ADEX DENTAL HYGIENE EXAM 2026
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
ANSWERS
◉ Dental Hygiene. Answer: the rendering of educational, preventative,
and therapeutic dental services and any related extra-oral procedure
required in the performance of services
◉ Governor of Florida. Answer: Who appoints the board of dentistry
members?
◉ Irremediable tasks. Answer: Intraoral treatment tasks which are
irreversible and create unaltered changes within the oral cavity
◉ Remediable tasks. 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
◉ Irremediable. Answer: Applying topical with jet spray is what type of
task?
◉ Remediable. Answer: A dental hygienist who applies bleaching
solution, activates light source, monitors and removes in office
bleaching materials is performing a ______ task
,◉ Re-cementing temp crowns with temp cement. Answer: 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?
◉ Irremediable. Answer: The use of a laser or laser type device is
considered to be what type of task?
◉ Dental hygienists & assistants. Answer: Who may perform emergency
remediable tasks under conditions specified in the laws?
◉ 50 min. Answer: How many minutes are equivalent to one hour of
continuing education?
◉ Chemotherapeutic agents. Answer: What is not an appropriate topic
for continuing education?
◉ Board approved individual study. Answer: What is an appropriate
educational activity or topic for continuing education?
◉ Pt stress management. Answer: What is an example of a CE a dental
hygienist would take?
, ◉ 1st biennium of licensure. Answer: When are licensees excused from
CE?
◉ Practicing hygienist or dentist. Answer: Who of the following are
required to take CE credits?
◉ Writing within the scope of dentistry. Answer: Which of the following
is legal of a dentist writing prescriptions?
◉ False. Answer: 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
◉ True. Answer: 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
◉ Dental license #. Answer: What must be included in a prescription for
a prescription strength fluoride gel?
◉ True. Answer: If the dentist uses anesthesia in his office, his/her staff
has to be properly trained in anticonvulsants. T/F
◉ Board of Dentistry. Answer: Who grants sedation permits?
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
ANSWERS
◉ Dental Hygiene. Answer: the rendering of educational, preventative,
and therapeutic dental services and any related extra-oral procedure
required in the performance of services
◉ Governor of Florida. Answer: Who appoints the board of dentistry
members?
◉ Irremediable tasks. Answer: Intraoral treatment tasks which are
irreversible and create unaltered changes within the oral cavity
◉ Remediable tasks. 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
◉ Irremediable. Answer: Applying topical with jet spray is what type of
task?
◉ Remediable. Answer: A dental hygienist who applies bleaching
solution, activates light source, monitors and removes in office
bleaching materials is performing a ______ task
,◉ Re-cementing temp crowns with temp cement. Answer: 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?
◉ Irremediable. Answer: The use of a laser or laser type device is
considered to be what type of task?
◉ Dental hygienists & assistants. Answer: Who may perform emergency
remediable tasks under conditions specified in the laws?
◉ 50 min. Answer: How many minutes are equivalent to one hour of
continuing education?
◉ Chemotherapeutic agents. Answer: What is not an appropriate topic
for continuing education?
◉ Board approved individual study. Answer: What is an appropriate
educational activity or topic for continuing education?
◉ Pt stress management. Answer: What is an example of a CE a dental
hygienist would take?
, ◉ 1st biennium of licensure. Answer: When are licensees excused from
CE?
◉ Practicing hygienist or dentist. Answer: Who of the following are
required to take CE credits?
◉ Writing within the scope of dentistry. Answer: Which of the following
is legal of a dentist writing prescriptions?
◉ False. Answer: 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
◉ True. Answer: 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
◉ Dental license #. Answer: What must be included in a prescription for
a prescription strength fluoride gel?
◉ True. Answer: If the dentist uses anesthesia in his office, his/her staff
has to be properly trained in anticonvulsants. T/F
◉ Board of Dentistry. Answer: Who grants sedation permits?
