DENTAL HYGIENE LAW AND ETHICS (CALIFORNIA PART I) EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED PASS
BRAND NEW 2026
Oral Prophylaxis - - CORRECT ANSWER - >preventive and therapeutic
procedures including bacterial debridement with complete removal of
sub and supragingival calculus, soft deposits, plaque and stains.
*OBJECTIVE: maintain healthy hard and soft tissue*
Hygienists licensed before December 31, 2005 may perform all RDA
functions. -
- CORRECT ANSWER - >True
All hygienists licensed on or after January 1, 2006 must apply for a RDA
license separately in order to perform RDA functions. - - CORRECT
ANSWER - >True
The practice of dental hygiene includes:
-dental hygiene assessment
-development -planning
implementation of a
dental hygiene care plan
Also includes:
-health education
-counseling
-health screenings - - CORRECT ANSWER - >True
,Dental hygiene practice does NOT include: - - CORRECT ANSWER -
>Diagnosis
-Comprehensive treatment planning
-Placing, condensing, carving or removal of permanent restorations
-Surgery or cutting of hard or soft tissue
-Prescribing medication
-Administering local/general/oral or parenteral conscious sedation
EXCEPT for the administration of N2O2 whether alone or in
combination with each other
A RDH is authorized to perform the following procedures under DIRECT
supervision -
- CORRECT ANSWER - >*Soft tissue curettage
*Administration of local anesthesia
*Administration of N2O2, whether alone or in combination with each
other
Courses of instruction for direct supervision duties added to the scope
of practice of dental hygiene on or after July 1, 2009, shall be submitted
b the committee for approval by the dental board. - - CORRECT
ANSWER - >True
Duties that an RDH is authorized to perform under GENERAL
supervision - - CORRECT ANSWER - >-
Preventive and therapeutic interventions including oral prophylaxis,
scaling, and root planing -taking impressions for bleach trays and
application and activation of agents with nonlaser light curing devices -
,taking impressions for bleach trays and placements of in-office, tooth
whitening devices
Procedures a RDH may provide without supervision - - CORRECT
ANSWER - >-educational services, oral health training programs, oral
health screenings
-refer any screened patients with possible oral abnormalities to a DDS
for comprehensive tx, diagnosis, and tx plan
-application of fluorides and pit and fissure sealants
How many days after a licensee changes his or her address shall they
notify the committee of the change? - - CORRECT ANSWER - >within 30
days
A licensee who changes his or her legal name shall provide the
committee with documentation of change within ________ days. - -
CORRECT ANSWER - >10
If not renewed, a license issued under the provisions, unless specifically
excepted expires at ___________________ on the ___________ day of
the month of the legal birth date of the licensee during the
______________ year of a two-year term. - - CORRECT ANSWER - >12
midnight, last, second
A licensee may have his or her license revoked or suspended, or may be
reprimanded or placed on probation by the committee for
__________________________, incompetence,
, ___________________________, repeated acts of negligence in his or
her profession, receiving a license by mistake, or for any other cause
applicable to the licentiate provided. - - CORRECT ANSWER -
>unprofessional conduct, gross negligence
A licensee may have his or her license revoked or suspended, or may be
reprimanded or placed on probation by the ___________________, for
conviction of a crime substantially related to the licensee's
qualifications, functions or duties. - - CORRECT ANSWER - >committee
The record of conviction or a copy certified by the ___________ of the
court or by the judge whose court the conviction occurred shall be
conclusive evidence of ______________. - - CORRECT ANSWER - >clerk,
conviction
A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of
___________________ made to charge of a felony or any misdemeanor
substantially related to the licensee's qualifications, functions, or duties
deemed to be a conviction within the meaning of this section. - -
CORRECT ANSWER - >nolo contendere
The committee may reprimand a licensee or order a license suspended
or revoked, or placed on probation or may decline to issue a license,
when any of the following occur: -
- CORRECT ANSWER - >1. The time for appeal has elapsed
2. The judgment of conviction has been affirmed on appeal
3. An order granting probation is made suspending the imposition of
sentence, irrespective of a subsequent order under any provision of
the Penal code allowing them to withdraw his/her guilty plea.
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED PASS
BRAND NEW 2026
Oral Prophylaxis - - CORRECT ANSWER - >preventive and therapeutic
procedures including bacterial debridement with complete removal of
sub and supragingival calculus, soft deposits, plaque and stains.
*OBJECTIVE: maintain healthy hard and soft tissue*
Hygienists licensed before December 31, 2005 may perform all RDA
functions. -
- CORRECT ANSWER - >True
All hygienists licensed on or after January 1, 2006 must apply for a RDA
license separately in order to perform RDA functions. - - CORRECT
ANSWER - >True
The practice of dental hygiene includes:
-dental hygiene assessment
-development -planning
implementation of a
dental hygiene care plan
Also includes:
-health education
-counseling
-health screenings - - CORRECT ANSWER - >True
,Dental hygiene practice does NOT include: - - CORRECT ANSWER -
>Diagnosis
-Comprehensive treatment planning
-Placing, condensing, carving or removal of permanent restorations
-Surgery or cutting of hard or soft tissue
-Prescribing medication
-Administering local/general/oral or parenteral conscious sedation
EXCEPT for the administration of N2O2 whether alone or in
combination with each other
A RDH is authorized to perform the following procedures under DIRECT
supervision -
- CORRECT ANSWER - >*Soft tissue curettage
*Administration of local anesthesia
*Administration of N2O2, whether alone or in combination with each
other
Courses of instruction for direct supervision duties added to the scope
of practice of dental hygiene on or after July 1, 2009, shall be submitted
b the committee for approval by the dental board. - - CORRECT
ANSWER - >True
Duties that an RDH is authorized to perform under GENERAL
supervision - - CORRECT ANSWER - >-
Preventive and therapeutic interventions including oral prophylaxis,
scaling, and root planing -taking impressions for bleach trays and
application and activation of agents with nonlaser light curing devices -
,taking impressions for bleach trays and placements of in-office, tooth
whitening devices
Procedures a RDH may provide without supervision - - CORRECT
ANSWER - >-educational services, oral health training programs, oral
health screenings
-refer any screened patients with possible oral abnormalities to a DDS
for comprehensive tx, diagnosis, and tx plan
-application of fluorides and pit and fissure sealants
How many days after a licensee changes his or her address shall they
notify the committee of the change? - - CORRECT ANSWER - >within 30
days
A licensee who changes his or her legal name shall provide the
committee with documentation of change within ________ days. - -
CORRECT ANSWER - >10
If not renewed, a license issued under the provisions, unless specifically
excepted expires at ___________________ on the ___________ day of
the month of the legal birth date of the licensee during the
______________ year of a two-year term. - - CORRECT ANSWER - >12
midnight, last, second
A licensee may have his or her license revoked or suspended, or may be
reprimanded or placed on probation by the committee for
__________________________, incompetence,
, ___________________________, repeated acts of negligence in his or
her profession, receiving a license by mistake, or for any other cause
applicable to the licentiate provided. - - CORRECT ANSWER -
>unprofessional conduct, gross negligence
A licensee may have his or her license revoked or suspended, or may be
reprimanded or placed on probation by the ___________________, for
conviction of a crime substantially related to the licensee's
qualifications, functions or duties. - - CORRECT ANSWER - >committee
The record of conviction or a copy certified by the ___________ of the
court or by the judge whose court the conviction occurred shall be
conclusive evidence of ______________. - - CORRECT ANSWER - >clerk,
conviction
A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of
___________________ made to charge of a felony or any misdemeanor
substantially related to the licensee's qualifications, functions, or duties
deemed to be a conviction within the meaning of this section. - -
CORRECT ANSWER - >nolo contendere
The committee may reprimand a licensee or order a license suspended
or revoked, or placed on probation or may decline to issue a license,
when any of the following occur: -
- CORRECT ANSWER - >1. The time for appeal has elapsed
2. The judgment of conviction has been affirmed on appeal
3. An order granting probation is made suspending the imposition of
sentence, irrespective of a subsequent order under any provision of
the Penal code allowing them to withdraw his/her guilty plea.
