MN Dental Jurisprudence Exam Already Graded A
1. What type of supervision is required when a dentist is not present in the dental office or on the
premises?
Answer: General supervision is required when a dentist has prior knowledge and has given consent for
the procedures being performed.
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MN Dental Jurisprudence Exam Already Graded A
1. What type of supervision is required when a dentist is not present in the dental office or on the
premises?
Answer: General supervision is required when a dentist has prior knowledge and has given consent for
the procedures being performed.
2. What type of supervision is required when the dentist is in the office, authorizes the procedures, and
remains in the office while the procedures are being performed by allied dental personnel?
Answer: Indirect supervision is required when the dentist is in the office and authorizes the procedures.
3. What type of supervision is required when the dentist personally performs the procedures, including
diagnosis, authorization, and evaluation?
Answer: Direct supervision is required when the dentist personally performs the procedures.
4. Who can authorize a patient to receive nitrous oxide anesthesia after completing a course with a
minimum of 12 hours of didactic instruction and personally administering and managing at least three
individual supervised cases?
Answer: DH, DT, or DA can authorize a patient to receive nitrous oxide anesthesia after completing a
course.
5. Who can place sealants after completing a course by a school accredited by the Commission on
Dental Accreditation?
Answer: DH, DT, or DA can place sealants after completing a course.
6. Who can give local anesthesia after completing a course on local anesthesia from a school accredited
by the Commission on Dental Accreditation?
,Answer: DH and DT can give local anesthesia after completing a course, but DA cannot.
7. What are dental hygienists and licensed dental assistants prohibited from taking impressions and bite
registrations for?
Answer: Dental hygienists and licensed dental assistants shall not take impressions and bite registrations
for final construction of fixed and removable prostheses.
8. What course must a dental hygienist or licensed dental assistant complete before removing bond
material from teeth?
Answer: A dental hygienist or licensed dental assistant must successfully complete a course in the use of
rotary instruments for removing bond material from teeth.
9. What is included in the scope of practice for dental hygienists and licensed dental assistants with
restorative functions?
Answer: The scope of practice for DH and DA with restorative functions includes placing, contouring,
and adjusting amalgam, glass ionomers, and stainless steel crowns on class I, II, V (supragingival)
surfaces.
10. Who can apply pit and fissure sealants?
Answer: Dental hygienists (DH) can apply pit and fissure sealants generally, while licensed dental
assistants (LDA) apply them indirectly under indirect supervision.
11. Who can administer local anesthesia?
Answer: Dental hygienists (DH) can administer local anesthesia generally, while licensed dental
assistants (LDA) cannot administer it at all.
12. Who can monitor a patient on nitrous oxide anesthesia?
,Answer: Dental hygienists (DH) can monitor patients on nitrous oxide anesthesia generally, while
licensed dental assistants (LDA) monitor them indirectly under indirect supervision.
T/F -- DH or LDA shall NOT take impressions and bite registrations for the FINAL construction of fixed
and removable prostheses. ✔️True
*Utilizing rotary instruments for the removal of bond material from teeth ✔️DH - indirect
LDA - indirect
Performing any or all restorative procedures limited to placing, contouring, & adjusting amalgam, glass
ionomers, and Class I and V supra composite restorations ✔️DH - indirect
LDA - indirect
*managing and removing IV lines ✔️DH - indirect
LDA - indirect
*placing an IV line ✔️DH - direct
LDA - direct
administering any medications or agents ✔️Personal DH and RDA
*Perform preliminary charting including assessments and existing restoration, determine the perio
status, and formulate the DH tx plan in coordination with DDS ✔️DH - general
*make referrals in consultation with DDS ✔️DH - general
*complete prophy with scaling, root planing, and polishing restorations ✔️DH - general
, dietary and nutritional counseling ✔️DH - general
*replacement, cementation and adjustment of INTACT temporary restorations ✔️DH - general
LDA - general
*remove overhangs ✔️DH - general
Complete preliminary charting of oral cavity and surrounding structures w/ exception of perio probing
and assessment of the perio structure ✔️LDA - general
of course DH can do this too, with probing
take photographs intra or extra orally ✔️DH - general
LDA - general
take vital signs ✔️DH - general
LDA - general
place temporary fillings ✔️DH - general
LDA - general
*cut arch wires, remove loose bands or brackets ✔️DH - general
LDA - general
*take X-rays ✔️DH - general
LDA - general
*take impressions for casts and bite registrations ✔️DH - general
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