California Dental Practice Act Flashcards
Apply and activate bleaching agents using nonlaser light-curing device
RDA (Registered Dental Assistant)
Who can perform intraoral and extraoral photography
Dental Assistant (General Supervision)
Use of automated caries detection devices and materials to gather information for diagnosis by dentist.
RDA (Registered Dental Assistant)
Perform oral health assessments in school based community health project setting
RDAEF (Registered Dental Assistant in Extended Function)
Who could do Cord retraction for impression procedures
RDAEF
Adjust and cement permanent indirect restoration
RDAEF
Remove excess cement with an ultrasonic scaler from supragingival surface undergoing orthodontic treatment
RDA with Board approved course
Application of pit and fissure sealant
RDA with Board approved course
Drug identification and draw limited to identification of appropriate medications, ampule and vial preparation and withdrawing drugs of correct amount as verified by the supervising licensed dentist.
Dental Sedation assistant Permit Holder
Size, Fit and Cement orthodontic bands
Orthodontic assistant permit holder
Place, condense and carve an amalgam restoration
RDAEF
Place patient monitoring sensors
DA (Dental Assistant) / Direct Supervision
An RDA or RDAEF may perform the following duties under supervision of RDH or RDH in alternative practice
Coronal Polish
Pit and fissure sealants
(All of the Above)
An RDA or RDAEF may perform the following duties under supervision of RDH or RDH in alternative practice
Any extra oral duties
Apply topical fluoride
Operate dental radiography equipment
A Dental Assistant is an indivdual who
without a license may perform basic supportive dental procedures under the supervision of a licensed dentist
Means supervision of dental procedures based on instructions given by a licensed dentist but not requiring the physical presence of the supervising dentist during the performance of those procedures
General supervision
Supervision of dental procedures based on instructions given by a licensed dentist, who must be physically present in the treatment facility during the performance of those procedures
Direct supervision
Fundamental duties are functions with may be performed by an unlicensed dental assistant
must be supervised by the dentist
RDA’s are required to have how many continuing units to renew a license
25
In order to renew a license all Dentist, hygienist, and registered dental assistant must have the following
2 hour infection control
2 hour Dental Practice Act
and CPR
Permit holders are required to have how many continuing education units to renew their licenses.
25 units biennially
What percent of CE course work must be live
50%
What categories of CEU allows 25% of the total units
Supplemental
CPR course automatically count for how many units
4
Dental Assistant must take an 8 hour approved course in
Infection control
The cost for renewal for an RDA License is
$70 Biennial
$100 now
Within how long must a legal name be registered
10 Days
The grace period for reissuing an expired license is
5 years
If your license is inactive what must you do to reactive it in a later date
Continue to pay biennial/annual renewal fees
What would be a cause for you license to be suspended or revoked
unprofessional conduct, incompetence, gross negligence repeat acts of negligence
What is considered unprofessional conduct
Lack of inform consent
negligence
sexual misconducts
the committing any act or acts of gross immorality substantially related to the practice of dentistry is considered
Unprofessional conduct
Used of any false, assumed or fictitious is considered
Unprofessional conduct
Unprofessional conduct obtaining, possessing or administering to oneself any controlled substance including the use of alcoholic beverages or other intoxication substance will result in license
Suspended or revoked
Botox or any related agents can only be used for the
Diagnosis and treatment of TMD/Myofacial condition as part of a comprehensive treatment plan
The State board may deny a licenses on grounds that the applicate has
Been convicted of a crime
done any act involving dishonesty fraud or deceit with the intent to benefit self
If a person who is not an RDA does any of the dutys of RDA is
is Punchisable by the state board
The dentist is obliged to
Safeguard the confidentiality pf patient records (HIPAA)
Ethical Practice of dentistry that reflex the patients right to self descion is
Inform consent
The dentist has the obligation to
Inform patients of their oral health status
In order to adhere to the prinicle of nonmaleficence
all dentists have the obligation of keeping their knowledge and skill current
It is your job to report the professional assistance committee of a dental society
First hand knowledge that a colleague is practicing dentistry when chemically impared
A Dental professional who contracts any disease or becomes impaired in any way that might endanger patients or dental staff shall,
with consultation and advice from a qualified physician or other authority, limit the activities of practice to those areas that do not endanger patients or dental staff.
A patient that has been exposed to bloodborne pathogens must
immediately refer the patient to a qualified health care practitioner who can provide post-exposure services
Personal relations with patients are
relationships that could impair their professional judgment o risk the possibility of exploiting the confidence placed in them by a patient
Reporting expected cases of abuse is
Duty to report (Legal obligation and responsibility)
A Decision not to provide treatment to an individual that has a communicable disease is
unethical
Justifiable means
Supportable
Removing dental amalgam from a nonallegric patient for the alleged propose to remove toxins from the body is
improper and unethical
Fees in a dental office must be
the same for all patients regardless of insurance
According to the ADA reporting, incorrect treatment dates for the purpose of assisting patients in obtaining benefits under a dental plan is
Unethical
It is unethical too
Recommends and perform unnecessary dental service or procedures is engaging in unethical conduct
Professional titles or degrees can be used
only if the degrees conferred upon them are recognized a dental college or school legally empowered to confer the same as permitted by state law
As a healthcare professional dentist assumes publicly- entrusted responsibilities founded of the principle of nonmaleficence- first do not harm
Ethical principles
Often cited as a fundament principle of ethics is the obligation to benefit others or to seek their good
Beneficence
Patients have the right to determine what should be done with their own bodies
Autonomy
Requires caring and the ability to identify with the patients overall wellbeing
Compassion
Is able to diagnose and treat the patients’ oral health needs and to refer when it is in the patients best interests
Competence
The commitment to promoting oral health initiatives and protecting the public requires that the profession work together for the collective best interest of society
Professionalism
To behave with honor and decency
Integrity
fairness or giving each his or her own due
Justice
