MN DENTAL JURISPRUDENCE EXAM DETAILED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024/2025

MN DENTAL JURISPRUDENCE EXAM NEW UPDATE 2024/2025
ACTUAL TEST WITH 100% ACCURATE SOLUTION
*general supervision (correct answer)The dentist has prior knowledge and has given consent for the
procedures being performed during which the dentist is not required to be present in the dental office
or on the premises.



*indirect (correct answer)The dentist is in the office, authorizes the procedures, and remains in the
office while the procedures are being performed by the allied dental personnel.



direct (correct answer)The dentist is in the dental office, personally diagnoses the condition to be
treated, personally authorizes the procedure, and before dismissal of the patient, evaluates the
performance of the allied dental personnel.



personal (correct answer)The dentist is personally operating on a patient and authorizes the allied
dental personnel to aid in treatment by concurrently performing supportive procedures.



DH, DT or DA must do these before administering nitrous (correct answer)take a course with a
minimum of *12 hours* total comprised of didactic instruction, personally administering and managing
at least *3* individual supervised cases



who can place sealants after completing a course by a school accredited by the commission on dental
accreditation? (correct answer)DH, DT, DA



*WHO can give local anesthesia after completing a course on local anesthesia from a school accredited
by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (correct answer)DH and DT (not DA)



*Dental hygienists and licensed dental assistants shall not take impressions and bite registrations for
_____________ of fixed and removable prostheses. (correct answer)Final construction



*Before removal of bond material, a dental hygienist or licensed dental assistant must successfully
complete a course in the use of ____________ for the express purpose of the removal of bond material
from teeth. (correct answer)rotary instruments

,*Scope of Practice* (correct answer)---



DH and DA with restorative functions can place, contour, and adjust amalgam, glass ionomers, and
stainless steel crowns on class _______

(supragingival) (correct answer)Class I, II, V

- a dental hygienist or dental assistant must successfully complete a board approved course on these
specific restorative procedures.



application of pit and fissure sealants (correct answer)DH - general

LDA - indirect



*Administer LA (correct answer)DH - general



*monitor a patient on nitrous (correct answer)DH - General

LDA - Indirect



T/F -- DH or LDA shall NOT take impressions and bite registrations for the FINAL construction of fixed
and removable prostheses. (correct answer)True



*Utilizing rotary instruments for the removal of bond material from teeth (correct answer)DH - indirect

LDA - indirect



Performing any or all restorative procedures limited to placing, contouring, & adjusting amalgam, glass
ionomers, and Class I and V supra composite restorations (correct answer)DH - indirect

LDA - indirect



*managing and removing IV lines (correct answer)DH - indirect

LDA - indirect



*placing an IV line (correct answer)DH - direct

,LDA - direct



administering any medications or agents (correct answer)Personal DH and RDA



*Perform preliminary charting including assessments and existing restoration, determine the perio
status, and formulate the DH tx plan in coordination with DDS (correct answer)DH - general



*make referrals in consultation with DDS (correct answer)DH - general



*complete prophy with scaling, root planing, and polishing restorations (correct answer)DH - general



dietary and nutritional counseling (correct answer)DH - general



*replacement, cementation and adjustment of INTACT temporary restorations (correct answer)DH -
general

LDA - general



*remove overhangs (correct answer)DH - general



Complete preliminary charting of oral cavity and surrounding structures w/ exception of perio probing
and assessment of the perio structure (correct answer)LDA - general



of course DH can do this too, with probing



take photographs intra or extra orally (correct answer)DH - general

LDA - general



take vital signs (correct answer)DH - general

LDA - general

, place temporary fillings (correct answer)DH - general

LDA - general



*cut arch wires, remove loose bands or brackets (correct answer)DH - general

LDA - general



*take X-rays (correct answer)DH - general

LDA - general



*take impressions for casts and bite registrations (correct answer)DH - general

LDA - general



*place and remove ortho separators (correct answer)DH - general

LDA - general



*deliver vacuum-formed ortho retainers (correct answer)DH - general

DA - general



*etch enamel surfaces; apply and adjust sealants (correct answer)DH - general

LDA - indirect



*monitor a patient on nitrous oxide (correct answer)DH - general

LDA - indirect



*mechanical polishing clinical crowns (calculus must be removed by DDS or DH before polishing)
(correct answer)DH - general

LDA - indirect