JURISPRUDENCE DENTAL HYGIENE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
HYG: General
LDA: None
Perform preliminary charting of the oral cavity and surrounding structures to include
case histories, perform initial and periodic examinations and assessments to determine
periodontal status, and formulate a dental hygiene tx plan in coordination with a dentist
tx plan
HYG: General
LDA: None
Make referrals to dentists, physicians, and other practitioners in consultation with a
dentist
HYG: General
LDA: None
Complete prophylaxis to include scaling, root planing, polishing of restorations
HYG: General
LDA: None
Dietary analysis, salivary analysis and preparation of smears for dental health purposes
HYG: General
LDA: None
Replacement, cementation, and adjustment of intact temporary restorations extraorally
or intraorally
HYG: General
LDA: General
Recement intact restorations
HYG: General
LDA: General
, Place temporary fillings (not including temporization of inlays, onlays, crowns, and
bridges
HYG: General
LDA: General
Cut arch wires, remove loose bands, or remove loose brackets on orthodontic
appliances
HYG: General
LDA: Direct
Remove excess bond material from orthodontic appliances
HYG: Direct
LDA: Direct
Remove bond material from teeth with rotary instruments after removal of orthodontic
appliances
HYG: General
LDA: Indirect
Etch appropriate enamel sufaces, apply and adjust pit and fissure sealants
HYG: General
LDA: None
Administer local anesthetic
HYG: General
LDA: Direct
Administer nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia pursuant to the rule provisions
HYG: General
LDA: Indirect
Monitor a patient who has been induced by a dentist into nitrous oxide-oxygen relative
analgesia
HYG: Indirect
LDA: Indirect
Perform restorative procedures limited to placing, contouring, and adjusting amalgam
restorations, glass ionomers, and supragingival composite restorations (class I & V);
and adapting and cementing stainless steel crowns
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
HYG: General
LDA: None
Perform preliminary charting of the oral cavity and surrounding structures to include
case histories, perform initial and periodic examinations and assessments to determine
periodontal status, and formulate a dental hygiene tx plan in coordination with a dentist
tx plan
HYG: General
LDA: None
Make referrals to dentists, physicians, and other practitioners in consultation with a
dentist
HYG: General
LDA: None
Complete prophylaxis to include scaling, root planing, polishing of restorations
HYG: General
LDA: None
Dietary analysis, salivary analysis and preparation of smears for dental health purposes
HYG: General
LDA: None
Replacement, cementation, and adjustment of intact temporary restorations extraorally
or intraorally
HYG: General
LDA: General
Recement intact restorations
HYG: General
LDA: General
, Place temporary fillings (not including temporization of inlays, onlays, crowns, and
bridges
HYG: General
LDA: General
Cut arch wires, remove loose bands, or remove loose brackets on orthodontic
appliances
HYG: General
LDA: Direct
Remove excess bond material from orthodontic appliances
HYG: Direct
LDA: Direct
Remove bond material from teeth with rotary instruments after removal of orthodontic
appliances
HYG: General
LDA: Indirect
Etch appropriate enamel sufaces, apply and adjust pit and fissure sealants
HYG: General
LDA: None
Administer local anesthetic
HYG: General
LDA: Direct
Administer nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia pursuant to the rule provisions
HYG: General
LDA: Indirect
Monitor a patient who has been induced by a dentist into nitrous oxide-oxygen relative
analgesia
HYG: Indirect
LDA: Indirect
Perform restorative procedures limited to placing, contouring, and adjusting amalgam
restorations, glass ionomers, and supragingival composite restorations (class I & V);
and adapting and cementing stainless steel crowns
