California Dental Hygiene Law and
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Functions that may be performed by an RDH - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- All
functions that may be performed by and RDA
Practices INCLUDED in Dental Hygiene: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Development
and implementing a dental hygiene care plan (oral health, counseling, and
health screenings)
Practices EXCLUDED from Dental Hygiene: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Diagnosis
and comprehensive treatment planning
- Placing, condensing, carving or removal of permanent restorations
- surgery or cutting on hard and soft tissue including, but not limited to, the
removal of teeth and the cutting and suturing of soft tissue.
-Prescribing medication
- Administering local or general anesthesia or oral or parenteral conscious
sedation, except for the administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen,
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,whether administered alone or in combination with each other, or local
anesthesia.
Procedures an RDH is authorized to perform under DIRECT
SUPERVISION - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Soft tissue Curettage
- Administration of local anesthesia
- Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered alone
or in combination with each other
Procedures an RDH is authorized to perform under GENERAL
SUPERVISION - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Preventative and therapeutic
interventions (prophy and/or SRP)
- Application of topical, therapeutic and subgingival agents used for the
control of CARIES and PERIO DISEASE
- Taking impressions for bleaching trays and application and activation of
agents w/ a nonlaser, light curing devices
Additional authorized duties of an RDH: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Determine
which x-rays to perform on a pt. who has not received a CompEx for the
DDS to see what the specific problem is. (LimitedEx and PA)
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, - Place protective restorations (sealants) which for this purpose are
identified as interim therapeutic restorations (temp filling). An interim
therapeutic restoration consists of the REMOVAL OF SOFT MATERIAL
FROM THE TOOTH USING ONLY HAND INSTRUMENTATION! ( interim
therapeutic restorations can only be completed of a program that includes
training in performing those functions.
Procedures that can be performed WITHOUT DIRECT SUPERVISION: -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Educational services, Oral Health training programs, and
Oral Health Screenings
- In a public health program created by Federal, State or Local Law an
RDH may provide preventative services ( application of fluoride and
sealants)
RDH general supervision requirements - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Any procedure
performed or service provided by an RDH that DOES NOT specifically
require DIRECT SUPERVISION. (As long as it DOES NOT give rise to a
situation in the office requiring immediate attention to alleviate severe pain
or immediate diagnosis)
Limitations on who may engage in the practice of Dental Hygiene: -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔- A student enrolled in a dental or dental hygiene school
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Ethics Exam 2024/2025 Exam Questions
and Answers | A+ Score Assured
Functions that may be performed by an RDH - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- All
functions that may be performed by and RDA
Practices INCLUDED in Dental Hygiene: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Development
and implementing a dental hygiene care plan (oral health, counseling, and
health screenings)
Practices EXCLUDED from Dental Hygiene: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Diagnosis
and comprehensive treatment planning
- Placing, condensing, carving or removal of permanent restorations
- surgery or cutting on hard and soft tissue including, but not limited to, the
removal of teeth and the cutting and suturing of soft tissue.
-Prescribing medication
- Administering local or general anesthesia or oral or parenteral conscious
sedation, except for the administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen,
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,whether administered alone or in combination with each other, or local
anesthesia.
Procedures an RDH is authorized to perform under DIRECT
SUPERVISION - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Soft tissue Curettage
- Administration of local anesthesia
- Administration of nitrous oxide and oxygen, whether administered alone
or in combination with each other
Procedures an RDH is authorized to perform under GENERAL
SUPERVISION - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Preventative and therapeutic
interventions (prophy and/or SRP)
- Application of topical, therapeutic and subgingival agents used for the
control of CARIES and PERIO DISEASE
- Taking impressions for bleaching trays and application and activation of
agents w/ a nonlaser, light curing devices
Additional authorized duties of an RDH: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Determine
which x-rays to perform on a pt. who has not received a CompEx for the
DDS to see what the specific problem is. (LimitedEx and PA)
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, - Place protective restorations (sealants) which for this purpose are
identified as interim therapeutic restorations (temp filling). An interim
therapeutic restoration consists of the REMOVAL OF SOFT MATERIAL
FROM THE TOOTH USING ONLY HAND INSTRUMENTATION! ( interim
therapeutic restorations can only be completed of a program that includes
training in performing those functions.
Procedures that can be performed WITHOUT DIRECT SUPERVISION: -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Educational services, Oral Health training programs, and
Oral Health Screenings
- In a public health program created by Federal, State or Local Law an
RDH may provide preventative services ( application of fluoride and
sealants)
RDH general supervision requirements - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Any procedure
performed or service provided by an RDH that DOES NOT specifically
require DIRECT SUPERVISION. (As long as it DOES NOT give rise to a
situation in the office requiring immediate attention to alleviate severe pain
or immediate diagnosis)
Limitations on who may engage in the practice of Dental Hygiene: -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔- A student enrolled in a dental or dental hygiene school
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