FL Laws & Rules Exam Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Licenses must be renewed every _____ years. | 2 |
| Notify the board in writing within _____ days if you change your address. | 10 |
| Dentist must complete ____ hours of CE courses every two years. | 30 |
| RDH must complete _____ hours of CE courses every two years. | 24-36 |
| Both Dentist & RDH must complete 2 hours CE in prevention of medical errors every third biennal license renewal. T OR F? | True |
| T or F? The Dentist & RDH must display their licenses in a place where it can easily be seen by patients in the office. If a RDH works at more than one office, the license must be displayed at each office he/she is employed at. | Both are TRUE |
| Dentists must maintain patient's records for a period of ____ years from the date of the patient's last appointment. | 4 years |
| RDH - educational programs | G |
| RDH - faculty or staff training programs | G |
| RDH - fluoride rinse programs | G |
| RDH - dental charting | G |
| T ot F? A medical clearance must be recieved from physician or dentist before periodontal probing can be performed on a patient. | True |
| In special situations, a dentist is able to delegate gingival curratage & root planing to a dental assistant. T or F? | False. Only a RDH can be delegated to perform those tasks. |
| Practicing dentistry or dental hygiene without a license constitutes a felony of the third degree. T or F? | True |
| Using R.D.H. without first obtaining your license is a misdemeanor offense. T or F? | True |
| DA may only expose and develop radiographs after they have been certified by the board. This certification must be displayed in the office. T or F? | True |
| The board will randomly audit CE credit requirements. Failure to maintain documents can result in disciplinary actions & may even result in the loss of licensure. T or F? | True |
| Administration of general anesthesia or deep sedation requires that at least three individuals pe present: | opperating dentist, person who monitors the patient, and the person who assits the dentist. |
| DA & RDH - monitor & turn nitous oxide off | Direct |
| T or F? More than one patient may be conciously sedated at a time by the same dentist. | False. The 1st patient must be fully allert and have stable vital signs before the dentist can sedate another patient. |
| Anesthesia permit holders (dentists) must complete at least ___ hours of CE courses relating to anethesia each biennium, including ____ hours dealing with medical emergencies. | 4 & 2 |
| Teh use of a lazer is considered a remediable task. T or F? | False |
| Any authorization for remediable tasks to be performed under GENERAL supervision is valid for ____ months. After that time the patient will have to have an exam from a licensed FL dentist before any more services can be performed. | 13 months |
| DA - placing/removing temporary restorations (hand instruments only) | Direct |
| DA - Polishing restorations (slow-speed handpiece) | Direct |
| DA - Polishing clinical crowns (slow-speed handpiece) | Direct |
| DA - Removing excess cement | Direct |
| DA - Cementing temp crowns/bridges with temp cement | Direct |
| DA - Monitor nitrous & turn it off | Direct |
| DA - Selecting/fitting orthodontic bands | Direct |
| DA - Selecting/pre-sizing archwires | Direct |
| DA - Prepare tooth for orthodontic appliances | Direct |
| DA - Charting existing restorations & missing teeth & visual assessment | Direct |
| DA - Making temp crowns/bridges intra-orally | Direct |
| DA - Packing/Removing retraction cord (no vasoconstrictors) | Direct |
| DA - Insert/Remove from alveolar socket | Direct |
| DA - Study cast impressions for orthodontic retainer | Direct |
| DA - At home bleaching tray impressions, mouth gaurd, space maintainers | Direct |
| DA - Study cast Impressions(no appliance), at home topical fluoride trays | ID |
| DA - placing/removing periodontal dressings | ID |
| DA - Placing/removing rubber dam and/or matrices | ID |
| DA - Apply cavity liner, varnish, or base | ID |
| DA - Topical fluoride & Fluoride Varnish | ID |
| DA - Take X-rays | ID |
| DA - Apply sealants | ID |
| DA - place/remove pre-treatment separators | ID |
| DA - Secure/Unsecure archwire | ID |
| DA - Remove sutures | ID |
| A dental assistant who has recieved on-the-job training may perform two taks under DIRECT Supervision. These tasks are: | (1) Apply topical anesthetic (2) changing bleach pellets in a tooth which is being endodontically treated and has been isolated in a rubber dam |
| A dental assistant who has on the job training may perform the following tasks under INDIRECT Supervision: | Retract lips, cheeks & tongue; Irrigate debris; place/remove cotton rolls; take vital signs; remove excess cement from ortho appliances (hand instruments only) |
| **There are only 3 tasks that a DA can perform under GENERAL Supervision after recieving on the job training.These are: | (1) Give & Observe OHI (2) Provide educational programs to faculty/staff (3)Fabricate temp crowns/bridges in a lab |
| RDH - Make temp crowns/bridges intra-orally | Direct |
| RDH - selecting and pre-sizing ortho bands & archwires | Direct |
| RDH - preparing tooth surface for orthodontic appliances | Direct |
| RDH - Pack/Remove retraction cord (no vasoconstrictors) | Direct |
| RDH - Remove/re-cement loose bands that are not permenantly attached to any appliance | Direct |
| RDH - Insert?Remove dressing from alveolar socket | Direct |
| RDH - Apply bleaching solution, activate light, monitor, remove in-office bleaching | Direct |
| RDH - Place/remove rubber dam & matrices | ID |
| RDH - Apply cavity liners, varnishs, or bases | ID |
| RDH - Study Cast impressions (no appliances), opposing model impressions, at home fluoride/bleaching tray impressions, mouth gaurds | ID |
| RDH - Placing adjunctive therapy aids subgingivally (Arestin) | ID |
| RDH - Secure/unsecure archwire | ID |
| RDH - Marginate restorations | ID |
| RDH - Cement temp crowns/bridges with temp cement | ID |
| RDH - Monitor & turn off nitour oxide | ID |
| RDH - Monitor and remove of in-office bleaching material (bleach is applied by dentist) | ID |
| RDH - polishing restorations & clinical crowns | G |
| RDH - Applying topical fluoride & varnish | G |
| RDH - Removing excess cement (hand instruments or ultrasonic scaler) | G |
| RDH - Place/Remove periodontal dressing | G |
| RDH - Remove sutures | G |
| RDH - Preassess and chart suspected findings in the oral cavity | G |
| RDH - Apply Sealants | G |
| RDH - place/remove prescribed pr-treatment separators | G |
| RDH - Insert and/or perform minor adjustments to mouth gaurds & custom fluoride trays | G |
| RDH - Make temp crowns/bridges in lab | G |
| RDH- apply topical anesthetic | G |
| RDH - Place/Remove temp restorations (hand instruments only) | G |
| RDH - obtaining plaque sample | G |
| The following may be performed by an RDH who has on-the-job training under DIRECT Supervision: | Changing bleach pellets iin endodontically treated tooth wich is isolated with a rubber dam. |
| RDH - Gingival curettage | Direct |
| RDH - Root Planing | ID |
| RDH - Remove excess bonding material/cement with slow-speed rotary device, ultasonic, or hand scaler | ID |
| RDH - Remove calculus | G |
| RDH - Take x-rays | G |
| RDH - educational programs, staff or faculty training programs | NO supervision needed |
| RDH - Fluoride rinse programs | No Supervision needed |
| RDH - Apply fluoride varnish | No supervision needed |
| RDH - Give/Observe OHI | No supervision needed |
| T or F? A RDH does not need supervision to perform dental charting of hard and soft tissues in the following locations: gov buildings, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, community/county health centers,& mobile health/dental units. | True |
| A RDH is permited to perform dental charting on a volunteer basis at health fairs. T or F? | True |
| In an emergency, where the patient will be seen by a dentist in the next 3 days, a RDH or DA may perform the following duties without pre-examination by a dentist: | (1) remove/re-cement loose bands, archwire, & temp crown/bridges (2) Insert/remove dressing from alveolar socket, (3) Place/remove periodontal dressings (4) place temp medicinal restorative material |
| Patient's records are required to be kept for ____ years. | 4 |
| Electronic dental records must be backed-up on a ______ basis. | Weekly |
| Dental labs must keep presciptions for dental applances on record for a period of ____ years. | 4 |
| A dentist shall comply with a patient's written request for copies of their records & reports within ______ days. | 30 |
| "Sargenti Cement" meets the existing minimum standards of performance for endodontic treatment in the state of FL. T or F? | False. It can cause severe and irreversable damage to patients. |
| The board says that amalgam removal for cosmetic or improved health purposes constitutes alternative or complemetary health care. True or False? | True |
| Failure to stralize instruments properly means that the office is guilty of _________. | negligence |
| There are 5 ways to succesfully sterilize dental instruments: | (1) steam under pressure (autoclave), (2) Dry-heat, (3) Chemical vapor, (4) Ethylene Oxide, (5) Disinfectant/Sterilant (cold sterile) |
| Heat sensitive items must soak for ____ hours in a liquid Disinfectant/Sterilant (cold sterile) according to the EPA. | 10 |
| Before sterilization, instruments must be: | cleaned and free of debris. They must be scrubbed with detergent or put into an ultrasonic bath. |
| Do you have to clean a prosthetic device after you recieve it from the lab? | Yes. It must be washed with soap or detergent and rinsed well two times before it is placed in the patient's mouth. |
| The autoclave must have biological testing performed: once every ____ hours of operating time or at least once every _____ days, whichever comes first. | 40 hours; 30 days |
| A clinician with Hepatitis B is not allowed to treat patients because of the infectious nature of the disease. T or F? | False. They may work as long as: they notify the board w/in 14 days, complete an educational program, comply with sterilization/disinfection/barrier techniques, be monitored for compliance, and notify patient/Board/Health dept if a barrier is broken. |
| T or F? Extracted teeth are biohazards. They may be disinfected (according to strict guidelines)and therfore be rendered non-biohazardous. | True. (pg 82 FL laws/rules manual) |
| Extracted teeth and tissue fragments should be discarded as biohazardous waste or as a sharp. T or F? | True |
| Impressions, appliances, and contaminated dental models sent to dental labs must be sealed in an impervious container and labeled "TREAT AS INFECTIOUS MATERIAL" prior to shipment from a dental office. T or F? | True |
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