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NC DENTAL LAWS PRACTICE EXAM 400 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR
Question: Who is legally able to perform Sulcular Irrigation? Choose all that apply.
Select one or more:
a. dental hygienist
b. DA II
c. DA I - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a
Question: Laws that govern the practice of dentistry and dental hygiene are made by the
NCSBDE.
Select one:
True
False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔false
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Question: In an investigative panel hearing concerning alleged substance abuse by Suri Ididit,
RDH, a licensed NC dental hygienist, all members of the board can vote in this hearing except:
Select one:
a. Consumer
b. Dentist
c. Hygienist - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a
Question: When is the dental hygienist exempt from the direct supervision requirement?
Select one:
a. while working in a private practice
b. while working under the limited supervision requirement
c. while working for the Dept. Of Human Resources as a public health hygienist
d. either b or c
e. a dental hygienist is never exempt from the direct supervision requirement - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔d
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Question: If the Board does not automatically send a licensed dental hygienist a renewal
application, the dental hygienist does not have to renew his/her license until the Board sends
the application.
Select one:
True
False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔false
Question: If an application for license renewal is not received by the Board on _______, the
person will be considered practicing dental hygiene without a license.
Select one:
a. January 31
b. January 1
c. March 1
d. March 31 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d
Q:Who is legally able to write a lab work order? Choose all that apply.
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Select one or more:
a. DA II
b. dental hygienist
c. DA I - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔all of the above
Question: Who can legally polish a denture extraorally with a work order? Choose all that
apply.
Select one or more:
a. dental hygienist
b. DA II
c. DA I - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔all of the above
Question: A DAII may legally polish the coronal portion of a tooth after completing _______ -
hours of didactic and _______ - hours of clinical instruction.
Select one:
a. 4, 3
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NC DENTAL LAWS PRACTICE EXAM 400 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR
Question: Who is legally able to perform Sulcular Irrigation? Choose all that apply.
Select one or more:
a. dental hygienist
b. DA II
c. DA I - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a
Question: Laws that govern the practice of dentistry and dental hygiene are made by the
NCSBDE.
Select one:
True
False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔false
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SUCCESS!
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Question: In an investigative panel hearing concerning alleged substance abuse by Suri Ididit,
RDH, a licensed NC dental hygienist, all members of the board can vote in this hearing except:
Select one:
a. Consumer
b. Dentist
c. Hygienist - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a
Question: When is the dental hygienist exempt from the direct supervision requirement?
Select one:
a. while working in a private practice
b. while working under the limited supervision requirement
c. while working for the Dept. Of Human Resources as a public health hygienist
d. either b or c
e. a dental hygienist is never exempt from the direct supervision requirement - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔d
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Question: If the Board does not automatically send a licensed dental hygienist a renewal
application, the dental hygienist does not have to renew his/her license until the Board sends
the application.
Select one:
True
False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔false
Question: If an application for license renewal is not received by the Board on _______, the
person will be considered practicing dental hygiene without a license.
Select one:
a. January 31
b. January 1
c. March 1
d. March 31 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d
Q:Who is legally able to write a lab work order? Choose all that apply.
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Select one or more:
a. DA II
b. dental hygienist
c. DA I - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔all of the above
Question: Who can legally polish a denture extraorally with a work order? Choose all that
apply.
Select one or more:
a. dental hygienist
b. DA II
c. DA I - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔all of the above
Question: A DAII may legally polish the coronal portion of a tooth after completing _______ -
hours of didactic and _______ - hours of clinical instruction.
Select one:
a. 4, 3
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