How many years of hands on experience does and expanded duty DA
have to have before approval? Correct Answer: 5 yrs
DA: Placing or removing temporary restorations with non-mechanical
hand instruments only; Correct Answer: Formal and direct
DA: Polishing dental restorations of the teeth when not for the purpose
of changing the existing contour of the tooth and only with the following
instruments used with appropriate polishing materials - burnishers, slow-
speed hand pieces, rubber cups, and bristle brushes; Correct Answer:
Formal and direct
DA: Polishing clinical crowns when not for the purpose of changing the
existing contour of the tooth and only with the following instruments
used with appropriate polishing materials - slow-speed hand pieces,
rubber cups, bristle brushes and porte polishers; Correct Answer:
Formal and direct
DA: Removing excess cement from dental restorations and appliances
with non-mechanical hand instruments only; Correct Answer: Formal
and direct
DA: Cementing temporary crowns and bridges with temporary cement
Correct Answer: Formal and direct
DA: Monitor the administration of the nitrous-oxide oxygen making
adjustments only during this administration and turning it off at the
completion of the dental procedure; Correct Answer: Formal and direct
DA: Selecting and pre-sizing orthodontic bands, including the selection
of the proper size band for a tooth to be banded which does not include
or involve any adapting, contouring, trimming or otherwise modifying
, the band material such that it would constitute fitting the band; Correct
Answer: Formal and direct
DA: Selecting and pre-sizing archwires prescribed by the patient's
dentist so long as the dentist makes all final adjustments to bend, arch
form determination, and symmetry prior to final placement; Correct
Answer: Formal and direct
DA: Selecting prescribed extra-oral appliances by pre-selection or pre-
measurement which does not include final fit adjustment; Correct
Answer: Formal and direct
DA: Preparing a tooth surface by applying conditioning agents for
orthodontic appliances by conditioning or placing of sealant materials
which does not include placing brackets; Correct Answer: Formal and
direct
DA: Using appropriate implements for preliminary charting of existing
restorations and missing teeth and a visual assessment of existing oral
conditions; Correct Answer: Formal and direct
DA: Fabricating temporary crowns or bridges intra-orally which shall
not include any adjustment of occlusion to the appliance or existing
dentition; and Correct Answer: Formal and direct
DA: Packing and removing retraction cord, so long as it does not contain
vasoactive chemicals and is used solely for restorative dental
procedures; Correct Answer: Formal and direct
DA: Removing and recementing properly contoured and fitting loose
bands that are not permanently attached to any appliance. Correct
Answer: Formal and direct
DA: Inserting or removing dressings from alveolar sockets in post-
operative osteitis when the patient is uncomfortable due to the loss of a