California Law and Ethics Dental
Hygiene Exam 2024-2025
Definition of Committee: the Dental Hygiene Committee of California (DHCC)
Definition of Dental Board - Answer: the Dental Board of California
Direct supervision is a set of techniques that require the dentist to physically be
present in the treatment facility.
General supervision - ANSWER Procedures in which the dentist is not required to
be physically present in the treatment facility
Oral prophylaxis is a preventive and therapeutic dental practice that includes
-- bacterial debridements, including the removal of supra and subcalculus, soft
deposits, plaque, and stains. And to smooth up the tooth surfaces.
What is the objective of the prophylaxis? ANSWER: To provide an environment
for a patient to retain healthy hard and soft tissues.
Can an RDH perform?
Do they do the same functions as an RDA? - The answer is yes.
What does a rdh's practice include? ANSWER Dental hygiene assessment and
development, as well as the formulation and implementation of a dental hygiene
plan.
It involves oral hygiene instruction, counseling, and health exams.
,Dental hygiene does not involve what - ANSWER --- Diagnosis or complete
treatment programs.
---placing, moving, condensing, carving, and removing permanent restorations.
---surgery, or cutting on hard and soft tissue, removing teeth, cutting and suturing.
--- prescribing medications
---administering local or general anesthesia, or oral or parenteral conscious sedation
other than nitrous oxide and oxygen, and allowing for local anesthetic.
What can an RDH do under direct supervision? - ANSWER: Soft tissue curettage.
---Use of local anesthesia
---The administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, either in combination or
separately.
What may a rdh perform under broad supervision?
---Use of topical, medicinal, and subgingival treatments to prevent caries and
periodontal disease.
---taking impressions for bleaching trays and activating non-laser, light-curing
equipment.
---the taking of impressions for bleaching trays and implantation of in-office tooth
whitening devices.
What can an RDH accomplish without supervision? - ANSWER: Educational
services.
-Oral health training programs
-Oral Health Screenings
, *RDH must refer any screened patients with anomalies to a dentist for a full
assessment, diagnosis, and treatment plan.
In a government public health program, a rdh may prescribe the following without
supervision: ANSWER - oral prophylaxis, srp.
Fluoride application
-Pit and fissure sealants.
* The RDH may submit insurance claims for services delivered through public
health initiatives.
No person shall be permitted to practice as a dental hygienist, with the exception of
a student enrolled in a dentistry/dental hygiene school who is following the
curriculum.
---A dental assistant functioning under the guidelines of the dental board may do
the following:
*taking impressions.
*Using fluorides
*Using non-aerosol and non-caustic topical agents.
--- An RDA functioning under the guidelines of the dental board may perform the
following:
*Coronal Polishing
* Applying bleaching agents
*Activating bleaching agents using a non-laser light curing equipment.
*Applying pit and fissure sealants
---A rdaef can use a pit and fissure sealant.
Hygiene Exam 2024-2025
Definition of Committee: the Dental Hygiene Committee of California (DHCC)
Definition of Dental Board - Answer: the Dental Board of California
Direct supervision is a set of techniques that require the dentist to physically be
present in the treatment facility.
General supervision - ANSWER Procedures in which the dentist is not required to
be physically present in the treatment facility
Oral prophylaxis is a preventive and therapeutic dental practice that includes
-- bacterial debridements, including the removal of supra and subcalculus, soft
deposits, plaque, and stains. And to smooth up the tooth surfaces.
What is the objective of the prophylaxis? ANSWER: To provide an environment
for a patient to retain healthy hard and soft tissues.
Can an RDH perform?
Do they do the same functions as an RDA? - The answer is yes.
What does a rdh's practice include? ANSWER Dental hygiene assessment and
development, as well as the formulation and implementation of a dental hygiene
plan.
It involves oral hygiene instruction, counseling, and health exams.
,Dental hygiene does not involve what - ANSWER --- Diagnosis or complete
treatment programs.
---placing, moving, condensing, carving, and removing permanent restorations.
---surgery, or cutting on hard and soft tissue, removing teeth, cutting and suturing.
--- prescribing medications
---administering local or general anesthesia, or oral or parenteral conscious sedation
other than nitrous oxide and oxygen, and allowing for local anesthetic.
What can an RDH do under direct supervision? - ANSWER: Soft tissue curettage.
---Use of local anesthesia
---The administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, either in combination or
separately.
What may a rdh perform under broad supervision?
---Use of topical, medicinal, and subgingival treatments to prevent caries and
periodontal disease.
---taking impressions for bleaching trays and activating non-laser, light-curing
equipment.
---the taking of impressions for bleaching trays and implantation of in-office tooth
whitening devices.
What can an RDH accomplish without supervision? - ANSWER: Educational
services.
-Oral health training programs
-Oral Health Screenings
, *RDH must refer any screened patients with anomalies to a dentist for a full
assessment, diagnosis, and treatment plan.
In a government public health program, a rdh may prescribe the following without
supervision: ANSWER - oral prophylaxis, srp.
Fluoride application
-Pit and fissure sealants.
* The RDH may submit insurance claims for services delivered through public
health initiatives.
No person shall be permitted to practice as a dental hygienist, with the exception of
a student enrolled in a dentistry/dental hygiene school who is following the
curriculum.
---A dental assistant functioning under the guidelines of the dental board may do
the following:
*taking impressions.
*Using fluorides
*Using non-aerosol and non-caustic topical agents.
--- An RDA functioning under the guidelines of the dental board may perform the
following:
*Coronal Polishing
* Applying bleaching agents
*Activating bleaching agents using a non-laser light curing equipment.
*Applying pit and fissure sealants
---A rdaef can use a pit and fissure sealant.
