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MN Dental Jurisprudence Exam
Question & Answers 2025
*general supervision - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The 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 - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔take a course with a minimum of *12 hours* total
comprised of didactic instruction, personally administering and
managing at least *3* individual supervised cases

,MN Dental Jurisprudence Exam
Question & Answers 2025
who can place sealants after completing a course by a school accredited
by the commission on dental accreditation? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔DH, DT, DA


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


*Dental hygienists and licensed dental assistants shall not take
impressions and bite registrations for _____________ of fixed and
removable prostheses. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Final 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. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔rotary instruments


*Scope of Practice* - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔---


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

,MN Dental Jurisprudence Exam
Question & Answers 2025

application of pit and fissure sealants - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔DH -
general
LDA - indirect


*Administer LA - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔DH - general


*monitor a patient on nitrous - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔DH -
General
LDA - Indirect


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


*Utilizing rotary instruments for the removal of bond material from
teeth - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔DH - 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔DH - indirect
LDA - indirect

, MN Dental Jurisprudence Exam
Question & Answers 2025

*managing and removing IV lines - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔DH -
indirect
LDA - indirect


*placing an IV line - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔DH - direct
LDA - direct


administering any medications or agents - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Personal 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔DH - general


*make referrals in consultation with DDS - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔DH - general


*complete prophy with scaling, root planing, and polishing restorations
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔DH - general


dietary and nutritional counseling - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔DH -
general