64B5-2 Dental Exam Requirements And Grading

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Applicants for examination or re-examination must have taken and successfully completed the National Board and received a National Board Certificate within the past how many years?

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10

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The examinations for dentistry (dental) shall consist of:

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1. A written exam
2. A practical or Clinical exam
3. A diagnostic Skills Examination

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a candidate for dental hygiene must successfully complete all 2 portions of exams ( written and practical) within how many months in order to qualify for licensure?

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13 months

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What does the written dental exam consist of?

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the laws and rules of the state of Florida.

*a final grade of 75 or better is required to pass the exam*

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At what age does a board patient at least have to be?

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18 years

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An applicant will be allowed no more than how many attempts to qualify a patient during the specified check-in period for a restorative procedure? (( For licensure to be a Dentist)

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two attempts

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An applicant will be allow how many attempts to qualify a patient during a specified check-in period for a Periodontal part

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one

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what must a candidate provide a proof of at the practical or clinical examination before he/she performs any procedure on a live patient?

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Proof of Secure Liability Insurance Coverage

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an applicant that passed one portion of the dental hygiene exam but not the other must retake what?

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Only the portion that was failed

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An applicant for Dental hygiene must successfully complete both portions (written/practical) within in how many month in order to qualify for licensure?

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13 month.
* if the applicant fails to successfully complete both portions within that time period, then the applicant must retake the entire examination

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an applicant who fails the clinical portion of the exam after 3 attempts must take what before reexamination?

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A successful completetion of one academic semester of clinical course work at the senior clinical practice level at an accredited dental hygiene school

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Applicants will be given no more than how many minutes to complete the laws/rule written portion of the DH examination?

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90 minutes

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There are two parts of the dental hygiene clinical examination, what are they?

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1. computer based assessment involving simulated patients
2. patient based assessment

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What does the simulated patient part of the clinical examination consist of?

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passing a computer based examination which includes: health assessement, oral condition evaluation, radiograph interpretation, and infection control practices

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How many minutes are an applicant given to take the simulated patient part of the DH clinical examination?

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120 minutes

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what does the patient based part of the clinical examination consist of?

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demonstration of clinical skills in performing a partial prophylaxis, scaling, root planning, coronal polishing, and pocket depth measurements on selected teeth

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How many minutes are an applicant given to take the patient based clinical examination?

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180 minutes
(3 hours)

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Applicant will be given no more than how many minutes to complete the treatment phase of the patient based part of the DH clinical exam?

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90 minutes
(1hr 30 minutes)

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What are the criteria for selecting a board patient?

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1. 6-8 selected teeth ( with no full crown restoration)
2. two molar may be contiguous on another quadrant if necessary to meet criteria.
3. three teeth shall have pockets identified by the applicant at least 4 mm.
4. 12 surfaces w/ moderate subgingival calculus detectable by visual or tactile means
5. No more than 4 surfaces may be on the incisors.
6. 1 tooth shall be multi-rooted molar w/ proximal contact with at least one other tooth.
7. 5 surfaces must be on interproximal surfaces of posterior teeth (i.e molars/premolar); 3 surfaces have to be on molars
8. 6 pockets depths measurements on each of 1 anterior and 1 posterior tooth selected by examiner must be made by the applicant

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The patient based part of the clinical exam shall have the following areas assessed in determining a grade:

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1. Presence of stain on assigned teeth
2. Presence of supragingival/ subgingival calculus on assigned teeth.
3. root roughness on assigned teeth
4. accuracy of pocket depth measurements
5. management of soft/hard tissue

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An applicant will not be able to submit a patient if less than how many minutes remain in the assigned DH clinical examination period?

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120 minutes

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An applicant who does not submit a patient within the assigned examination period will receive a grade of?

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Zero

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Candidates for the dental hygiene state clinical boards may assess patients for suitability as a board patient at any dental office under the direct supervision of a dentist, or at what place?

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at any accredited dental hygiene program or accredited dental school under direct supervision of a program faculty member

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What paper work is needed to apply for dental hygiene clinical examination?

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1. Official transcript from the school/ Diploma
2. a statement (embossed by the dean and stamped with school seal) indicating applicant has completed or will complete all requirements for graduation and the degree earned.
3. proof of malpractice insurance received directly from the insurance company
3. Two 2 inch by 2 inch photographs of the applicant
4. complete disclosure regarding any litigation in which candidate is or was involved in
5. a complete chronological dental practice history, including addresses of practices, names of associates in practice and current location of any practice associates
6. Proof received directly from ADA or National Board of Dental Examiners, Written Examination or National Board of Dental Hygiene written Examination has been successfully completed within 10 years prior to application.
7. Proof of CPR training
8. completed application DH-MQA 1210

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what is the accredited coursework that is required for the Florida Dental hygiene examination?

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1. Radiology: 15hrs didactic/ 10 hours lab/clinical
2. Prophylaxis Performance: 25hrs/ 100hrs clinical
3. Infection control: 10hrs didactic/ 10hrs clinical
4. Periodontal Therapy: 20 didactic/ 30 hrs clinical
5. Pharmacology: 15hrs didactic/ 10hrs clinical
6. Biomedical Science: 10 hrs didactic
7. Clinical History Mangament: 10hrs didiactic
8. Special Patient Care: 5hr didactic/10hrs clinical
9. CPR training

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Any applicant who is approved to sit for the examination shall not receive any refund or transfer of the application fee. However, one half of the examination fee may be refunded if the applicant notifies the Board in writing within how many days that he/she is not siting for the examination?

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14 days prior to examination date

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Any applicant who has been denied b the Credentials Committee may seek review of the Committee's decision by requesting review by the board in writing within how many days of receipt of the Committee's denial letter?

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10 days

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Any decisions the Credential Committee makes may be review, affirmed or overturn by who?

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The Board

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Each clinical procedure shall be graded by how many examiners?

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3

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How many independent grades shall be averaged to determine an applicant's final grade on each procedure of the clinical examination?

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3

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On the Dental Hygiene examination a system of corroborated errors is used to determine an applicant's final grade on each procedure of the clinical portion. The corroborated errors grading system requires at least how many independent examiners to agree on a the presence of an error before the error may be used in calculating the applicant's grade?

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2

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When there exists a discrepancy on the grade sheet between the handwritten grade and the grade penciled in on the optical scan field and the discrepancy cannot be resolved by an examination sheet, then what grade will be accepted as the intended grade?

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The handwritten grade

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What qualifies an Examiner to be ban examiner?

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1. Has been actively engaged in the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene in Florida for 5 years immediately preceding selection
2. has shown interest in Continuing education in dentistry
3. Not connected in any way with any other medical or dental college

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In an attempt to continually replenish the pool of possible examiners, no individual will be permitted to examine for more than how many years consecutively?

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4

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An individual how was an examiner for 4 years may be in the pool of prospective examiners after not examining for a period of how many year(s).

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1 year

however this prohibition will not be enforced when the Department is unable to establish a sufficient pool of prospective examiners

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What are some other factors the Department looks into in determining whether an examiner is qualified or not?

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1. had the individual ever had their license to practice dentistry or dental hygiene revoked, suspended, or acted against (include denial of licensure from another state, territory or country)
2. whether the individual has any criminal convictions
3. whether they limit his/her practice of dentistry to a recognized specialty area
4. Involved in any civil litigation
5. Whether the individual has been associated with a dental hygiene program

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A candidate is entitled to review his examination under the terms of the Department and if a ___ paid

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fee