Florida Dental Laws and Rules Exam: Detailed Answers, Exams of Law

Precise and detailed answers related to florida dental laws and rules, focusing on the roles and responsibilities of dental assistants (da) and dental hygienists (dh). It covers a range of procedures, specifying whether they can be performed under direct, indirect, or general supervision. This resource is useful for dental professionals preparing for exams or seeking clarification on legal guidelines.

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Florida || Dental || Laws || and || Rules || Exam || with || precise || detailed ||
answers
Prepare || a || tooth || with || condition || agents || for || placement || of || sealants || or || orthodontic || appliances || (DA) || - ||
✔✔Direct
Charting || existing || oral || conditions || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct
Packing || and || removing || retraction || cord || w/o || vasoconstrictors || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct
Removing || and || re-cementing || properly || contoured || and || fitted || loose || bands || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct
Place || or || remove || temp || restorations || w/ || non || mechanical || hand || instruments || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct
Polish || amalgams, || not || changing || contour || only || w/ || slow || speed || handpiece || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct
Polish || clinical || crowns || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct
Remove || excess || cement || from || dental || restorations || & || appliances || w/ || non-mechanical || hand ||
instruments || only || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct
Select || & || pre-size || archwires || as || long || as || dentist || makes || final || adjustment || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct
Select || & || pre-size || ortho || bands, || but || not || fit || bands || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct
Select || prescribed || extra || oral || appliances, || does || not || include || final || adjustment || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct
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Florida || Dental || Laws || and || Rules || Exam || with || precise || detailed ||

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Prepare || a || tooth || with || condition || agents || for || placement || of || sealants || or || orthodontic || appliances || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct Charting || existing || oral || conditions || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct Packing || and || removing || retraction || cord || w/o || vasoconstrictors || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct Removing || and || re-cementing || properly || contoured || and || fitted || loose || bands || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct Place || or || remove || temp || restorations || w/ || non || mechanical || hand || instruments || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct Polish || amalgams, || not || changing || contour || only || w/ || slow || speed || handpiece || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct Polish || clinical || crowns || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct Remove || excess || cement || from || dental || restorations || & || appliances || w/ || non-mechanical || hand || instruments || only || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct Select || & || pre-size || archwires || as || long || as || dentist || makes || final || adjustment || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct Select || & || pre-size || ortho || bands, || but || not || fit || bands || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct Select || prescribed || extra || oral || appliances, || does || not || include || final || adjustment || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct

Cementing || temp || crown || & || bridges || w/ || temp || cement || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct Fabricating || temp || crowns || & || bridges || intraorally || (w/o || adj || occl) || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct Inserting || & || removing || alveolar || dressings || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct Monitoring || Nitrous || Oxide || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct Making || Impressions || for || study || models || to || fabricate || ortho || retainers || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct Taking || impressions || for || and || delivery || of || at-home || bleaching || trays || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct Taking || impression || for || passive || appliance, || occlusal || guards, || space || maintainers || and || protective || mouth || guards || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct Changing || Bleach || pellets || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct, || who || received || on-the-job || training Applying || topical || anesthetics || & || anti-inflammatory || agents || which || are || not || applied || by || aerosol || or || jet || spray || (DA) || - || ✔✔Direct, || who || received || on-the-job || training Removing || excess || cement || from || ortho || appliances || with || hand || instruments || (DA) || - || ✔✔Indirect, || who || received || on-the-job || training Taking/recording || pts || vital || signs || (DA) || - || ✔✔Indirect, || who || received || on-the-job || training

Placing/removing || prescribed || pre-treatment || separators || (DA) || - || ✔✔Indirect Positioning || & || exposing || x-rays || (DA) || - || ✔✔Indirect Removing || sutures || (DA) || - || ✔✔Indirect Fabricating || tem || crowns || & || bridges || int || he || lab || (DA) || - || ✔✔General, || who || received || on-the-job || training Providing || educational || programs, || fluroide || programs || & || other || programs || w/o || diagnosis || (DA) || - || ✔✔General, || who || received || on-the-job || training OHI || (DA) || - || ✔✔General, || who || received || on-the-job || training Providing || educational || programs, || fluoride || programs || and || other || programs || w/o || diagnosis || (DH) || - || ✔✔No || supervision Retracting || lips, || cheeks, || tongue || (DH) || - || ✔✔General, || who || received || training || in || pre-licensure || or || on- the-job Taking/recording || vital || signs || (DH) || - || ✔✔General, || who || received || training || in || pre-licensure || or || on-the- job Prophylaxis || (DH) || - || ✔✔General Positioning/exposing || x-rays || (DH) || - || ✔✔General Preassess || and || charting || of || rest || and || suspected || findings || (DH) || - || ✔✔General

Placing/removing || perio/surg || dressings || (DH) || - || ✔✔General Removing || excess || cement || from || restorations || w/ || hand || instruments || and || scalers || (DH) || - || ✔✔General Removing || sutures || (DH) || - || ✔✔General Insert || and/or || perform || minor || adjustments || to || sports || guards || andcustom || fluoride || trays || (DH) || - || ✔✔General || (diff || from || doc) Applying || topical || anesthetics || and || anti-inflammatory || agents || which || are || NOT || applied || by || aerosol || or || jet || spray || (DH) || - || ✔✔General, || who || received || training || in || pre-licensure || ed || or || on-the-job Obtaining || bacteriological || specimens, || not || cutting || tissue || (DH) || - || ✔✔General, || who || received || training || in || pre-licensure || ed || or || on-the-job Placing/removing || cotton || rolls || (DH) || - || ✔✔General, || who || received || training || in || pre-licensure || ed || or || on- the-job Placing/removing || temp || restoration || with || non || mechanical || instruments || only || (DH) || - || ✔✔General, || who || received || training || in || pre-licensure || ed || or || on-the-job Irrigation || of || debris || (but || no || endo) || (DH) || - || ✔✔General, || who || received || training || in || pre-licensure || ed || or || on-the-job Fabricating || temp || and || crown || and || bridge || in || the || lab || (DH) || - || ✔✔General, || who || received || training || in || pre-licensure || ed || or || on-the-job

Cementing || temp || crown || and || bridge || with || temp || cement || (DH) || - || ✔✔Indirect || (diff || from || doc) Marginating || restorations || w/ || finishing || burs, || green || stones || and/or || burlew || wheels || w. || slow-speed || rotary || instruments, || which || are || not || for || the || purpose || of || changing || existing || contours || or || occlusion || (DH) ||

  • || ✔✔Indirect || (diff || from || doc) Monitoring || Nitrous || Oxide, || turn || off || nitrous || (DH) || - || ✔✔Indirect || (diff || from || doc) Applying || cavity || liners, || varnishes || & || bases || (DH) || - || ✔✔Indirect Placing || subgingival || chlorhexidine || & || doxycycline || or || minocycline || (DH) || - || ✔✔Indirect Placing/removing || rubber || dams || (DH) || - || ✔✔Indirect Placing/removing || matrices || (DH) || - || ✔✔Indirect Root || planing || (DH) || - || ✔✔Indirect Removal || of || excess || remaining || bonding || adhesive || or || cement || following || ortho || appliance || removal || w/slow || speed || rotary || intrument, || hand || instruments || or || ultrasonic || (DH) || - || ✔✔Indirect Securing/unsecuring || arch || wires || by || attaching || or || removing || the || fastening || device || (DH) || - || ✔✔Indirect Taking || impressions || for || study || casts || which || are || not || being || made || for || the || purpose || of || fabricating || any || intro-oral || appliances, || restorations || or || ortho || appliances || (DH) || - || ✔✔Indirect Fabricating || temp || crowns || or || bridges || intra || orally, || not || to || include || adjustment || of || occlusion || (DH) || - || ✔✔Direct

Removing || and || re-cementing || properly || fitting || loose || bands || (DH) || - || ✔✔Direct Changing || bleach || pellets || in || the || internal || bleaching || process || of || non-vital, || endo || treated || teeth || after || the || placement || of || a || rubber || dam || (DH) || - || ✔✔Direct, || who || received || on-the-job || training Fabricating || temp || crowns || or || bridges || intra-orally || (w/o || adju || occlusion) || (DH) || - || ✔✔Direct Gingival || curettage || (DH) || - || ✔✔Direct Inserting || or || removing || post || op || osteitis || dressings || (DH) || - || ✔✔Direct Packing/removing || retraction || cord || (No || vasoconstictor) || (DH) || - || ✔✔Direct Selecting || & || pre-sizing || ortho || bands, || including || the || selection || of || the || proper || size || band || for || a || tooth || to || be || banded || which || does || not || include || or || involve || any || adapting, || contouring, || trimming || or || cementing, || or || otherwise || modifying || the || band || material || such || that || it || would || constitute || fitting || the || band || - || ✔✔Direct Selecting || prescribed || extra || oral || appl || (DH) || - || ✔✔Direct Selecting || and || pre-sizing || arch-wires || prescribed || by || the || pts || dentist || (DH) || - || ✔✔Direct Preparing || tooth || surface || by || applying || conditioning || agents || for || ortho || appliances || (sealant || materials || which || do || not || include || placing || brackets) || (DH) || - || ✔✔Direct Apply || bleaching || solution, || activate || light || source, || monitor || and || remove || in-office || bleaching || materials || (DH) || - || ✔✔Direct

2 || Changing || bleach || pellets || in || the || internal || bleaching || process || of || non || vital, || endo || treated || tooth || after || placement || of || a || rubber || damn A || DA || who || has || on-the-job || training || may || perform || 5 || tasks || under || INDIRECT || supervision? || - || ✔✔1. || Retraction || of || lips, || cheek || and || tongue

  1. || Irrigation || & || evacuation || of || debris || not || to || include || endo
  2. || Placement || and || removal || of || cotton || rolls
  3. || Taking || & || recording || pts || vital || signs
  4. || Removing || excess || cement || from || ortho || appl. || w/ || non-mechanical || instr. || only A || DA || who || has || on-the-job || training || may || perform || 3 || tasks || under || GENERAL || supervision? || - || ✔✔1. || Instructing || pt || in || OH || care || & || supervising || OH || care
  5. || Provide || ed || programs, || faculty || or || staff || programs || and || other || ed || services || which || do || not || involve || diagnosis || or || treatment
  6. || Fabricating || temp || crowns || or || bridges || in || LAB