ADEX CDCA) Questions And Answers
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Board of Dentistry - ANSWER -Who defines the levels of supervision?
General Supervision - ANSWER -If the dentist is out of the country and calls his
office to instruct his staff to do a procedure on a patient, what supervision is this?
Indirect - ANSWER -What is the supervision level for making bleaching trays for
dental hygienist?
General - ANSWER -A dental hygienist may polish clinical crowns with what
level of supervision?
Direct - ANSWER -A dental assistant may polish clinical crowns with
General - ANSWER -A dental hygienist may apply topical anesthetic with
Direct - ANSWER -A dental assistant may apply topical anesthetic with
General - ANSWER -If a hygienist is in a non-health access setting and a patient
is in need of sealants, the hygienist must perform sealants under which
supervision?
Indirect - ANSWER -A dental hygienist may place subgingival chlorhexidine with
Indirect - ANSWER -A dental hygienist may marginate restorations with
General - ANSWER -A dental hygienist performing home care on a patient who is
now in an assisted living center is working under which supervision level
After radiographs - ANSWER -When does the dentist see the patient
, Another dentist - ANSWER -If a doctor of record is out of town and a patient
comes to the office with acute conditions, who can diagnose the patient?
Analgesia - ANSWER -Absence of pain without loss of consciousness
Anesthesia - ANSWER -The loss of feeling or sensation, especially the loss of
sensation of pain
Local anesthesia - ANSWER -The loss of sensation of pain in a specific area of
the body, generally produced by a topically applied agent or injected agent without
causing the loss of consciousness
General Anesthesia - ANSWER -Controlled state of unconsciousness, produced
by pharmacologic agent, accompanied by a partial or complete loss of protective
reflexes, including the inability to independently maintain airway and respond
purposefully to physical stimulation or verbal command. This modality includes
administration of medications via parenteral routes; that is oral, rectal or
transmucosal
DA - direct, hygienist - indirect - ANSWER -What are the supervision levels for
nitrous oxide? Dental assistant; dental hygienist
Sterilization - ANSWER -The process by which all forms of life within an
environment are totally destroyed
Disinfection - ANSWER -The destruction or inhibition of most pathogenic
bacteria while they are in their active growth phase and the inactivation of some
viruses
Misdemeanor - ANSWER -Is using the name RDH or Dental Hygienist if not
licensed - misdemeanor or felony?
Misdemeanor; 1st - ANSWER -The penalty for using another's license is a ____ in
the ____ degree
, Felony, 3rd degree - ANSWER -The penalty for using a suspended/expired license
is a ___ in the ___ degree
Felony, 3rd degree - ANSWER -The penalty for unlicensed dentistry/practicing
outside of the scope of practice is a ___ in the __degree
Misdemeanor, 2nd Degree - ANSWER -The penalty for the lab not keeping
original Rx is a ___ in the __ degree
Misdemeanor; 2nd - ANSWER -The penalty for operating as a lab is a ___ in the
___ degree
Phone or visit to office monthly - ANSWER -A monitor for hep B can/does all the
following except
treat as infectious materials - ANSWER -Impressions for appliances or models
sent to labs must be labeled as:
A handwriting sample - ANSWER -In accepting a license to practice, you must
consent to:
In investigations you have to provide these:
All of these: placing pre-treatment separators; selecting bands, arch wires, or
expansion appliances; removing excess cement with non-mechanical hand
instruments - ANSWER -Which of the following are remediable tasks?
Placing sealants & removing sutures - ANSWER -What is under general
supervision for RDH?
Root planing if pt hasn't been pre-examined - ANSWER -In an emergency, what is
a violation of the law?