NH Dental Jurisprudence case studies
NH Dental Jurisprudence · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The New Hampshire Dental Jurisprudence Examination is the law-and-rules component of licensure for dental professionals in New Hampshire, administered in connection with the state board that regulates dentistry. It exists to confirm that a candidate knows the statutes, administrative rules, and board policies that govern practice in New Hampshire - not clinical technique. The NH Dental Jurisprudence case studies are 5 cases and about 4,675 words.
1The Relocated Practice: A Pending Application Is Not a License
held an active Massachusetts dental license for 12 years. In September she signed a lease for a five-chair office in Nashua, submitted a New Hampshire license application on September 15, and began treating patients on October 1 while the application was still pending; the Board's next scheduled meeting is in November.
946 words, about 5 min2Three Delegation Requests and One Telephone
is the only dentist on site in a two-chair office. she is midway through a molar endodontic case in operatory 1 when three requests arrive from operatory 2.
994 words, about 5 min3Positive Spore Test, Needlestick, and a Confidential Diagnosis
On Wednesday morning the office manager reads the autoclave log and finds that Monday's biological indicator was positive; the previous valid negative test was Friday. Instruments processed Monday and Tuesday were used on 34 patients, including six surgical extractions and four implant placements.
917 words, about 5 min4Records, a Google Review, and a Sixteen-Year-Old
A patient of record for six years owes $1,850 for a crown and has not paid in 90 days. She emails requesting a complete copy of her record - chart notes, radiographs, and the laboratory prescription - to take to a new dentist across town.
918 words, about 5 min5The Impaired Owner, the Family Prescription, and the Early Refill
on a Thursday the owner-dentist of a three-doctor practice is slurring his words, drops an instrument, and smells of alcohol. The associate later finds a vodka bottle in the office restroom and learns from the receptionist that the owner wrote himself a 30-tablet hydrocodone prescription last week and wrote another for his 19-year-old son, who is not a patient of record.
900 words, about 5 min