NC DENTAL JURISPRUDENCE STUDY 2026 EXAM GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Caring Dental Professionals Program - ✔✔Required to contribute by law when
renewing your license
✔✔1. in or on behalf of a dental school or college offering a doctoral degree in dentistry
operated and conducted in this state and approved by the NC board of dentistry
2. In connection with an academic medical center
3. Any teaching hospital adjacent to a dental school or academic medical center - ✔✔In
which of the following facilities is a holder of a valid NC INSTRUCTOR's license allowed
to practice dentistry?
✔✔1. not licensed but are a graduate from a dental school from a program accredited
by the CDA-ADA
2. a graduated from a non-accredited program and accepted into a graduate, intern,
fellowship, or residency program at a school or teaching hospital - ✔✔The holder of a
NC dental INTERN PERMIT may only practice under the direction of a licensed NC
dentist if they have...
✔✔direct supervision - dentist must be physically present in the facility and aware of the
patient's status and well being - ✔✔Supervision required for dental hygienist
✔✔- "Professional Association" or PA
- "Professional Limited Liabiltiy Company" or "PLLC"
All the names of the shareholders and include the word "Associate(s)" - ✔✔Names of
corporations
✔✔Secretary-treasurer - ✔✔Which member of the NC state board of examiners
supervises and directs investigations?
✔✔Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association - ✔✔what
type of accredited school counts as a dental program?
✔✔5 years - ✔✔How many years after an exam will the board accept the score?
✔✔5 years immediately preceeding the application (5,000hrs of clinical care that is not
including graduate training) - ✔✔In order to qualify for licensure by Credentials, how
long must a doctor be working?
, ✔✔1. dentist has worked for the past 5yrs not including graduate programs
OR
2. dentist has provided at least 1,000hrs per hear of clinical care directly to patients -
minimum of 5 yrs
OR
3. dentist has provided at least 500hrs per hear of clinical care directly to patients -
minimum of 5 yrs
Graduated from an accredited dental school - ✔✔Limited Volunteer License
requirements
✔✔renewed annually - dentist must provide documentation that they practiced a
minimum of 100hrs - ✔✔Limited volunteer license renewal
✔✔1. faculty member of an educational institution
2. directed by a licensed dentist
3. the directed licensed dentist is NOT always required to be physically present -
✔✔Provisional Dentist License restriction on practice
✔✔No corporation shall, at one and the same time, employ in clinical positions more
than TWO dental hygienist for each dentist actively engaged in the practice of dentistry -
✔✔Employment of dental hygienist
✔✔1. Take impressions for study models and opposing casts (that will NOT be used to
construct any dental appliances but may be used of fabrication adjustment of
orthodontic appliances)
2. Cement temporary restorations using temporary cement
3. Apply sulcular antimicrobial or antibiotic agents which are resorbable - ✔✔Dental
Hygienist allowed functions
✔✔1. Taking impressions for final fixed or removable restorations or prostheseses
2. Administration of any anesthetic by any route exept the administration of topically-
applied agents intended to anesthetize only cutaneous tissue - ✔✔Dental Hygienist
prohibited procedures
✔✔1. Take impressions for study models and opposing casts which will NOT be used
for construction of dental appliances but which may be used in the fabrication of
adjustable ortho appliances
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Caring Dental Professionals Program - ✔✔Required to contribute by law when
renewing your license
✔✔1. in or on behalf of a dental school or college offering a doctoral degree in dentistry
operated and conducted in this state and approved by the NC board of dentistry
2. In connection with an academic medical center
3. Any teaching hospital adjacent to a dental school or academic medical center - ✔✔In
which of the following facilities is a holder of a valid NC INSTRUCTOR's license allowed
to practice dentistry?
✔✔1. not licensed but are a graduate from a dental school from a program accredited
by the CDA-ADA
2. a graduated from a non-accredited program and accepted into a graduate, intern,
fellowship, or residency program at a school or teaching hospital - ✔✔The holder of a
NC dental INTERN PERMIT may only practice under the direction of a licensed NC
dentist if they have...
✔✔direct supervision - dentist must be physically present in the facility and aware of the
patient's status and well being - ✔✔Supervision required for dental hygienist
✔✔- "Professional Association" or PA
- "Professional Limited Liabiltiy Company" or "PLLC"
All the names of the shareholders and include the word "Associate(s)" - ✔✔Names of
corporations
✔✔Secretary-treasurer - ✔✔Which member of the NC state board of examiners
supervises and directs investigations?
✔✔Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association - ✔✔what
type of accredited school counts as a dental program?
✔✔5 years - ✔✔How many years after an exam will the board accept the score?
✔✔5 years immediately preceeding the application (5,000hrs of clinical care that is not
including graduate training) - ✔✔In order to qualify for licensure by Credentials, how
long must a doctor be working?
, ✔✔1. dentist has worked for the past 5yrs not including graduate programs
OR
2. dentist has provided at least 1,000hrs per hear of clinical care directly to patients -
minimum of 5 yrs
OR
3. dentist has provided at least 500hrs per hear of clinical care directly to patients -
minimum of 5 yrs
Graduated from an accredited dental school - ✔✔Limited Volunteer License
requirements
✔✔renewed annually - dentist must provide documentation that they practiced a
minimum of 100hrs - ✔✔Limited volunteer license renewal
✔✔1. faculty member of an educational institution
2. directed by a licensed dentist
3. the directed licensed dentist is NOT always required to be physically present -
✔✔Provisional Dentist License restriction on practice
✔✔No corporation shall, at one and the same time, employ in clinical positions more
than TWO dental hygienist for each dentist actively engaged in the practice of dentistry -
✔✔Employment of dental hygienist
✔✔1. Take impressions for study models and opposing casts (that will NOT be used to
construct any dental appliances but may be used of fabrication adjustment of
orthodontic appliances)
2. Cement temporary restorations using temporary cement
3. Apply sulcular antimicrobial or antibiotic agents which are resorbable - ✔✔Dental
Hygienist allowed functions
✔✔1. Taking impressions for final fixed or removable restorations or prostheseses
2. Administration of any anesthetic by any route exept the administration of topically-
applied agents intended to anesthetize only cutaneous tissue - ✔✔Dental Hygienist
prohibited procedures
✔✔1. Take impressions for study models and opposing casts which will NOT be used
for construction of dental appliances but which may be used in the fabrication of
adjustable ortho appliances
