CDCA) QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS
\.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 - ANSWERS✔-
Dentistry
\.the rendering of educational, preventative, and therapeutic dental services and any related
extra-oral procedure required in the performance of services - ANSWERS✔-Dental Hygiene
\.Who appoints the board of dentistry members? - ANSWERS✔-Governor of Florida
\.Intraoral treatment tasks which are irreversible and create unaltered changes within the oral
cavity - ANSWERS✔-Irremediable tasks
\.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 - ANSWERS✔-
Remediable tasks
\.Applying topical with jet spray is what type of task? - ANSWERS✔-Irremediable
\.A dental hygienist who applies bleaching solution, activates light source, monitors and
removes in office bleaching materials is performing a ______ task - ANSWERS✔-Remediable
,\.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? - ANSWERS✔-Re-
cementing temp crowns with temp cement
\.The use of a laser or laser type device is considered to be what type of task? - ANSWERS✔-
Irremediable
\.Who may perform emergency remediable tasks under conditions specified in the laws? -
ANSWERS✔-Dental hygienists & assistants
\.How many minutes are equivalent to one hour of continuing education? - ANSWERS✔-50 min
\.What is not an appropriate topic for continuing education? - ANSWERS✔-Chemotherapeutic
agents
\.What is an appropriate educational activity or topic for continuing education? - ANSWERS✔-
Board approved individual study
\.What is an example of a CE a dental hygienist would take? - ANSWERS✔-Pt stress management
\.When are licensees excused from CE? - ANSWERS✔-1st biennium of licensure
\.Who of the following are required to take CE credits? - ANSWERS✔-Practicing hygienist or
dentist
, \.Which of the following is legal of a dentist writing prescriptions? - ANSWERS✔-Writing within
the scope of dentistry
\.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 - ANSWERS✔-False
\.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 - ANSWERS✔-True
\.What must be included in a prescription for a prescription strength fluoride gel? - ANSWERS✔-
Dental license #
\.If the dentist uses anesthesia in his office, his/her staff has to be properly trained in
anticonvulsants. T/F - ANSWERS✔-True
\.Who grants sedation permits? - ANSWERS✔-Board of Dentistry
\.A dental hygienist under the ____ supervision of a dentist may administer local anesthesia,
including intraoral block anesthesia, soft tissue infiltration anesthesia, or both, to a non-sedated
patient who is 15 or older, if they meet criteria outlined in the laws manual - ANSWERS✔-NO
\.Nitrous oxide produces: - ANSWERS✔-Altered state of consciousness
\.With conscious sedation, it must not effect what? - ANSWERS✔-Pt's physical ability
\.What is the minimum oxygen level required when administering nitrous oxide anesthesia? -
ANSWERS✔-25%