Florida Laws & Rules (Dental Exam ADEX CDCA)
Complete Study Review Guide
1. Dentistry: the healing art which is concerned with the exam, diagnosis, treat- ment planning,
and care of conditions within the human oral cavity and adjacent tissues and structures
2. Dental Hygiene: the rendering of educational, preventative, and therapeutic dental services
and any related extra-oral procedure required in the performance of services
3. Governor of Florida: Who appoints the board of dentistry members?
4. Irremediable tasks: Intraoral treatment tasks which are irreversible and create unaltered
changes within the oral cavity
5. Remediable tasks: 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
6. Irremediable: Applying topical with jet spray is what type of task?
7. Remediable: A dental hygienist who applies bleaching solution, activates light source, monitors
and removes in office bleaching materials is performing a
task
8. Re-cementing temp crowns with temp cement: The practicing dentist is out of the country
and a patient comes into the office with an emergency.
What is a remediable task is the hygienist/assistant able to perform?
9. Irremediable: The use of a laser or laser type device is considered to be what type of task?
10. Dental hygienists & assistants: Who may perform emergency remediable tasks under
conditions specified in the laws?
11. 50 min: How many minutes are equivalent to one hour of continuing education?
12. Chemotherapeutic agents: What is not an appropriate topic for continuing education?
13. Board approved individual study: What is an appropriate educational activity or topic for
continuing education?
14. Pt stress management: What is an example of a CE a dental hygienist would take?
15. 1st biennium of licensure: When are licensees excused from CE?
16. Practicing hygienist or dentist: Who of the following are required to take CE
credits?
17. Writing within the scope of dentistry: Which of the following is legal of a dentist writing
prescriptions?
18. False: If 40 hours of CE are taken in 1 biennium, the remaining hours taken can count toward
renewal requirement for the next biennium. True/False
19. True: A dentist or hygienist takes a 10 hr HIV/AIDs course. The remaining 9 hours could
count for their remaining 24 or 30 hours required for licensure renewal. True/False
20. Dental license #: What must be included in a prescription for a prescription strength fluoride
gel?