Minnesota Dental Jurisprudence 2019 Graded A

Dentists can have how many Dental Therapists working under them? - Five Advanced Dental Therapist can have how many assistants working under them? - Four What is the deadline date used by dental corp to file their annual report? - On or before January 1st What are the Four functions of MN board of Dentistry? - -Licensure -Cont competence -Complaints / Compliance -Policy Who is on the board of Dentistry? - 9 members: - 5 DDS - 1 DH - 1 DA - 2 Members of the general public Anxiolysis - Utilization of pharmacological or nonpharm methods to reduce patient anxiety What are required CDE courses for DDS, RDH, RDA? - DDS- 50hrs (30 fundamental) DH/DA - 25hrs (15 fundamental) Examples of core subject categories - infection control, record keeping, patient communication, management of medical emergencies, tx and dx (DDS only). Recognized specialty of dental practices - -Endodontics, Oral?maxillofacial surgery, Oral pathology, Orthodontics, Pediatrics, Periodontics, Prosthodontics, Public health. What can non-registered Dental Assistant perform? - 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 - 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? - Personal data, cc, dental & med hx, clinical exam, dx, tx plan, informed consent, progress notes ** How long should DDS retain dental records? - 7 years beyond time the pt was last seen by DDS. ** If under 18 - 7 years after the age 18 Sterilization - The process of eliminating or killing all forms of microbial life Non-critical instruments - Instruments that came into contact only with intact skin such as chair-side buttons, BP cuffs, components of x-ray heads High-level Disinfection - It is capable of destroying all viruses. FDA defines as it as a sterilant used for a shorter contact time. Precleaning - the process of removing debris/blood prior to disinfection Disinfection - destruction of pathogenic and other kinds of microorganisms except spores. ** Intermediate Level Disinfectant - Liquid chemical germicide registered by EPA as a hospital disinfectant with a claim of potency as tuberculocidal Low-level Disinfectant - 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 - used to penetrate soft tissue or bone or contact with blood. must be sterilized after each use **Semi-critical instruments - 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 - Initial Dose 1 month 6 month Standard Precautions - 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** Engineering control - Equipment/device used to prevent the exposure to any possible disease or injury Post-exposure Incident info - -Date & Time -Details of the exposure -Details about if the source material was known -Details of exposed person -Details of post exposure management and follow up.