MN Dental Jurisprudence Exam
1. 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.
Answer: general supervision
2. 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.
Answer: indirect
3. 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.
Answer: direct
4. The dentist is personally operating on a patient and authorizes
the allied dental personnel to aid in treatment by concurrently
performing supportive procedures.
Answer: personal
5. Take a course with a minimum of *12 hours* total comprised of
didactic instruction, personally administering and managing at
least *3* individual supervised cases
Answer: DH, DT or DA must do these before administering nitrous
6. Who can place sealants after completing a course by a school
accredited by the commission on dental accreditation?
Answer: DH, DT, DA
,7. Who can give local anesthesia after completing a course on
local anesthesia from a school accredited by the Commission on
Dental Accreditation?
Answer: DH and DT (not DA)
8. Dental hygienists and licensed dental assistants shall not take
impressions and bite registrations for _____________ of fixed and
removable prostheses.
Answer: Final construction
9. 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.
Answer: rotary instruments
10. *Scope of Practice*
Answer: The range of duties and procedures that a licensed dental
professional is legally permitted to perform.
11. DH and DA with restorative functions can place, contour, and
adjust amalgam, glass ionomers, and stainless steel crowns on
class _______ (supragingival)
Answer: Class I, II, V
- a dental hygienist or dental assistant must successfully
complete a board approved course on these specific restorative
procedures.
12. Application of pit and fissure sealants:
Answer: DH - general
LDA - indirect
13. Administer LA: Answer: DH - general
,14. Monitor a patient on nitrous
Answer:
DH - General
LDA - Indirect
15. T/F -- DH or LDA shall NOT take impressions and bite
registrations for the FINAL construction of fixed and removable
prostheses.
Answer: True
16. Utilizing rotary instruments for the removal of bond material
from teeth
Answer: DH - indirect
LDA - indirect
17. Performing any or all restorative procedures limited to placing,
contouring, & adjusting amalgam, glass ionomers, and Class I and
V supra composite restorations
Answer:
DH - indirect
LDA - indirect
18. Managing and removing IV lines
Answer:
Answer: DH - indirect
LDA - indirect
19. Placing an IV line
Answer: DH - direct
, LDA - direct
20. administering any medications or agents
Answer: Personal DH and RDA
21. *Perform preliminary charting including assessments and
existing restoration, determine the perio status, and formulate the
DH treatment plan in coordination with DDS
Answer: DH - general
22. Make referrals in consultation with DDS
Answer: DH - general
23. Complete prophy with scaling, root planning, and polishing
restorations
Answer: DH - general
24. dietary and nutritional
Answer: DH - general
25. replacement, cementation and adjustment of INTACT
temporary restorations
Answer:
DH - general
LDA - general
26. *remove overhangs
Answer: DH - general
27. Complete preliminary charting of oral cavity and surrounding
structures w/ exception of perio probing and assessment of the
perio structure
Answer: LDA -general
1. 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.
Answer: general supervision
2. 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.
Answer: indirect
3. 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.
Answer: direct
4. The dentist is personally operating on a patient and authorizes
the allied dental personnel to aid in treatment by concurrently
performing supportive procedures.
Answer: personal
5. Take a course with a minimum of *12 hours* total comprised of
didactic instruction, personally administering and managing at
least *3* individual supervised cases
Answer: DH, DT or DA must do these before administering nitrous
6. Who can place sealants after completing a course by a school
accredited by the commission on dental accreditation?
Answer: DH, DT, DA
,7. Who can give local anesthesia after completing a course on
local anesthesia from a school accredited by the Commission on
Dental Accreditation?
Answer: DH and DT (not DA)
8. Dental hygienists and licensed dental assistants shall not take
impressions and bite registrations for _____________ of fixed and
removable prostheses.
Answer: Final construction
9. 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.
Answer: rotary instruments
10. *Scope of Practice*
Answer: The range of duties and procedures that a licensed dental
professional is legally permitted to perform.
11. DH and DA with restorative functions can place, contour, and
adjust amalgam, glass ionomers, and stainless steel crowns on
class _______ (supragingival)
Answer: Class I, II, V
- a dental hygienist or dental assistant must successfully
complete a board approved course on these specific restorative
procedures.
12. Application of pit and fissure sealants:
Answer: DH - general
LDA - indirect
13. Administer LA: Answer: DH - general
,14. Monitor a patient on nitrous
Answer:
DH - General
LDA - Indirect
15. T/F -- DH or LDA shall NOT take impressions and bite
registrations for the FINAL construction of fixed and removable
prostheses.
Answer: True
16. Utilizing rotary instruments for the removal of bond material
from teeth
Answer: DH - indirect
LDA - indirect
17. Performing any or all restorative procedures limited to placing,
contouring, & adjusting amalgam, glass ionomers, and Class I and
V supra composite restorations
Answer:
DH - indirect
LDA - indirect
18. Managing and removing IV lines
Answer:
Answer: DH - indirect
LDA - indirect
19. Placing an IV line
Answer: DH - direct
, LDA - direct
20. administering any medications or agents
Answer: Personal DH and RDA
21. *Perform preliminary charting including assessments and
existing restoration, determine the perio status, and formulate the
DH treatment plan in coordination with DDS
Answer: DH - general
22. Make referrals in consultation with DDS
Answer: DH - general
23. Complete prophy with scaling, root planning, and polishing
restorations
Answer: DH - general
24. dietary and nutritional
Answer: DH - general
25. replacement, cementation and adjustment of INTACT
temporary restorations
Answer:
DH - general
LDA - general
26. *remove overhangs
Answer: DH - general
27. Complete preliminary charting of oral cavity and surrounding
structures w/ exception of perio probing and assessment of the
perio structure
Answer: LDA -general
