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Minnesota Dental Jurisprudence Exam
Questions With 100% Correct Answers 2025
Dentists can have how many Dental Therapists working under them? - Answer✔Five
Advanced Dental Therapist can have how many assistants working under them? - Answer✔Four
What is the deadline date used by dental corp to file their annual report? - Answer✔On or before
January 1st
What are the Four functions of MN board of Dentistry? - Answer✔-Licensure
-Cont competence
-Complaints / Compliance
-Policy
Who is on the board of Dentistry? - Answer✔9 members:
- 5 DDS
- 1 DH
- 1 DA
- 2 Members of the general public
Anxiolysis - Answer✔Utilization of pharmacological or nonpharm methods to reduce patient
anxiety
What are required CDE courses for DDS, RDH, RDA? - Answer✔DDS- 50hrs (30 fundamental)
DH/DA - 25hrs (15 fundamental)
Examples of core subject categories - Answer✔infection control, record keeping, patient
communication, management of medical emergencies, tx and dx (DDS only).
Recognized specialty of dental practices - Answer✔-Endodontics, Oral?maxillofacial surgery,
Oral pathology, Orthodontics, Pediatrics,
Periodontics, Prosthodontics, Public health.
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What can non-registered Dental Assistant perform? - Answer✔Perform all duties not directly
related with performing dental treatment or services on patients
The board requires submission of what info in the annual reports - Answer✔name and office of
corp, address of corp, name/address of director/officer/shareholder/
DDS shall maintain dental records and need what kind of specific data? - Answer✔Personal data,
cc, dental & med hx, clinical exam, dx, tx plan, informed consent, progress notes
** How long should DDS retain dental records? - Answer✔7 years beyond time the pt was last
seen by DDS.
** If under 18 - 7 years after the age 18
Sterilization - Answer✔The process of eliminating or killing all forms of microbial life
Non-critical instruments - Answer✔Instruments that came into contact only with intact skin such
as chair-side buttons, BP cuffs, components of x-ray heads
High-level Disinfection - Answer✔It is capable of destroying all viruses. FDA defines as it as a
sterilant used for a shorter contact time.
Precleaning - Answer✔the process of removing debris/blood prior to disinfection
Disinfection - Answer✔destruction of pathogenic and other kinds of microorganisms except
spores.
** Intermediate Level Disinfectant - Answer✔Liquid chemical germicide registered by EPA as a
hospital disinfectant with a claim of potency as tuberculocidal
Low-level Disinfectant - Answer✔Liquid germicide registered with EPA as a hospital
disinfectant. OSHA requires also have a label claim for potenct against HIV & HBV if used for
disinfecting clinical contact sufaces
**Critical Instruments - Answer✔used to penetrate soft tissue or bone or contact with blood.
must be sterilized after each use
**Semi-critical instruments - Answer✔instruments do not penetrate soft tissue/bone but contact
mucous or non intact skin. these should be sterilized or get the high level disinfectant
HEP B dose schedule - Answer✔Initial Dose
1 month
6 month
Standard Precautions - Answer✔Designed to protect HCP and patients from pathogens that can
spread by blood or all other body fluid, excretion or secretion, non-intact skin and mucous
membrane. **ALWAYS USE PPE**
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Minnesota Dental Jurisprudence Exam
Questions With 100% Correct Answers 2025
Dentists can have how many Dental Therapists working under them? - Answer✔Five
Advanced Dental Therapist can have how many assistants working under them? - Answer✔Four
What is the deadline date used by dental corp to file their annual report? - Answer✔On or before
January 1st
What are the Four functions of MN board of Dentistry? - Answer✔-Licensure
-Cont competence
-Complaints / Compliance
-Policy
Who is on the board of Dentistry? - Answer✔9 members:
- 5 DDS
- 1 DH
- 1 DA
- 2 Members of the general public
Anxiolysis - Answer✔Utilization of pharmacological or nonpharm methods to reduce patient
anxiety
What are required CDE courses for DDS, RDH, RDA? - Answer✔DDS- 50hrs (30 fundamental)
DH/DA - 25hrs (15 fundamental)
Examples of core subject categories - Answer✔infection control, record keeping, patient
communication, management of medical emergencies, tx and dx (DDS only).
Recognized specialty of dental practices - Answer✔-Endodontics, Oral?maxillofacial surgery,
Oral pathology, Orthodontics, Pediatrics,
Periodontics, Prosthodontics, Public health.
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What can non-registered Dental Assistant perform? - Answer✔Perform all duties not directly
related with performing dental treatment or services on patients
The board requires submission of what info in the annual reports - Answer✔name and office of
corp, address of corp, name/address of director/officer/shareholder/
DDS shall maintain dental records and need what kind of specific data? - Answer✔Personal data,
cc, dental & med hx, clinical exam, dx, tx plan, informed consent, progress notes
** How long should DDS retain dental records? - Answer✔7 years beyond time the pt was last
seen by DDS.
** If under 18 - 7 years after the age 18
Sterilization - Answer✔The process of eliminating or killing all forms of microbial life
Non-critical instruments - Answer✔Instruments that came into contact only with intact skin such
as chair-side buttons, BP cuffs, components of x-ray heads
High-level Disinfection - Answer✔It is capable of destroying all viruses. FDA defines as it as a
sterilant used for a shorter contact time.
Precleaning - Answer✔the process of removing debris/blood prior to disinfection
Disinfection - Answer✔destruction of pathogenic and other kinds of microorganisms except
spores.
** Intermediate Level Disinfectant - Answer✔Liquid chemical germicide registered by EPA as a
hospital disinfectant with a claim of potency as tuberculocidal
Low-level Disinfectant - Answer✔Liquid germicide registered with EPA as a hospital
disinfectant. OSHA requires also have a label claim for potenct against HIV & HBV if used for
disinfecting clinical contact sufaces
**Critical Instruments - Answer✔used to penetrate soft tissue or bone or contact with blood.
must be sterilized after each use
**Semi-critical instruments - Answer✔instruments do not penetrate soft tissue/bone but contact
mucous or non intact skin. these should be sterilized or get the high level disinfectant
HEP B dose schedule - Answer✔Initial Dose
1 month
6 month
Standard Precautions - Answer✔Designed to protect HCP and patients from pathogens that can
spread by blood or all other body fluid, excretion or secretion, non-intact skin and mucous
membrane. **ALWAYS USE PPE**
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