NC DENTAL JURISPRUDENCE EVALUATION EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔*mechanical polishing clinical crowns (calculus must be removed by DDS or DH
before polishing) - ✔✔DH - general
LDA - indirect
✔✔*remove excess cement from inlays, crowns, bridges, ortho appliances with HAND
INSTRUMENTS - ✔✔DH - general
LDA - indirect
✔✔apply topical fluoride and bleaching agents prescribed by DDS - ✔✔DH - general
LDA - indirect
✔✔*can a LDA or DH place a cavity liner or endo filler - ✔✔no
✔✔place topical gel before injection - ✔✔DH - general
LDA - indirect
✔✔*place and remove rubber dam - ✔✔DH - general
LDA - indirect
✔✔*Preselect ortho bands - ✔✔DH - general
LDA - indirect
✔✔can a LDA give local anesthesia? - ✔✔No
✔✔*remove and replace ligature ties and arch wires - ✔✔DH - general
LDA - indirect
✔✔*remove sutures - ✔✔DH - general
LDA - indirect
✔✔Perform restorative procedures limited to: placing, contouring, and adjusting
amalgam
restorations and glass ionomers; adapting and cementing stainless steel crowns; and
placing,
contouring, and adjusting class I, II, & V supragingival composite restorations on
primary and permanent teeth. - ✔✔DH - Indirect
LDA - indirect
✔✔*place and remove periodontal packs - ✔✔DH - General
LDA - indirect
,✔✔*dry root canals with paper points - ✔✔DH - general
LDA - indirect
✔✔*remove bond material with rotary instruments after removal of ortho - ✔✔DH -
direct
LDA - direct
✔✔*place and remove matrix bands - ✔✔DH - direct
LDA - direct
✔✔fabricate, cement, and adjust temporary crowns - ✔✔DH - direct
LDA - direct
✔✔*remove temporary RESTORATIONS with hand instruments only - ✔✔DH - direct
LDA - direct
✔✔*etch enamel surfaces before bonding of ortho by DDS - ✔✔DH - direct
LDA - direct
✔✔*attach prefit and preadjusted ortho appliances - ✔✔DH - direct
LDA - direct
✔✔*remove fixed ortho brackets - ✔✔DH - direct
LDA - direct
✔✔remove excess bond material from appliances - ✔✔DH - general
LDA - direct
✔✔*administer N2O2 - ✔✔DH - general
LDA - direct
✔✔T/F - ONLY a dentist can cement ortho bands and adjust ortho wires - ✔✔true
✔✔Concurrently perform supportive services if the dentist holds a valid general
anesthesia or moderate sedation certificate, is personally treating a patient, and
authorizes the allied dental personnel to aid in treatment including the administration of
medications into an existing intravenous line, an enteral agent, or emergency
medications in an emergent situation. - ✔✔DH - personal
LDA - personal
(apply meds)
✔✔*Place nonsurgical retraction material for gingival displacement. - ✔✔DH - direct
LDA - direct
, ✔✔-Perform preliminary charting of the oral cavity, oral health instruction and disease
prevention, including nutritional counseling, dietary analysis.
-Apply topical medications such as, but not limited to, topical fluoride and cavity
varnishes in appropriate dosages.
*****-Perform mechanical polishing - ✔✔GENERAL (DT and ADT)
✔✔-Etch appropriate enamel surfaces, apply and adjust pit and fissure sealants.
-Placement of temporary restorations.
-Fabrication of soft occlusal guards and athletic mouthguards.
-Pulp vitality testing. - ✔✔GENERAL (DT and ADT)
✔✔-Administer local anesthesia.
-Administer nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia
*****Application of desensitizing medication or resin
-Tissue conditioning and soft reline. - ✔✔DT - general
ADT - general
✔✔-Atraumatic restorative therapy.
*Tooth reimplantation.
-Dressing changes.
-Dispense and administer analgesics, anti-inflammatories, and antibiotics as (permitted
by the collaborative management agreement) - ✔✔general ADT and DT
✔✔-Cavity preparation; and restoration of primary and permanent teeth
-Pulpotomies on primary teeth
-pulp capping on primary and permanent teeth.
-Stabilization of reimplanted teeth.
-Remove sutures.
-Brush biopsies. - ✔✔DT - indirect
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔*mechanical polishing clinical crowns (calculus must be removed by DDS or DH
before polishing) - ✔✔DH - general
LDA - indirect
✔✔*remove excess cement from inlays, crowns, bridges, ortho appliances with HAND
INSTRUMENTS - ✔✔DH - general
LDA - indirect
✔✔apply topical fluoride and bleaching agents prescribed by DDS - ✔✔DH - general
LDA - indirect
✔✔*can a LDA or DH place a cavity liner or endo filler - ✔✔no
✔✔place topical gel before injection - ✔✔DH - general
LDA - indirect
✔✔*place and remove rubber dam - ✔✔DH - general
LDA - indirect
✔✔*Preselect ortho bands - ✔✔DH - general
LDA - indirect
✔✔can a LDA give local anesthesia? - ✔✔No
✔✔*remove and replace ligature ties and arch wires - ✔✔DH - general
LDA - indirect
✔✔*remove sutures - ✔✔DH - general
LDA - indirect
✔✔Perform restorative procedures limited to: placing, contouring, and adjusting
amalgam
restorations and glass ionomers; adapting and cementing stainless steel crowns; and
placing,
contouring, and adjusting class I, II, & V supragingival composite restorations on
primary and permanent teeth. - ✔✔DH - Indirect
LDA - indirect
✔✔*place and remove periodontal packs - ✔✔DH - General
LDA - indirect
,✔✔*dry root canals with paper points - ✔✔DH - general
LDA - indirect
✔✔*remove bond material with rotary instruments after removal of ortho - ✔✔DH -
direct
LDA - direct
✔✔*place and remove matrix bands - ✔✔DH - direct
LDA - direct
✔✔fabricate, cement, and adjust temporary crowns - ✔✔DH - direct
LDA - direct
✔✔*remove temporary RESTORATIONS with hand instruments only - ✔✔DH - direct
LDA - direct
✔✔*etch enamel surfaces before bonding of ortho by DDS - ✔✔DH - direct
LDA - direct
✔✔*attach prefit and preadjusted ortho appliances - ✔✔DH - direct
LDA - direct
✔✔*remove fixed ortho brackets - ✔✔DH - direct
LDA - direct
✔✔remove excess bond material from appliances - ✔✔DH - general
LDA - direct
✔✔*administer N2O2 - ✔✔DH - general
LDA - direct
✔✔T/F - ONLY a dentist can cement ortho bands and adjust ortho wires - ✔✔true
✔✔Concurrently perform supportive services if the dentist holds a valid general
anesthesia or moderate sedation certificate, is personally treating a patient, and
authorizes the allied dental personnel to aid in treatment including the administration of
medications into an existing intravenous line, an enteral agent, or emergency
medications in an emergent situation. - ✔✔DH - personal
LDA - personal
(apply meds)
✔✔*Place nonsurgical retraction material for gingival displacement. - ✔✔DH - direct
LDA - direct
, ✔✔-Perform preliminary charting of the oral cavity, oral health instruction and disease
prevention, including nutritional counseling, dietary analysis.
-Apply topical medications such as, but not limited to, topical fluoride and cavity
varnishes in appropriate dosages.
*****-Perform mechanical polishing - ✔✔GENERAL (DT and ADT)
✔✔-Etch appropriate enamel surfaces, apply and adjust pit and fissure sealants.
-Placement of temporary restorations.
-Fabrication of soft occlusal guards and athletic mouthguards.
-Pulp vitality testing. - ✔✔GENERAL (DT and ADT)
✔✔-Administer local anesthesia.
-Administer nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia
*****Application of desensitizing medication or resin
-Tissue conditioning and soft reline. - ✔✔DT - general
ADT - general
✔✔-Atraumatic restorative therapy.
*Tooth reimplantation.
-Dressing changes.
-Dispense and administer analgesics, anti-inflammatories, and antibiotics as (permitted
by the collaborative management agreement) - ✔✔general ADT and DT
✔✔-Cavity preparation; and restoration of primary and permanent teeth
-Pulpotomies on primary teeth
-pulp capping on primary and permanent teeth.
-Stabilization of reimplanted teeth.
-Remove sutures.
-Brush biopsies. - ✔✔DT - indirect
