Florida Laws and Rules Dental Exam (ADEX CDCA)
– Complete Solutions | Newest Update 2025/2026
1. Dentistry the healing art which is concerned with the exam, diagnosis, treatment
planning, and care of conditions within the human oral cavity and adjacent
tissues and structures
2. Dental Hygiene the rendering of educational, preventative, and therapeutic dental services
and any related extra-oral procedure required in the performance of services
3. Governor of Florida Who appoints the board of dentistry members?
4. Irremediable tasks Intraoral treatment tasks which are irreversible and create unaltered
changes within the oral cavity
5. Remediable tasks Intraoral treatment tasks which are reversible and do not create unalterable
changes within the oral cavity or structures and do not cause an increased
risk to the patient
6. Irremediable Applying topical with jet spray is what type of task?
7. Remediable A dental hygienist who applies bleaching solution, activates light source,
monitors and removes in o�ce bleaching materials is performing a ______
task
8. Re-cementing temp The practicing dentist is out of the country and a patient comes into the o�ce
crowns with temp ce- with an emergency.
ment
What is a remediable task is the hygienist/assistant able to perform?
9. Irremediable The use of a laser or laser type device is considered to be what type of task?
10. Dental hygienists & Who may perform emergency remediable tasks under conditions speci ed
assistants in the laws?
11. 50 min How many minutes are equivalent to one hour of continuing education?
,12. Chemotherapeutic What is not an appropriate topic for continuing education?
agents
13. Board approved indi- What is an appropriate educational activity or topic for continuing educa-
vidual study tion?
14. Pt stress manage- What is an example of a CE a dental hygienist would take?
ment
15. 1st biennium of li- When are licensees excused from CE?
censure
16. Practicing hygienist Who of the following are required to take CE credits?
or dentist
17. Writing within the Which of the following is legal of a dentist writing prescriptions?
scope of dentistry
18. False If 40 hours of CE are taken in 1 biennium, the remaining hours taken can
count toward renewal requirement for the next biennium. True/False
19. True A dentist or hygienist takes a 10 hr HIV/AIDs course. The remaining 9
hours could count for their remaining 24 or 30 hours required for licensure
renewal. True/False
20. Dental license # What must be included in a prescription for a prescription strength uoride
gel?
21. True If the dentist uses anesthesia in his o�ce, his/her sta has to be properly
trained in anticonvulsants. T/F
22. Board of Dentistry Who grants sedation permits?
23. NO
, A dental hygienist under the ____ supervision of a dentist may administer
local anesthesia, including intraoral block anesthesia, soft tissue in ltration
anesthesia, or both, to a non-sedated patient who is 15 or older, if they meet
criteria outlined in the laws manual
24. Altered state of con- Nitrous oxide produces:
sciousness
25. Pt's physical ability With conscious sedation, it must not e ect what?
26. 25% What is the minimum oxygen level required when administering nitrous
oxide anesthesia?
27. All of these: oxy- What equipment should be present in the ER/recovery rooms when using
gen tank, EKG ma- sedation?
chine, bronchodila-
tor, de�brillator, ther-
mometer, and BP
cu
28. False Oral antibiotics are needed in the recovery room when performing sedation
in the dental o�ce - T/F
29. Pt of Record A patient who has received radiographs, an exam from dentist and treatment
plan is considered:
30. Dentist Who owns the patient records or chart?
31. To another licensed In the event that the dentist dies, where do all the patient of record les go?
Fl dentist
32. The major di erence between sterilization and disinfection is:
– Complete Solutions | Newest Update 2025/2026
1. Dentistry the healing art which is concerned with the exam, diagnosis, treatment
planning, and care of conditions within the human oral cavity and adjacent
tissues and structures
2. Dental Hygiene the rendering of educational, preventative, and therapeutic dental services
and any related extra-oral procedure required in the performance of services
3. Governor of Florida Who appoints the board of dentistry members?
4. Irremediable tasks Intraoral treatment tasks which are irreversible and create unaltered
changes within the oral cavity
5. Remediable tasks Intraoral treatment tasks which are reversible and do not create unalterable
changes within the oral cavity or structures and do not cause an increased
risk to the patient
6. Irremediable Applying topical with jet spray is what type of task?
7. Remediable A dental hygienist who applies bleaching solution, activates light source,
monitors and removes in o�ce bleaching materials is performing a ______
task
8. Re-cementing temp The practicing dentist is out of the country and a patient comes into the o�ce
crowns with temp ce- with an emergency.
ment
What is a remediable task is the hygienist/assistant able to perform?
9. Irremediable The use of a laser or laser type device is considered to be what type of task?
10. Dental hygienists & Who may perform emergency remediable tasks under conditions speci ed
assistants in the laws?
11. 50 min How many minutes are equivalent to one hour of continuing education?
,12. Chemotherapeutic What is not an appropriate topic for continuing education?
agents
13. Board approved indi- What is an appropriate educational activity or topic for continuing educa-
vidual study tion?
14. Pt stress manage- What is an example of a CE a dental hygienist would take?
ment
15. 1st biennium of li- When are licensees excused from CE?
censure
16. Practicing hygienist Who of the following are required to take CE credits?
or dentist
17. Writing within the Which of the following is legal of a dentist writing prescriptions?
scope of dentistry
18. False If 40 hours of CE are taken in 1 biennium, the remaining hours taken can
count toward renewal requirement for the next biennium. True/False
19. True A dentist or hygienist takes a 10 hr HIV/AIDs course. The remaining 9
hours could count for their remaining 24 or 30 hours required for licensure
renewal. True/False
20. Dental license # What must be included in a prescription for a prescription strength uoride
gel?
21. True If the dentist uses anesthesia in his o�ce, his/her sta has to be properly
trained in anticonvulsants. T/F
22. Board of Dentistry Who grants sedation permits?
23. NO
, A dental hygienist under the ____ supervision of a dentist may administer
local anesthesia, including intraoral block anesthesia, soft tissue in ltration
anesthesia, or both, to a non-sedated patient who is 15 or older, if they meet
criteria outlined in the laws manual
24. Altered state of con- Nitrous oxide produces:
sciousness
25. Pt's physical ability With conscious sedation, it must not e ect what?
26. 25% What is the minimum oxygen level required when administering nitrous
oxide anesthesia?
27. All of these: oxy- What equipment should be present in the ER/recovery rooms when using
gen tank, EKG ma- sedation?
chine, bronchodila-
tor, de�brillator, ther-
mometer, and BP
cu
28. False Oral antibiotics are needed in the recovery room when performing sedation
in the dental o�ce - T/F
29. Pt of Record A patient who has received radiographs, an exam from dentist and treatment
plan is considered:
30. Dentist Who owns the patient records or chart?
31. To another licensed In the event that the dentist dies, where do all the patient of record les go?
Fl dentist
32. The major di erence between sterilization and disinfection is:
