QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027 || DENTAL PRACTICE
REGULATIONS & PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS || VERIFIED
QUESTIONS & ACCURATE ANSWERS || HIGH-YIELD STUDY
GUIDE || GRADED A+
190 questions and answers
Dentistry - CORRECT ANSWER - the healing art which is concerned with the exam,
diagnosis, treatment planning, and care of conditions within the human oral cavity
and adjacent tissues and structures
Dental Hygiene - CORRECT ANSWER - the rendering of educational, preventative,
and therapeutic dental services and any related extra-oral procedure required in the
performance of services
Governor of Florida - CORRECT ANSWER - Who appoints the board of dentistry
members?
Irremediable tasks - CORRECT ANSWER - Intraoral treatment tasks which are
irreversible and create unaltered changes within the oral cavity
Remediable tasks - CORRECT ANSWER - Intraoral treatment tasks which are
reversible and do not create unalterable changes within the oral cavity or structures
and do not cause an increased risk to the patient
Irremediable - CORRECT ANSWER - Applying topical with jet spray is what type of
task?
,Remediable - CORRECT ANSWER - A dental hygienist who applies bleaching
solution, activates light source, monitors and removes in office bleaching materials
is performing a ______ task
Re-cementing temp crowns with temp cement - CORRECT ANSWER - The
practicing dentist is out of the country and a patient comes into the office with an
emergency.
What is a remediable task is the hygienist/assistant able to perform?
Irremediable - CORRECT ANSWER - The use of a laser or laser type device is
considered to be what type of task?
Dental hygienists & assistants - CORRECT ANSWER - Who may perform emergency
remediable tasks under conditions specified in the laws?
50 min - CORRECT ANSWER - How many minutes are equivalent to one hour of
continuing education?
Chemotherapeutic agents - CORRECT ANSWER - What is not an appropriate topic
for continuing education?
Board approved individual study - CORRECT ANSWER - What is an appropriate
educational activity or topic for continuing education?
, Pt stress management - CORRECT ANSWER - What is an example of a CE a dental
hygienist would take?
1st biennium of licensure - CORRECT ANSWER - When are licensees excused from
CE?
Practicing hygienist or dentist - CORRECT ANSWER - Who of the following are
required to take CE credits?
Writing within the scope of dentistry - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following
is legal of a dentist writing prescriptions?
False - CORRECT ANSWER - If 40 hours of CE are taken in 1 biennium, the
remaining hours taken can count toward renewal requirement for the next
biennium. True/False
True - CORRECT ANSWER - A dentist or hygienist takes a 10 hr HIV/AIDs course.
The remaining 9 hours could count for their remaining 24 or 30 hours required for
licensure renewal. True/False
Dental license # - CORRECT ANSWER - What must be included in a prescription for
a prescription strength fluoride gel?
True - CORRECT ANSWER - If the dentist uses anesthesia in his office, his/her staff
has to be properly trained in anticonvulsants. T/F