DENTAL HYGIENE LAW AND ETHICS LATEST STUDY GUIDE (CALIFORNIA) PART 1 QUESTIONS & 100% CORRECT ANSWERS 2025

DENTAL HYGIENE LAW AND ETHICS LATEST STUDY GUIDE (CALIFORNIA) PART 1 QUESTIONS & 100% CORRECT ANSWERS 2025 Direct supervision - Correct Answer A set of procedures where The dentist must physically be present in treatment facility General supervision - Correct Answer Procedures where the dentist does NOT need to be physically present in treatment facility Oral prophylaxis - Correct Answer Preventative and therapeutic dental procedures that include -- bacterial debridements with complete removal of supra and sub calculus, soft deposits, plaque and stains. And to smooth out tooth surfaces What is the purpose of the prophylaxis - Correct Answer To create an environment for a patient to maintain healthy hard and soft tissues What does the practice of an rdh include - Correct Answer Dental hygiene assessment and development, planning and implementation of a dental hygiene plan. It also includes oral hygiene education, counseling and health screenings Dental hygiene does NOT include what - Correct Answer ---Diagnosing or comprehensive treatment plans ---Placing, moving, condensing, carving, removing of permanent restorations ---surgery, or cutting on hard and soft tissue , removing teeth and cutting and suturing --- prescribing meds ---administering local or general anesthesia or oral or parenteral conscious sedation other than nitrous oxide and oxygen and allowed local anesthetic.