Florida Dental Hygiene Laws and Rules Practice
Questions and Answers (A+ Score)
• 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
• Irrigation and evacuation of debris (But not endo) (DA) -✓✓Indirect, who received on-
the-job training
• Placing/removing cotton rolls (DA) -✓✓Indirect, who received on-the-job training
• Retracting lips, cheeks, tongue (DA) -✓✓Indirect, who received on-the-job training
• Making impressions for study casts which are NOT being made for the purpose of
fabricating any intro-oral appliances, restorations or ortho appliances (DA) -✓✓Indirect
• Making impressions to be used for creating opposing models or the fabrication of
bleaching stents, at home topical fluoride trays, and surgical stents for palatal coverage
(DA) -✓✓Indirect
• Applying cavity liners, varnishes or bases (DA) -✓✓Indirect
• Applying topical fluorides, including fluoride varnishes (DA) -✓✓Indirect
• Applying sealants (DA) -✓✓Indirect
• Placing/removing matrices (DA) -✓✓Indirect
• Placing/removing rubber dams (DA) -✓✓Indirect
• Placing/removing perio dressings (DA) -✓✓Indirect
• Removing surgical dressings (DA) -✓✓Indirect
• Placing/removing prescribed pre-treatment separators (DA) -✓✓Indirect
Questions and Answers (A+ Score)
• 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
• Irrigation and evacuation of debris (But not endo) (DA) -✓✓Indirect, who received on-
the-job training
• Placing/removing cotton rolls (DA) -✓✓Indirect, who received on-the-job training
• Retracting lips, cheeks, tongue (DA) -✓✓Indirect, who received on-the-job training
• Making impressions for study casts which are NOT being made for the purpose of
fabricating any intro-oral appliances, restorations or ortho appliances (DA) -✓✓Indirect
• Making impressions to be used for creating opposing models or the fabrication of
bleaching stents, at home topical fluoride trays, and surgical stents for palatal coverage
(DA) -✓✓Indirect
• Applying cavity liners, varnishes or bases (DA) -✓✓Indirect
• Applying topical fluorides, including fluoride varnishes (DA) -✓✓Indirect
• Applying sealants (DA) -✓✓Indirect
• Placing/removing matrices (DA) -✓✓Indirect
• Placing/removing rubber dams (DA) -✓✓Indirect
• Placing/removing perio dressings (DA) -✓✓Indirect
• Removing surgical dressings (DA) -✓✓Indirect
• Placing/removing prescribed pre-treatment separators (DA) -✓✓Indirect
