices.
(d) Taking impressions for bleaching trays and placing in-office tooth-whitening
devices.
Without supervision, a registered dental hygienist can perform educational services,
oral health training programs, and oral health screenings. - ANSWER b) Any
screened patients with suspected oral problems should be sent to a dentist for a
thorough examination, diagnosis, and treatment plan.
(c) In any public health program established by federal, state, or local law or
administered by a federal, state, county, or local governmental entity, a registered
dental hygienist may provide dental hygiene preventive services in addition to oral
screenings, such as the application of fluorides and pit and fissure sealants, without
supervision. A registered dental hygienist engaged as stated in this subdivision may
submit or enable to be submitted any insurance or third-party claims for patient
services provided as authorized by this article.
No one other than a registered dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in
alternative practice, registered dental hygienist in extended functions, or a licensed
dentist may engage in the practice of dental hygiene or perform dental hygiene
procedures on patients, including, but not limited to, supragingival and subgingival
scaling, dental hygiene assessment, and treatment planning, except for the
following people: - ANSWER A student enrolled in a dental or a
(b) A dental assistant working in line with the dental board's rules to execute the
following procedures:
(1) Using non-aerosol, non-caustic topical agents.
(2) Applying topical fluoride.
(3) Making impressions of bleaching trays.
(c) A registered dental assistant working in line with the dental board's rules,
conducting the following procedures:
