MDA Chapter 3 - The Dental Healthcare Team

Minimum requirement for a hygienist is ___ years of college and an associated degree in a hygiene program.

A qualified clinical assistant can work in all of the following ways except?

Who in the dental team provides legally requires supervision for auxiliaries?

How many years is formal Dental Laboratory technician education.

Identify the Specialty: Restoration and replacement of natural teeth with artificial contracts such as dentures.

How many years of additional education is required to become a specialist?

Identify the Specialty: Examination of the nature of diseases that affect the oral cavity and adjacent structures.

Identify the Specialty: Diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the oral tissue that support and surround the teeth.

Supporting services for a dental practice would include all of the following except?

Identify the Specialty: Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of malocclusions of teeth and associated structures.

Identify the Specialty: Involves the oral healthcare of children from birth to adolescence.

How many dental specialties are recognized by the ADA?

The procedures a dental assistant can perform are determined by?

Identify the Specialty: Uses new and sophisticated imaging techniques to locate and identify disease.

Dental laboratory technicians do not always require a prescription to work.

How many years of graduate studies is required for a general dentist.

Who can administer nitrous oxide if allowed by their regulatory board?

Identify the Specialty: Serves the community, rather than the individual.

Accredited dental assisting programs require approximately ___ of formal education.

Identify the Specialty: Involves the diagnosis and surgical treatment of diseases, injuries, and defects.

Identify the speciality: Involves the cause, diagnosis, and treatment of disease of the pulp and associated structures.