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Florida Laws & Rules (Dental Exam ADEX CDCA) with Complete Solutions 1) 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 2) 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 3) Governor of Florida - Correct answer Who appoints the board of dentistry members? 4) Irremediable tasks - Correct answer Intraoral treatment tasks which are irreversible and create unaltered changes within the oral cavity Page 1 of 37 5) 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 6) Irremediable - Correct answer Applying topical with jet spray is what type of task? 7) Remediable - Correct answer A dental hygienist who applies bleaching solution, activates light source, monitors and removes in office bleaching materials is performing a ______ task 8) 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. 9) What is a remediable task is the hygienist/assistant able to perform? Page 2 of 37 22) True - Correct answer If the dentist uses anesthesia in his office, his/her staff has to be properly trained in anticonvulsants. T/F 23) Board of Dentistry - Correct answer Who grants sedation permits? 24) NO - Correct answer 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 25) Altered state of consciousness - Correct answer Nitrous oxide produces: 26) Pt's physical ability - Correct answer With conscious sedation, it must not effect what? Page 5 of 37 27) 25% - Correct answer What is the minimum oxygen level required when administering nitrous oxide anesthesia? 28) All of these: oxygen tank, EKG machine, bronchodilator, defibrillator, thermometer, and BP cuff - Correct answer What equipment should be present in the ER/recovery rooms when using sedation? 29) False - Correct answer Oral antibiotics are needed in the recovery room when performing sedation in the dental office - T/F 30) Pt of Record - Correct answer A patient who has received radiographs, an exam from dentist and treatment plan is considered: 31) Dentist - Correct answer Who owns the patient records or chart? 32) To another licensed Fl dentist - Correct answer In the event that the dentist dies, where do all the patient of record files go? Page 6 of 37 33) Disinfecting may leave open the possibility of infection - Correct answer The major difference between sterilization and disinfection is: 34) Radiation or wiping down with alcohol - Correct answer What is not a sterilization process 35) Using regular exam gloves - Correct answer When handling soiled instruments - what's not appropriate? 36) CDC - Correct answer Who would be the enforcement of making guidelines and rules for contaminants pertaining to blood, saliva, and other bodily fluids? 37) Eye Wear - Correct answer Which personal protective equipment is not required? Page 7 of 37 47) General Supervision - Correct answer If the dentist is out of the country and calls his office to instruct his staff to do a procedure on a patient, what supervision is this? 48) Indirect - Correct answer What is the supervision level for making bleaching trays for dental hygienist? 49) General - Correct answer A dental hygienist may polish clinical crowns with what level of supervision? 50) Direct - Correct answer A dental assistant may polish clinical crowns with 51) General - Correct answer A dental hygienist may apply topical anesthetic with 52) Direct - Correct answer A dental assistant may apply topical anesthetic with Page 10 of 37 53) General - Correct answer If a hygienist is in a non-health access setting and a patient is in need of sealants, the hygienist must perform sealants under which supervision? 54) Indirect - Correct answer A dental hygienist may place subgingival chlorhexidine with 55) Indirect - Correct answer A dental hygienist may marginate restorations with 56) General - Correct answer A dental hygienist performing home care on a patient who is now in an assisted living center is working under which supervision level 57) After radiographs - Correct answer When does the dentist see the patient Page 11 of 37 58) Another dentist - Correct answer If a doctor of record is out of town and a patient comes to the office with acute conditions, who can diagnose the patient? 59) Analgesia - Correct answer Absence of pain without loss of consciousness 60) Anesthesia - Correct answer The loss of feeling or sensation, especially the loss of sensation of pain 61) Local anesthesia - Correct answer The loss of sensation of pain in a specific area of the body, generally produced by a topically applied agent or injected agent without causing the loss of consciousness 62) General Anesthesia - Correct answer Controlled state of unconsciousness, produced by pharmacologic agent, accompanied by a partial or complete loss of protective reflexes, including the inability to independently maintain airway and respond purposefully to Page 12 of 37 73) treat as infectious materials - Correct answer Impressions for appliances or models sent to labs must be labeled as: 74) A handwriting sample - Correct answer In accepting a license to practice, you must consent to: 75) In investigations you have to provide these: 76) All of these: placing pre-treatment separators; selecting bands, arch wires, or expansion appliances; removing excess cement with non-mechanical hand instruments - Correct answer Which of the following are remediable tasks? 77) Placing sealants & removing sutures - Correct answer What is under general supervision for RDH? 78) Root planing if pt hasn't been pre-examined - Correct answer In an emergency, what is a violation of the law? Page 15 of 37 79) maintain own airway - Correct answer In conscious sedation, the patient must be able to: 80) Monitoring and turning the unit off - Correct answer Which of the following is allowed when an auxiliary is utilizing N2O2? 81) It is reversible and does not create unalterable changes within the oral cavity and does not cause an increased risk to the patient - Correct answer What is the definition of a remediable task? 82) CPR certification with defib - Correct answer For licensure renewal an RDH needs 24 hours of CE plus: 83) A statement of specific services and authorized frequency - Correct answer A prescription for the services of an RDH must contain Page 16 of 37 84) Grounds for disciplinary action - Correct answer Being unable to practice with reasonable skill and safety during an illness or use of drugs/narcotics is a 85) Given to the patient - Correct answer The original Rx for DH services is 86) A qualified anesthetist performing a dental operation with a licensed dentist - Correct answer All of the following are exempt from chapter 466 except 87) See a DDS within 3 days - Correct answer After having an emergency task performed on him/her, a patient must 88) Submit a sworn affidavit listing the date, location, sponsor, subject matter, and hours of completed education - Correct answer In applying for renewal, the RDH shall Page 17 of 37 100) No supervision - Correct answer To provide educational programs in elementary institutions, an RDH needs 101) The BoD cannot limit in an HRS institution - Correct answer The BoD can limit the number of hygienists in an HRD program to 102) A rebuttable presumption of guilts to underlying criminal charges - Correct answer A plea of no lo contender creates 103) Ensure that every dentist and hygienist in the state meets the minimum requirements for safe practice - Correct answer The legislative purpose of chapter 466 is to 104) Jane Doe, DMD, general dentist, practice limited to orthodontics - Correct answer The correct wording for a non- specialist, limiting his/her practice to orthodontics is Page 20 of 37 105) Null & void - Correct answer After 4 years, an inactive license becomes 106) Advertising dentist may claim he/she gives superior treatment - Correct answer Which of the following is not allowed 107) Flame burs - Correct answer When polishing an amalgam restoration, the hygienist may not use 108) At the time when the dentist of record cannot pre-examine the patient - Correct answer When a patient is in discomfort due to the loss of a periodontal dressing, when can the hygienist replace the dressing? 109) Full discipline over a licensee but no disciplinary power over an applicant - Correct answer The board has Page 21 of 37 110) Direct supervision/formal training - Correct answer Dental assistants can cement temp crown and bridges with temp cement under 111) No - Correct answer Can the BoD put a dentist or hygienist in jail? 112) None - Correct answer How many times in a biennium can one become inactive, reactive, and inactive again? 113) Oxygen only - Correct answer What can be mixed with N2O2 for inhalation analgesia? 114) Dept of Dentistry - Correct answer Any violations of the rules and laws are reported to the 115) No - Correct answer If John Doe comes to the office for his first visit and the dentist is out of town, can the hygienist prophy? Page 22 of 37 127) Fine, restriction, revocation of license - Correct answer In the practice of dentistry, the BoD may impose 128) RDH license # - Correct answer What must be on the script for the services of an RDH 129) Felony - Correct answer Using false or forged evidence to obtain a license constitutes 130) initial app for licensure denied - Correct answer If an applicant practices dental hygiene before obtaining a license, what action is taken 131) The licensee - Correct answer If you have been issued a license by the BoD through an error, who is responsible? 132) All of these --> in the office of a Fl licensed dentist, in a public health program, in the home of a non-ambulatory patient of record, Page 25 of 37 and in a government institution - Correct answer Where is a hygienist allowed to work? 133) Securing or unsecuring an archwire by attaching or removing fastening devices - Correct answer Which of the following constitutes an emergency remediable task? 134) Infected with the hep-B virus surface antigen and hep-B e- antigen - Correct answer Being sero-positive for HBSAG means that 135) The time when the reliability of any negative results can be diminished - Correct answer The window period is 136) Exposed to a chemical agent - Correct answer All heat sensitive instruments must be Page 26 of 37 137) A qualified anesthetist giving anesthesia under supervision of a Fl licensed dentist - Correct answer All of the following are exempt from chapter 466 except 138) Dept of Health - Correct answer If someone violates chapter 466 and 64B5, who should it be reported to? 139) In the home of an ambulatory patient - Correct answer In which of the following settings may a hygienist NOT perform her duties 140) Contour ortho bands - Correct answer Which of the following can a hygienist NOT perform 141) When they are teaching full time in a school of dental hygiene - Correct answer When is a hygienist exempt from CE courses 142) Assistant & hygienist - Correct answer Who can remove sutures Page 27 of 37 153) Physician - Correct answer Who would NOT see an emergency patient if the dentists is on vacation 154) Outline of course - Correct answer What would a hygienist not have to include for certification for a course for a conference 155) Can be suspended until they follow the order from the board - Correct answer If patient reports drug or alcohol abuse to the board and the dentist refuses to be tested 156) Provide authorized fluoride rinse programs - Correct answer What can an RDH do without supervision 157) Indirect - Correct answer Making impressions for creating opposing models or fabrication of bleach stents and surgical stents to be used for providing palatal coverage falls under which supervision for an RDH Page 30 of 37 158) No supervision necessary - Correct answer OHI can be given by an RDH under what supervision 159) Remove calculus, accretions, or stain above (or below) the gumline - Correct answer A dental assistant is not allowed to 160) All of these --> ADA or ADHA, hospitals approved by US dept of edu, or dental school accredited by the ADA commission on dental accreditation - Correct answer CE's can be taken through 161) All of these --> dept of health, dept of juvenile justice, dept of child and family services - Correct answer There no limit on the number of auxiliaries: 162) Applying sealants - Correct answer A hygienist can ask an assistant to help perform which of the following 163) False - Correct answer In order to prescribe chlorhexidine or fl rinse, a dentist must hold a dispensing permit - T/F Page 31 of 37 164) Deep sedation - Correct answer Which of the following is a controlled state of depressed consciousness 165) For the first renewal - Correct answer HIV/AIDs course must be taken when? 166) Publisher's name - Correct answer When presenting a CE, one does not have to keep documentation of 167) Review the number of reminder calls made that day - Correct answer A hepatitis monitor is not required to 168) Radiographs - Correct answer A patient of record must have all the following except 169) Place sutures - Correct answer An auxiliary may perform all the following in an emergency without pre-exam from dentist except Page 32 of 37 186) No - Correct answer Can you do research for CE? 187) Unlicensed - Correct answer Is a lab tech licensed or unlicensed? 188) Must appear before the board - Correct answer first time offenders get 30 days pay fees 189) vs 2nd time offenders have to: 190) Reviews 191) Issues - Correct answer Agency of Health Care Admin ____ citations 192) Bureau of Investigative Services _____ 193) citations 194) Dental Malpractice - Correct answer 3 or more claims within 5 year resulting in payment over 25K b/c of judgement / settlement b/c of negligent conduct of part of dentist Page 35 of 37 195) Administrative Commission - Correct answer The governor and cabinet make up what? 196) Tallahassee - Correct answer BoD headquarters in? 197) Advise only - Correct answer The councils that advise the BoD job is to what only? 198) Council in Dental Hygiene 199) Council on Dental Assisting 200) Committee on Continuing Professional Education 201) Senate - Correct answer Who confirms the members of the BoD? Page 36 of 37 202) CE Broker - Correct answer Program used to register CE credits (no board requirement to use it) 203) Random, no need to send proof unless audited - Correct answer Protocol for CE tracking? 204) Dispensing Practitioners - Correct answer Refers to dentists who in their offices fill the prescriptions they write 205) Prohibited - Correct answer Practice in a private sector is ___________ when on military status 206) Delinquent - Correct answer Fail to renew license or elect inactive status before license expires shall be what status name? 207) Void - Correct answer Fail to renew before expiration of licensure cycle ins which the licensee became delinquent shall _______ the license Page 37 of 37