Dental Hygiene Law and Ethics study guide
(California) part 1 Questions and Verified
Answer| 100% Correct| Grade A
Oral Prophylaxis - ANSWER preventive and therapeutic procedures
including bacterial debridement with complete removal of sub and supragingival calculus, soft
deposits, plaque and stains.
*OBJECTIVE: maintain healthy hard and soft tissue*
Hygienists licensed before December 31, 2005 may perform all RDA functions. - ANSWER
True
All hygienists licensed on or after January 1, 2006 must apply for a RDA license separately in
order to perform RDA functions. - ANSWER True
The practice of dental hygiene includes:
-dental hygiene assessment
-development
,-planning
-implementation
of a dental hygiene care plan
Also includes:
-health education
-counseling
-health screenings - ANSWER True
Dental hygiene practice does NOT include: - ANSWER -Diagnosis
-Comprehensive treatment planning
-Placing, condensing, carving or removal of permanent restorations
-Surgery or cutting of hard or soft tissue
-Prescribing medication
-Administering local/general/oral or parenteral conscious sedation EXCEPT for the
administration of N2O2 whether alone or in combination with each other
A RDH is authorized to perform the following procedures under DIRECT supervision -
ANSWER *Soft tissue curettage
*Administration of local anesthesia
*Administration of N2O2, whether alone or in combination with each other
,Courses of instruction for direct supervision duties added to the scope of practice of dental
hygiene on or after July 1, 2009, shall be submitted b the committee for approval by the dental
board. - ANSWER True
Duties that an RDH is authorized to perform under GENERAL supervision - ANSWER
-Preventive and therapeutic interventions including oral prophylaxis, scaling, and root planing
-taking impressions for bleach trays and application and activation of agents with nonlaser light
curing devices
-taking impressions for bleach trays and placements of in-office, tooth whitening devices
Procedures a RDH may provide without supervision - ANSWER -
educational services, oral health training programs, oral health screenings
-refer any screened patients with possible oral abnormalities to a DDS for comprehensive tx,
diagnosis, and tx plan
-application of fluorides and pit and fissure sealants
How many days after a licensee changes his or her address shall they notify the committee of
the change? - ANSWER within 30 days
A licensee who changes his or her legal name shall provide the committee with documentation
of change within ________ days. - ANSWER 10
, If not renewed, a license issued under the provisions, unless specifically excepted expires at
___________________ on the ___________ day of the month of the legal birth date of the
licensee during the ______________ year of a two-year term. - ANSWER
12 midnight, last, second
A licensee may have his or her license revoked or suspended, or may be reprimanded or placed
on probation by the committee for __________________________, incompetence,
___________________________, repeated acts of negligence in his or her profession, receiving
a license by mistake, or for any other cause applicable to the licentiate provided. - ANSWER
unprofessional conduct, gross negligence
A licensee may have his or her license revoked or suspended, or may be reprimanded or placed
on probation by the ___________________, for conviction of a crime substantially related to
the licensee's qualifications, functions or duties. - ANSWER committee
The record of conviction or a copy certified by the ___________ of the court or by the judge
whose court the conviction occurred shall be conclusive evidence of ______________. -
ANSWER clerk, conviction
A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of ___________________ made to
charge of a felony or any misdemeanor substantially related to the licensee's qualifications,
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