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California Law and Ethics Dental Hygiene,
California Law and Ethics Dental Hygiene.
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Direct supervision - Answer✔A set of procedures where The dentist must physically be present
in treatment facility
General supervision - Answer✔Procedures where the dentist does NOT need to be physically
present in treatment facility
Oral prophylaxis - 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 - Answer✔To create an environment for a patient to
maintain healthy hard and soft tissues
What does the practice of an rdh include - 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 - 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
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---administering local or general anesthesia or oral or parenteral conscious sedation other than
nitrous oxide and oxygen and allowed local anesthetic.
What can an rdh do under direct supervision? - Answer✔---Soft-tissue curettage
---Administration of local anesthesia
---Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered in tandem or alone.
What can an rdh do under general supervision - Answer✔--- preventative and therapeutic
interventions including : oral prophylaxis, scaling and root planing
---application of topical, therapeutic and subgingival agents used for the control of caries and
periodontal disease.
---the taking of impressions for bleaching trays and activation of non laser, light curing devices
---the taking of impressions for bleaching trays and placements of in office tooth whitening
devices
What can an rdh do without any supervision - Answer✔-Educational services
-Oral health training programs
-Oral health screenings
*rdh must refer any screened patients with abnormalities to a dentist to receive a
comprehensive exam, diagnosis and a treatment plan
In a government public health program an rdh may provide without supervision the following: -
Answer✔-oral prophylaxis,srp.
-Fluoride application
-Pit and fissure sealants
* the rdh may submit insurance claims for the services provided under the public health
programs.
No person shall be allowed to practice as a dental hygenist except for what Exceptions -
Answer✔---a student in a dental/dental hygiene school performing the curriculum.
---a dental assistant acting under the rules of the dental board may perform the following:
*taking impressions
*applying fluorides
*applying non-areosol and non caustic topical agents
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--- an rda acting under the rules of the dental board my perform the following:
*coronal polishing
*applying bleaching agents
*activating bleaching agents with a non laser light curing device
*applying pit and fissure sealants
---an rdaef can apply a pit and fissure sealant
---a rdh,rdhap,rdhef that is licensed in a different juristriction that is performing a clinical
demonstration for educational purposes
What is the timeframe required to notify the board if there are any name changes or
address/email changes (1934) - Answer✔The board must be notified within 30 days for all living
address and email address changes
The board must be notified within 10 days of a name change
When does a license expire (1935) - Answer✔12 midnight On the last day of the birth month of
the applicant on the second year of a 2 year term
License is good for 2 years must renew prior to that day
Can you renew an expired license? (1936) - Answer✔Yes, it must be renewed within 5 years of
expiring by filing an application for renewal and paying accrued renewal and delinquency fees.
For what reasons may a license be revoked, suspended, or put on probations (1949) -
Answer✔Gross negligence,
Incompetence
Unprofessional conduct
Repeated acts of negligence
Receiving a license by mistake
Why may a licensee get their license revoked, suspended, reprimanded, or put on probation.
(1950) - Answer✔--If they have committed a crime that is substantially related to the licensees
qualifications, functions or duties
When would the dhcc revoke, suspend, reprimand, or probate the license (1950) -
Answer✔*When the time to appeal has lapsed
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California Law and Ethics Dental Hygiene,
California Law and Ethics Dental Hygiene.
Exam Questions And Answers| Already
Graded A+| Latest Update.
Direct supervision - Answer✔A set of procedures where The dentist must physically be present
in treatment facility
General supervision - Answer✔Procedures where the dentist does NOT need to be physically
present in treatment facility
Oral prophylaxis - 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 - Answer✔To create an environment for a patient to
maintain healthy hard and soft tissues
What does the practice of an rdh include - 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 - 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
1
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---administering local or general anesthesia or oral or parenteral conscious sedation other than
nitrous oxide and oxygen and allowed local anesthetic.
What can an rdh do under direct supervision? - Answer✔---Soft-tissue curettage
---Administration of local anesthesia
---Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered in tandem or alone.
What can an rdh do under general supervision - Answer✔--- preventative and therapeutic
interventions including : oral prophylaxis, scaling and root planing
---application of topical, therapeutic and subgingival agents used for the control of caries and
periodontal disease.
---the taking of impressions for bleaching trays and activation of non laser, light curing devices
---the taking of impressions for bleaching trays and placements of in office tooth whitening
devices
What can an rdh do without any supervision - Answer✔-Educational services
-Oral health training programs
-Oral health screenings
*rdh must refer any screened patients with abnormalities to a dentist to receive a
comprehensive exam, diagnosis and a treatment plan
In a government public health program an rdh may provide without supervision the following: -
Answer✔-oral prophylaxis,srp.
-Fluoride application
-Pit and fissure sealants
* the rdh may submit insurance claims for the services provided under the public health
programs.
No person shall be allowed to practice as a dental hygenist except for what Exceptions -
Answer✔---a student in a dental/dental hygiene school performing the curriculum.
---a dental assistant acting under the rules of the dental board may perform the following:
*taking impressions
*applying fluorides
*applying non-areosol and non caustic topical agents
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--- an rda acting under the rules of the dental board my perform the following:
*coronal polishing
*applying bleaching agents
*activating bleaching agents with a non laser light curing device
*applying pit and fissure sealants
---an rdaef can apply a pit and fissure sealant
---a rdh,rdhap,rdhef that is licensed in a different juristriction that is performing a clinical
demonstration for educational purposes
What is the timeframe required to notify the board if there are any name changes or
address/email changes (1934) - Answer✔The board must be notified within 30 days for all living
address and email address changes
The board must be notified within 10 days of a name change
When does a license expire (1935) - Answer✔12 midnight On the last day of the birth month of
the applicant on the second year of a 2 year term
License is good for 2 years must renew prior to that day
Can you renew an expired license? (1936) - Answer✔Yes, it must be renewed within 5 years of
expiring by filing an application for renewal and paying accrued renewal and delinquency fees.
For what reasons may a license be revoked, suspended, or put on probations (1949) -
Answer✔Gross negligence,
Incompetence
Unprofessional conduct
Repeated acts of negligence
Receiving a license by mistake
Why may a licensee get their license revoked, suspended, reprimanded, or put on probation.
(1950) - Answer✔--If they have committed a crime that is substantially related to the licensees
qualifications, functions or duties
When would the dhcc revoke, suspend, reprimand, or probate the license (1950) -
Answer✔*When the time to appeal has lapsed
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