FLORIDA DENTAL LAWS AND RULES EXAM QUESTIONS AND

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FLORIDA DENTAL LAWS AND RULES

EXAM QUESTIONS WITH

ANSWERS

Question 1: The legislative purpose for enacting chapter 466 is to ensure that

Choices:

• Every dentist or hygienist meets minimum requirements for safe practice
• Dental services not be delegated to unauthorized individuals
• Dentists and dental hygienists maintain above minimum competency
• Any dentist or hygienist who present a danger to the public shall be

prohibited from practicing in this state

Correct Answer: a. Every dentist or hygienist meets minimum requirements for

safe practice

Question 2: Which is incorrect regarding members of the Board of Dentistry

Choices:

• 7 members must be licensed dentists
• At least one member of the board must be 60 years of age or older.
• May be connected with a dental college, so long as the college does not

represent the person's principal source of income.

• Serve 4-year terms, but may serve no more than a total of 12 years
• Must have been involved in the practice of dentistry for at least 5 years

Correct Answer: d. Serve 4-year terms, but may serve no more than a total of 12

years

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Question 3: A dentist can advertise himself as an prolotherapist if

Choices:

• He has 200 CE hours in placing &/or restoring implants
• He cannot advertise this
• He is a prosthodontist
• He is a periodontist with 100 CE hours in placing implant

Correct Answer: b. He cannot advertise this

Question 4: Presenting someone else’s license as your own:

Choices:

• Is grounds for disciplinary action by the Board
• Is grounds for disciplinary action by the Department of Health
• Is a felony
• Is a misdemeanor

Correct Answer: d. Is a misdemeanor

Question 5: Certification from a provider of a CE course completion should

include:

Choices:

• The participant’s name and license number
• The provider’s name and number
• The course title, instructor, location, date offered and hours of CE credit

awarded

• The signature of the provider, official representative or instructor.
• All of the above

Correct Answer: e. All of the above

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Question 6: Dental Assistants may apply cavity liners under:

Choices:

• On-the-job training and direct supervision
• On-the-job training and indirect supervision
• Formal training and indirect supervision
• Formal training and general supervision

Correct Answer: c. Formal training and indirect supervision

Question 7: How many people are on the Board of Dentistry?

Choices:

• 2
• 7
• 11
• 13

Correct Answer: c. 11

Question 8: Official records of peer review committees do not include:

Choices:

• Correspondence between the dentist and the committee
• Diagnostic data
• Appointment book records
• Correspondence between the complainant and the committee

Correct Answer: c. Appointment book records

Question 9: Gingival curettage by a Hygienist may be performed under what

type of supervision?

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Choices:

• Direct
• Indirect
• General
• All of the above

Correct Answer: a. Direct

Question 10: Using a license that has been suspended:

Choices:

• Is grounds for disciplinary action by the Board
• Is grounds for disciplinary action by the Department of Health
• Is a felony
• Is a misdemeanor

Correct Answer: c. Is a felony

Question 11: Pharmacists can fill the following prescriptions from licensed

dentists:

Choices:

• Valium for sleep
• Valium for anxiety
• Valium for apprehension before a dental appointment
• None of the above

Correct Answer: c. Valium for apprehension before a dental appointment

Question 12: The following drugs must be easily accessible during general

anesthesia except:

Choices: