Florida Laws Dental Board Review

The healing art which is concerned with the exam, diagnosis, treatment planning, and care of conditions within the human oral cavity and adjacent tissues and structures

The rendering of educational, preventive, and therapeutic dental services and any related extra- oral procedure required in the performance of service

How many members are in the board of dentistry?

How many licensed dentists actively practicing are part of the board of dentistry?

How many licensed hygienists actively practicing are inside the board of dentistry?

There are 2 lay persons who have never been in the dental profession that are also part of the board of dentistry

How many years experience must the hygienist and dentist have if they are part of the board?

How many term years do dental hygiene board members serve?

What is the maximum number of years a board member may serve?

Who appoints the board of dentistry members?

Remediable tasks may be delegated if they pose no risk

Who delegates NON- dentists?

Authorization of irremediable tasks under general supervision is valid for?

Intraoral treatment tasks which are reversible and do not create unalterable changes within the oral cavity or structures and do not cause an increased risk to the patient

Applying topical with jet spray is what type of task?

A dental hygienist who applies bleaching solution, activates light source, monitors and removes in office bleaching materials is performing a _______ task.

The use of a laser or a laser type device is considered to be what type of task?

Who may perform emergency remediable tasks under conditions specified in the laws?

How often is the requirement of CE course of CPR at basic life support?

How many hours of CE do hygienists and dentists need on medical errors

How many hours of CE and how often do hygienists and dentists need on domestic violence

The CE course on HIV/AIDS need to be done at the first renewal

How many CE hours can you get for being an expert witness in the review of a disciplinary action?

How many CE hours can you get for each semester of teaching a course at any ADA accredited school?

How many CE hours can you get for attending a Board meeting where disciplinary cases are heard?

How many CE credits count for 1 hour of pro bono work?

Maximum number of CE's you can receive doing pro bono work

In a percentage, what is the highest amount that can be completed from pro bono work?

A hygienist can be excused from CE requirements due to a hardship

How many CE hours are required for dental hygienists?

How many CE hours are required for dentists?

How many minutes are equivalent to one hour of CE?

What is not an appropriate topic for CE?

What is an appropriate educational activity or topic for CE?

Which of the following is an example of a CE a dental hygienist would take?

When are licensees excused from CE?

How long should you keep receipts, vouchers, or certificates as necessary document completion of CE courses?

Who is required to take CE credits?

A dentist or hygienist takes a 10 hour course on HIV/AIDS. The remaining 9 hours could count toward their 24-30 hours required for licensure renewal

If 40 hours of CE are taken in one biennium, the remaining hours taken can count towards the renewal requirement for the next biennium

Can a hygienist prescribe fluoride or chlorohexidine to a patient of record?

Statement of frequency must be included on the prescription

How long is a dental hygiene prescription good for?

What must be included in a prescription for a prescription strength fluoride gel?

Absence of pain without loss of consciousness is called?

The loss of feeling or sensation especially loss of the sensation of pain

The loss of sensation of pain in a specific area of the body, generally produced by a topically applied agent or injected agent without the causing the loss of total consciousness

A controlled state of unconsciousness, produced by a pharmacological agent, accompanied by the partial or complete loss of protective reflexes, including the inability to independently maintain an airway and respond purposefully to physical stimulation or verbal command. This modality includes administration of medications via parenteral route.

Controlled state of depressed consciousness accompanied by the partial loss of protective reflexes, including either or both the inability to continually maintain an airway independently or to respond appropriately to physical stimulation or verbal command, produced by pharmacological or non- pharmacological method or combination thereof. Includes administration of medications via parenteral routes

A depressed level of consciousness produced by the administration of pharmacological substances, that retains the patients ability to independently and continuously maintain an airway and respond appropriately to physical stimulation

What are the requirements in Florida for dental hygienist to obtain certification in the delivery of local anesthesia

Who permits dentists to administer general anesthesia, conscious sedation, or pediatric conscious sedation

If the dentist uses anesthesia in his office, his/ her staff has to be properly trained in anticonvulsants

What is the hygienist allowed to do in regards to nitrous oxide?

The supervision of DA with nitrous oxide is considered?

The supervision of DH with nitrous oxide is considered?

Nitrous may be used with a single dose external sedative

What are the only agent/angents allowed for inhalation in the dental office

In order for a dentist to obtain a conscious sedation permit how many didactic hours are required

How many CE hours can you get for being an expert witness in the review of a disciplinary action?

Who grants sedation permits

Any dentist practicing in FL must notify the board in writing by registered mail, postmarked within ____ hours of any mortality or other incident occurring in the outpatient facilities

A complete written report shall be filed with the board of dentistry within ____ days of the mortality or other incident

Nitrous oxide sedation produces a:

With conscious sedation:

What is the minimum oxygen level required when administering nitrous oxide anesthesia

Any CRDH administering local anesthesia must notify the board, in writing by registered mail within____ of any adverse occurence that was related to or the result of the administration of local anesthesia. A complete written report shall be filed with the board within____ of the mortality or other adverse occurrence

A bronchodilator is needed in the recovery room when performing sedation in the dental office

A patient who has received radiographs, an exam from the dentist and a treatment plan is considered:

Minimum a patients record must contain:

Within____ days of a dentists death, the dentists estate or agent must transfer all patients records to another florida licensed dentist and must be accessible by each patient for at least _____ years

If a dentist relocates he must place patient records in the care of a Florida licensed dentist for ____ years from the date of the patients last examined

True or false : records need to be in the same county as the practice was located when a dentist hands over records because of relocation

How long do dental laboratories keep patient records following the date the prescription was issued

If there are multiple dentists seeing a patient and there is no dentist of record on file, who is the dentist of record?

Who owns the patients record or chart?

in the event that a dentist dies, how long are the records to be kept?

In the event that a dentist dies, where do all the "patient of record" files go?

If a dentist advertises something but forgets to put an expiration date on it, then how long is the ad good for?

In person and telephone solicitation for advertising is allowed

When advertising HIV status you MUST inform the patient that current status guarantees nothing

The process by which ALL forms of life within an environment are totally destroyed

The destruction of inhibition of most pathogenic bacteria while they are in their active growth phase and the inactivation of some viruses

Disinfecting may leave open the possibility of infection

How often are sterilizers monitored?

How long should heat sensitive instruments soak?

Ethylene glycol is a form of sterilization

Which procedures used to provide proper sterilization?

Who recommends the usage of disinfectants

How should impression materials be sent to the lab?

What chemical should extracted teeth be immersed in when the tooth is being kept for the clinic

When handling soiled instruments which is not appropriate?

Who would be the enforcement of the making guidelines and rules for contaminants pertaining to blood, saliva, and other body fluids

Eye protection is a type of PPE not required

What is not consistent with the CDC recommendations of use?