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Dental Hygiene Exam 2023/2024, Exams of Dentistry

Questions and answers related to dental hygiene laws, regulations, and practices in Florida. It covers topics such as legislative purpose and intent, board of dentistry members, delegation of tasks, continuing education requirements, anesthesia and sedation, and emergency equipment. useful information for dental hygiene students and professionals preparing for exams or seeking to refresh their knowledge.

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2022/2023

Available from 11/27/2023

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Download Dental Hygiene Exam 2023/2024 and more Exams Dentistry in PDF only on Docsity! 1[Date] 2 Dental Hygiene Exam 2023/2024 Latest updated. 2[Date] 2 1. 466.001- Legislative Purpose and Intent (Purpose of the law) - Correct answer Ensure that every dentist or dental hygienist practicing 5[Date] 2 and care of conditions within the human oral cavity and adjacent tissues and structures. 6[Date] 2 3. Dental Hygiene - Correct answer ______ is the rendering of educational, preventive and therapeutic dental services and any 7[Date] 2 related extra oral procedure required in the performance of services. 4. Board of Dentistry members include: - 10[Date] 2 appointment on BOD. 9. Must remain in clinical practice while on BOD 10. How many term years do dental 11[Date] 2 hygiene board members serve? - Correct answer 4 11. What is the maximum number of years a board member may 12[Date] 2 serve? - Correct answer 10 12. Who appoints the BOD members? - Correct answer Governor of Florida 15[Date] 2 except as provided by law 15. -Remediable tasks may be delegated if they pose no risk 16[Date] 2 16. -May only delegate remediable tasks defined by law or rule 17[Date] 2 17. -Dentists delegate NON- dentists 18. Authorization for irremediable tasks under general supervision is - 20[Date] 2 structures? - Correct answer Irremediable (anesthetic) 21. Intraoral treatment tasks which are reversible 21[Date] 2 and do not create unalterable changes within the oral cavity or structures and do not cause an increased risk to the patient? - Correct 22[Date] 2 answer Remediable tasks (rubber dam, matrix band, polish amalgam) 22. Applying topical with jet spray is 25[Date] 2 24. The practicing dentist is out of the country and a patient comes into the office with an emergency. Which remediable task is 26[Date] 2 the hygienist/assistant able to perform? - Correct answer Recementing temporary crown with temporary cement. 27[Date] 2 25. The use of laser or a laser type device is considered to be what type of task? - Correct answer Irremediable 30[Date] 2 requirements due to hardship. 28. -You have the option to be placed on inactive status if you pay the inactive status fee. 31[Date] 2 29. How many CE hours are required for dental hygienists? - Correct answer 24 credits biennially 32[Date] 2 30. How many CE hours are required for dentists? - Correct answer 30 credits biennially 31. How many minutes are 35[Date] 2 participation of less than 25 minutes. 33. Extra CE credits - Correct answer - Up to 11 CE Hrs for being expert witness 36[Date] 2 34. -Up to 3 CE Hrs for each semester teaching 35. -Up to 4 CE Hrs for attending BOD discipline meeting 37[Date] 2 36. Pro Bono CE Credit - Correct answer 1 CE for every 1 Hr of Pro Bono Work. Max 7Hrs Biennium 40[Date] 2 39. Which is an appropriate educational activity or topic for CE? - Correct answer Board approved individual study 41[Date] 2 40. Which of the following is an example of a CE a dental hygienist would take? - Correct answer Patient Stress Management 42[Date] 2 41. When are licensees excused from CE? - Correct answer In the 1st biennium of licensure 45[Date] 2 hygienist and dentist 44. A DDS or DH takes a 10 hr. course on HIV/AIDS. The remaining 9 hrs. 46[Date] 2 could count toward their 24/ 30 hrs. required for license renewal ? - Correct answer True 45. If 40 hrs of CE are taken in 1 47[Date] 2 biennium, the remaining hours taken can count towards the renewal requirement for the next biennium? - Correct answer False 50[Date] 2 mechanism to assure compliance a. Dentist MUST have CPR training every 2 years and resuscitation 51[Date] 2 equipment in good working order. 48. Can a dental hygienist prescribe fluoride or chlorhexidine to a pt of record? - Correct 52[Date] 2 answer -Hygienists can only recommend fl and chlorhexidine, not prescribe it. 49. -Some pts will not buy 55[Date] 2 51. DDS name, address, and license# 52. -Name, business address, license# of DH 56[Date] 2 53. -Statement of specific services authorized 54. -Statement of frequency 57[Date] 2 55. -ORIGINAL Rx is given to Patient. Copy goes in their chart 56. Which of the following is legal of a DDS writing Rx? - 60[Date] 2 answer DDS license number 59. Analgesia - Correct answer Absence of pain without loss of consciousness 61[Date] 2 60. Anesthesia - Correct answer the loss of feeling or sensation, especially loss of the sensation of pain. 62[Date] 2 61. Local Anesthesia - Correct answer the loss of sensation of pain in a specific area of the body, generally produced 65[Date] 2 accompanied by a partial or complete loss of protective reflexes, including the ability to independently maintain an airway and respond 66[Date] 2 purposefully to physical stimulation or verbal command. This modality includes administration of meds via parenteral 67[Date] 2 routes (oral, rectal or transmucosal) 63. Deep Sedation - Correct answer a controlled state of depressed consciousness 70[Date] 2 Correct answer True 65. Anesthesia permit - Correct answer $35 application fee 71[Date] 2 66. Certified copy of transcripts from school 67. Diploma 68. Copy of CPR card 72[Date] 2 69. If the DDS uses anesthesia in the office, the staff must be trained in anticonvulsants? - Correct answer True 75[Date] 2 73. DH works under _________ supervision. - Correct answer Direct; Indirect 74. Conscious and General Sedation 76[Date] 2 requirements - Correct answer - 60 didactic hours 75. -2 people must be present in order for DDS to perform conscious sedation 77[Date] 2 76. -3 people must be present in order for DDS to perform general sedation 77. Nitrous Oxide - Correct answer - 80[Date] 2 80. Any DDS practicing in FL must notify the BOD in writing by registered mail, postmarked within ______ hrs of any mortality or other 81[Date] 2 incident occurring in the outpatient facilities - Correct answer 48 81. A complete written report shall be filed with the 82[Date] 2 BOD within ______ days of the mortality or other incident. - Correct answer 30 days 82. A DH under the ________ 85[Date] 2 83. Nitrous Oxide produces an - Correct answer altered state of consciousness 86[Date] 2 84. With conscious sedation: i. the patient must be slightly awake ii. the patient must be under 100lbs 87[Date] 2 iii. must not effect physical ability - Correct answer c) must not effect physical ability 90[Date] 2 related to or the result of the administering of local anesthesia. A complete written report shall be filed with the BOD within _____ of the 91[Date] 2 mortality or other adverse occurrence. - Correct answer 24 hours; 30 days 87. What equipment should be present 92[Date] 2 in ER/recovery rooms when using sedation? - Correct answer O2 tank 88. EKG machine 89. Defibrillator 90. Thermometer 91. BP cuff 95[Date] 2 dental office? - Correct answer False 94. A patient who has received xrays, exam from DDS and Tx plan is 96[Date] 2 considered _______ - Correct answer Pt of record 95. Pt records - Correct answer - Dentist of record shall be primarily 97[Date] 2 responsible regardless of who provides tx 96. -Tx rendered by someone else in office must be