Dental Assisting: Jurisprudence EXAM
NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
Who makes our State Laws? - Answers - ✔✔Texas State Legislature creates Dental
laws along with other regular laws and publish them as part of the Occupations Codes
(Dental Practice Act)
How do laws become rules? - Answers - ✔✔Legislature sends laws to the State Board
of Dental Examiners (SBDE) who writes laws to rules and regulations.
SBDE has the authority to: - Answers - ✔✔Reprimand
Fine
Suspend License/Registration (DDS/RDH/RDA)
Structure of the SBDE: - Answers - ✔✔15 unpaid, volunteer members:
-8 DDS (Doctor of Dental Surgeries)
-2 RDH (Dental Hygienist)
-5 Public Members
Paid Staff:
-Executive Director
-Legal Advisors
-Committees, Clerks, Advisors to assist board
Board Duties and Powers - Answers - ✔✔Adopt and enforce rules necessary to:
-ensure following of rules made to protect public health and safety
-rules to protect the public from the spread of infections in dentistry
-examine applications for license in the practice of dentistry
-organize board meetings
Ineligibility for Licensure - Answers - ✔✔Conviction of Felony or Misdemeanor that:
--directly relates to the duties/responsibilities of the dentist
--directly relates to dental assisting
Certification can be revoked if terms of parole are disobeyed
Factors of a Conviction - Answers - ✔✔-Nature and Seriousness of crime
-Relation of crime to the occupation in Dentistry
-Extent to which a license might further an opportunity to engage in further crime
, -Relationship of the crime to the ability, capacity or fitness required to perform the duties
and discharge the responsibility of the licensed occupation
Who can Practice Dentistry? - Answers - ✔✔A person may not practice or offer to
practice dentistry or dental surgery or represent that the person practices dentistry
unless the person holds a license issued by the board
A person DOES NOT practice dentistry if the person is a: - Answers - ✔✔-Faculty
member of a reputable dental/dental hygiene school
-Student of a reputable dental school who performs operations without pay
-Performs laboratory work (only on inert matter)
-Licensed state physician who does not represent Dentistry
-Dental Hygienist who practices within strict conformity with the state law
-Dental assistant who performs duties permited under the Dental Practice Act
Visual Dental Inspection "Screenings" - Answers - ✔✔Inspections (exam) made by a
health care worker can be performed by a Dental Assistant, Teacher, School Nurse.
-Done as a group activity in a public setting with no charged fee
Purpose of Visual Dental Inspections - Answers - ✔✔-Only gloves, tongue depressors
and light may be used
-Purpose it to recognize potential problems and refer to a dentist
Duties the Dentist MAY NOT Delegate: - Answers - ✔✔-Smoothing of the teeth by
polishing or root planning
-Comprehensive examination
-Cutting of hard or soft tissue
-Issuing prescriptions and excuses
-Taking Final impressions for final dental app.
-making of an intraoral occlusal adjustments
-Any endodonitic procedure
-Final placement + intraoral adjustment of a fixed or removable appliance.
-Administer any form of sedative or anesthetic
Responsibilities of the Delegating Dentist - Answers - ✔✔The delegating dentist is
responsible for a dental act performed by the person to whome the dentist delegates the
act.
How can duties be delegated to a Dental Assistant? - Answers - ✔✔a licensed dentist
may delegate to a qualified and trained dental assistant acting under the Dentist's Direct
supervision any dental act that a reasonable, prudent dentist would find is withing the
scope of sound dental judgment.
Under what conditions can a Dental Assistant perform delegated duties? - Answers -
✔✔In the opinion of the delegating dentist, the act:
NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
Who makes our State Laws? - Answers - ✔✔Texas State Legislature creates Dental
laws along with other regular laws and publish them as part of the Occupations Codes
(Dental Practice Act)
How do laws become rules? - Answers - ✔✔Legislature sends laws to the State Board
of Dental Examiners (SBDE) who writes laws to rules and regulations.
SBDE has the authority to: - Answers - ✔✔Reprimand
Fine
Suspend License/Registration (DDS/RDH/RDA)
Structure of the SBDE: - Answers - ✔✔15 unpaid, volunteer members:
-8 DDS (Doctor of Dental Surgeries)
-2 RDH (Dental Hygienist)
-5 Public Members
Paid Staff:
-Executive Director
-Legal Advisors
-Committees, Clerks, Advisors to assist board
Board Duties and Powers - Answers - ✔✔Adopt and enforce rules necessary to:
-ensure following of rules made to protect public health and safety
-rules to protect the public from the spread of infections in dentistry
-examine applications for license in the practice of dentistry
-organize board meetings
Ineligibility for Licensure - Answers - ✔✔Conviction of Felony or Misdemeanor that:
--directly relates to the duties/responsibilities of the dentist
--directly relates to dental assisting
Certification can be revoked if terms of parole are disobeyed
Factors of a Conviction - Answers - ✔✔-Nature and Seriousness of crime
-Relation of crime to the occupation in Dentistry
-Extent to which a license might further an opportunity to engage in further crime
, -Relationship of the crime to the ability, capacity or fitness required to perform the duties
and discharge the responsibility of the licensed occupation
Who can Practice Dentistry? - Answers - ✔✔A person may not practice or offer to
practice dentistry or dental surgery or represent that the person practices dentistry
unless the person holds a license issued by the board
A person DOES NOT practice dentistry if the person is a: - Answers - ✔✔-Faculty
member of a reputable dental/dental hygiene school
-Student of a reputable dental school who performs operations without pay
-Performs laboratory work (only on inert matter)
-Licensed state physician who does not represent Dentistry
-Dental Hygienist who practices within strict conformity with the state law
-Dental assistant who performs duties permited under the Dental Practice Act
Visual Dental Inspection "Screenings" - Answers - ✔✔Inspections (exam) made by a
health care worker can be performed by a Dental Assistant, Teacher, School Nurse.
-Done as a group activity in a public setting with no charged fee
Purpose of Visual Dental Inspections - Answers - ✔✔-Only gloves, tongue depressors
and light may be used
-Purpose it to recognize potential problems and refer to a dentist
Duties the Dentist MAY NOT Delegate: - Answers - ✔✔-Smoothing of the teeth by
polishing or root planning
-Comprehensive examination
-Cutting of hard or soft tissue
-Issuing prescriptions and excuses
-Taking Final impressions for final dental app.
-making of an intraoral occlusal adjustments
-Any endodonitic procedure
-Final placement + intraoral adjustment of a fixed or removable appliance.
-Administer any form of sedative or anesthetic
Responsibilities of the Delegating Dentist - Answers - ✔✔The delegating dentist is
responsible for a dental act performed by the person to whome the dentist delegates the
act.
How can duties be delegated to a Dental Assistant? - Answers - ✔✔a licensed dentist
may delegate to a qualified and trained dental assistant acting under the Dentist's Direct
supervision any dental act that a reasonable, prudent dentist would find is withing the
scope of sound dental judgment.
Under what conditions can a Dental Assistant perform delegated duties? - Answers -
✔✔In the opinion of the delegating dentist, the act:
