MN DENTAL DELEGATED DUTIES EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
Etch appropriate enamel surfaces, apply and adjust pit and fissure sealants - ✔✔DH-
general
LDA- indirect
- ✔✔
DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
Administer local anesthesia - ✔✔DH- general
DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
administer nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia pursuant to the rule provisions - ✔✔DH-
general
LDA- direct
DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
Perform restorative procedures limited to: placing, contouring, and adjusting amalgam
restorations and glass ionomers; adapting and cementing stainless steel crowns; and
placing, contouring, and adjusting class I, II, & V supragingival composite restorations
on primary and permanent teeth. - ✔✔DH and LDA- indirect
DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
Remove marginal overhangs - ✔✔DH- general
DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
Place and remove matrix bands - ✔✔DH and LDA- direct
DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
Fabricate, cement, and adjust temporary restorations extraorally and intraorally - ✔✔DH
and LDA- direct
, DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
Remove temporary restorations with hand instruments only - ✔✔DH and LDA- direct
DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
Etch appropriate enamel surfaces before bonding of orthodontic appliances by a dentist
- ✔✔DH and LDA- direct
DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
Perform mechanical polishing to clinical crowns not including instrumentation. Removal
of calculus by instrumentation must be done by the dentist or dental hygienist before
mechanical polishing - ✔✔DH- general
LDA- indirect
DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
Take radiographs - ✔✔DH and LDA- general
DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
Remove excess cement from inlays, crowns, bridges, and orthodontic appliances with
hand instruments only - ✔✔DH- general
LDA- indirect
DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
Apply topical medications such as, but not limited to, topical fluoride, bleaching agents,
and cavity varnishes in appropriate dosages or quantities as prescribed by a dentist -
✔✔DH- general
LDA- indirect
DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
Take impressions for casts and appropriate bite registration - ✔✔DH and LDA- general
DH or LDA?
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
Etch appropriate enamel surfaces, apply and adjust pit and fissure sealants - ✔✔DH-
general
LDA- indirect
- ✔✔
DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
Administer local anesthesia - ✔✔DH- general
DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
administer nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia pursuant to the rule provisions - ✔✔DH-
general
LDA- direct
DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
Perform restorative procedures limited to: placing, contouring, and adjusting amalgam
restorations and glass ionomers; adapting and cementing stainless steel crowns; and
placing, contouring, and adjusting class I, II, & V supragingival composite restorations
on primary and permanent teeth. - ✔✔DH and LDA- indirect
DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
Remove marginal overhangs - ✔✔DH- general
DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
Place and remove matrix bands - ✔✔DH and LDA- direct
DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
Fabricate, cement, and adjust temporary restorations extraorally and intraorally - ✔✔DH
and LDA- direct
, DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
Remove temporary restorations with hand instruments only - ✔✔DH and LDA- direct
DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
Etch appropriate enamel surfaces before bonding of orthodontic appliances by a dentist
- ✔✔DH and LDA- direct
DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
Perform mechanical polishing to clinical crowns not including instrumentation. Removal
of calculus by instrumentation must be done by the dentist or dental hygienist before
mechanical polishing - ✔✔DH- general
LDA- indirect
DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
Take radiographs - ✔✔DH and LDA- general
DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
Remove excess cement from inlays, crowns, bridges, and orthodontic appliances with
hand instruments only - ✔✔DH- general
LDA- indirect
DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
Apply topical medications such as, but not limited to, topical fluoride, bleaching agents,
and cavity varnishes in appropriate dosages or quantities as prescribed by a dentist -
✔✔DH- general
LDA- indirect
DH or LDA?
General, Indirect, Direct, or Personal Supervision?
Take impressions for casts and appropriate bite registration - ✔✔DH and LDA- general
DH or LDA?
