MN Dental jurisprudence Exam 2024

MN Dental Jurisprudence Exam 2024 Questions and answers


*general supervision - answerThe dentist has prior knowledge and has given
consent for the procedures being performed during which the dentist is not required
to be present in the dental office or on the premises.

*indirect - answerThe dentist is in the office, authorizes the procedures, and remains
in the office while the procedures are being performed by the allied dental personnel.

direct - answerThe dentist is in the dental office, personally diagnoses the condition
to be treated, personally authorizes the procedure, and before dismissal of the
patient, evaluates the performance of the allied dental personnel.

personal - answerThe dentist is personally operating on a patient and authorizes the
allied dental personnel to aid in treatment by concurrently performing supportive
procedures.

DH, DT or DA must do these before administering nitrous - answertake a course with
a minimum of *12 hours* total comprised of didactic instruction, personally
administering and managing at least *3* individual supervised cases

who can place sealants after completing a course by a school accredited by the
commission on dental accreditation? - answerDH, DT, DA

*WHO can give local anesthesia after completing a course on local anesthesia from
a school accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation - answerDH and DT
(not DA)

*Dental hygienists and licensed dental assistants shall not take impressions and bite
registrations for _____________ of fixed and removable prostheses. - answerFinal
construction

*Before removal of bond material, a dental hygienist or licensed dental assistant
must successfully complete a course in the use of ____________ for the express
purpose of the removal of bond material from teeth. - answerrotary instruments

*Scope of Practice* - answer---

DH and DA with restorative functions can place, contour, and adjust amalgam, glass
ionomers, and stainless steel crowns on class _______
(supragingival) - answerClass I, II, V
- a dental hygienist or dental assistant must successfully complete a board approved
course on these specific restorative procedures.

application of pit and fissure sealants - answerDH - general
LDA - indirect

*Administer LA - answerDH - general

*monitor a patient on nitrous - answerDH - General
LDA - Indirect

,MN Dental Jurisprudence Exam 2024 Questions and answers


T/F -- DH or LDA shall NOT take impressions and bite registrations for the FINAL
construction of fixed and removable prostheses. - answerTrue

*Utilizing rotary instruments for the removal of bond material from teeth - answerDH -
indirect
LDA - indirect

Performing any or all restorative procedures limited to placing, contouring, &
adjusting amalgam, glass ionomers, and Class I and V supra composite restorations
- answerDH - indirect
LDA - indirect

*managing and removing IV lines - answerDH - indirect
LDA - indirect

*placing an IV line - answerDH - direct
LDA - direct

administering any medications or agents - answerPersonal DH and RDA

*Perform preliminary charting including assessments and existing restoration,
determine the perio status, and formulate the DH tx plan in coordination with DDS -
answerDH - general

*make referrals in consultation with DDS - answerDH - general

*complete prophy with scaling, root planing, and polishing restorations - answerDH -
general

dietary and nutritional counseling - answerDH - general

*replacement, cementation and adjustment of INTACT temporary restorations -
answerDH - general
LDA - general

*remove overhangs - answerDH - general

Complete preliminary charting of oral cavity and surrounding structures w/ exception
of perio probing and assessment of the perio structure - answerLDA - general

of course DH can do this too, with probing

take photographs intra or extra orally - answerDH - general
LDA - general

take vital signs - answerDH - general
LDA - general

place temporary fillings - answerDH - general
LDA - general

, MN Dental Jurisprudence Exam 2024 Questions and answers



*cut arch wires, remove loose bands or brackets - answerDH - general
LDA - general

*take X-rays - answerDH - general
LDA - general

*take impressions for casts and bite registrations - answerDH - general
LDA - general

*place and remove ortho separators - answerDH - general
LDA - general

*deliver vacuum-formed ortho retainers - answerDH - general
DA - general

*etch enamel surfaces; apply and adjust sealants - answerDH - general
LDA - indirect

*monitor a patient on nitrous oxide - answerDH - general
LDA - indirect

*mechanical polishing clinical crowns (calculus must be removed by DDS or DH
before polishing) - answerDH - general
LDA - indirect

*remove excess cement from inlays, crowns, bridges, ortho appliances with HAND
INSTRUMENTS - answerDH - general
LDA - indirect

apply topical fluoride and bleaching agents prescribed by DDS - answerDH - general
LDA - indirect

*can a LDA or DH place a cavity liner or endo filler - answerno

place topical gel before injection - answerDH - general
LDA - indirect

*place and remove rubber dam - answerDH - general
LDA - indirect

*Preselect ortho bands - answerDH - general
LDA - indirect

can a LDA give local anesthesia? - answerNo

*remove and replace ligature ties and arch wires - answerDH - general
LDA - indirect

*remove sutures - answerDH - general