JURISPRUDENCE FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2024 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
Gowns should be bagged at the practice they were used.
True
Handpieces, air/water syringes, and ultrasonic scalers should be:
B. Run to discharge water and air for several minutes at the beginning of each clinic day
and for a minimum of 20-30 seconds after use on each patient. C. Sterilized by
autoclaving, dry heat, or chemical vapor sterilizer.
Licensed dental assistants, license dentist, and dental hygienist must complete a
board specified number of hours of approved continued dental education, once:
Every 2 years
The minimum number of hours of continuing dental education is:
Dentists 50 hours, hygienists and licensed dental assistants 25 hours.
Which of the following is not acceptable for continuing education credit?
D. All of the above are correct (volunteer, conventions, programs)
How many days do you have to submit your portfolio to the Board of Dentistry
once you have been notified that you are being audited?
60 days
Handwashing:
Must be done before and after treating each patient.
According to the Board of Dentistry rules and continued dental education, how
many credit hours of elective activities are needed for registrants?
0 hours are required
A professional dental corporation must file an annual report with the Board of
Dentistry on, or before, January 1st of each year.
True
The Board of Dentistry may refuse to renew a license or registration for failure to
meet continuing education requirements.
, True
A dentist can administer a pharmacological agent for the purpose of analgesia if
the dentist has:
Satisfactorily completed a course resulting in clinical competency.
A dentist must assess a patient's respiratory function by the monitoring of tissue
oxygenation or by the use of a superior method when administering a
pharmacological agent for the purpose of:
Conscious sedation
A licensee may administer nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia in Minnesota if the
licensee:
B. Successfully completed a 12 hour continuing education course presented by an
institution accredited by the Commission of Accreditation. C. Was administering the
agent and registered that fact with the Board prior to July 27th, 1992.
When must a dentist notify the Board of any incident that results in a serious or
unusual outcome following the administration of nitrous oxide inhalation
analgesia?
Within 10 days of the incident
Prior to the discharge of a patient who has received nitrous oxide, which of the
following persons which have proper training from an accredited program, can
ensure the effect of medication and dissipated, and monitoring is no longer
necessary?
D. All of the above (LDA, Dentist, DH)
A licensed dental assistant frequently re-cements temporary crowns for patients
when a dentist is not in th e office. A dentist does not authorize the procedure.
Who is legally responsible for the licensed dental assistant?
Dentist who employs the licensed dental assistant.
Employers must provide:
A. Written policies for monitoring the adherence to recommended protective measures.
B. Counseling, education and or retraining if monitoring reveals failure to follow
recommended precaution but can take no disciplinary action.
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
Gowns should be bagged at the practice they were used.
True
Handpieces, air/water syringes, and ultrasonic scalers should be:
B. Run to discharge water and air for several minutes at the beginning of each clinic day
and for a minimum of 20-30 seconds after use on each patient. C. Sterilized by
autoclaving, dry heat, or chemical vapor sterilizer.
Licensed dental assistants, license dentist, and dental hygienist must complete a
board specified number of hours of approved continued dental education, once:
Every 2 years
The minimum number of hours of continuing dental education is:
Dentists 50 hours, hygienists and licensed dental assistants 25 hours.
Which of the following is not acceptable for continuing education credit?
D. All of the above are correct (volunteer, conventions, programs)
How many days do you have to submit your portfolio to the Board of Dentistry
once you have been notified that you are being audited?
60 days
Handwashing:
Must be done before and after treating each patient.
According to the Board of Dentistry rules and continued dental education, how
many credit hours of elective activities are needed for registrants?
0 hours are required
A professional dental corporation must file an annual report with the Board of
Dentistry on, or before, January 1st of each year.
True
The Board of Dentistry may refuse to renew a license or registration for failure to
meet continuing education requirements.
, True
A dentist can administer a pharmacological agent for the purpose of analgesia if
the dentist has:
Satisfactorily completed a course resulting in clinical competency.
A dentist must assess a patient's respiratory function by the monitoring of tissue
oxygenation or by the use of a superior method when administering a
pharmacological agent for the purpose of:
Conscious sedation
A licensee may administer nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia in Minnesota if the
licensee:
B. Successfully completed a 12 hour continuing education course presented by an
institution accredited by the Commission of Accreditation. C. Was administering the
agent and registered that fact with the Board prior to July 27th, 1992.
When must a dentist notify the Board of any incident that results in a serious or
unusual outcome following the administration of nitrous oxide inhalation
analgesia?
Within 10 days of the incident
Prior to the discharge of a patient who has received nitrous oxide, which of the
following persons which have proper training from an accredited program, can
ensure the effect of medication and dissipated, and monitoring is no longer
necessary?
D. All of the above (LDA, Dentist, DH)
A licensed dental assistant frequently re-cements temporary crowns for patients
when a dentist is not in th e office. A dentist does not authorize the procedure.
Who is legally responsible for the licensed dental assistant?
Dentist who employs the licensed dental assistant.
Employers must provide:
A. Written policies for monitoring the adherence to recommended protective measures.
B. Counseling, education and or retraining if monitoring reveals failure to follow
recommended precaution but can take no disciplinary action.
