NV Dental Jurisprudence case studies
NV Dental Jurisprudence · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Nevada Dental Jurisprudence Examination is the law-and-ethics component that the Nevada State Board of Dental Examiners uses to confirm that applicants for a Nevada dental or dental hygiene license understand the rules they will practice under. It is aimed at dentists and dental hygienists who are seeking initial licensure, licensure by credential, or reinstatement, and who must show they know the Nevada Dental Practice Act and the Board's regulations rather than clinical technique. The NV Dental Jurisprudence case studies are 5 cases and about 3,697 words.
1The Lapsed Local Anesthesia Permit at the Carson City Office
Ruiz owns two Nevada offices, in Reno and Carson City. On a Tuesday he is scheduled in Reno; his hygienist, Ms.
894 words, about 4 min2Saturday Emergency, a Minor, and a PMP Hit
Okafor is covering a Saturday emergency clinic in Las Vegas. a 17-year-old arrives with 36 hours of severe spontaneous nocturnal pain in the lower left, a carious pulp exposure at tooth #19, and no swelling.
632 words, about 3 min3The Extra Tooth, the Extra Fee, and the Records Request
Lindqvist treatment-planned extraction of tooth #30 with socket preservation for a 58-year-old patient, quoting 2,850 and obtaining a signed consent form listing "#30 extraction, bone graft, membrane." During surgery the crown fractured, the root required sectioning, and Dr. Lindqvist also extracted the adjacent #31, which had been asymptomatic and had tested within normal limits, telling the patient afterward that it "would have gone bad soon." He placed an additional membrane and added 900 to the bill.
615 words, about 3 min4The Spore-Test Gap and the Friday Needlestick
At a two-chair practice in Sparks, the autoclave log's last biological spore test is dated five months ago; the assistant says "we run the strips but nobody writes them down." The office reuses single-dose articaine vials between patients, wiping the stopper with alcohol, because "a box costs too much." On a busy Friday, a 30-gauge needle is recapped two-handed and the assistant sustains a needlestick to the left index finger while disassembling the syringe. The source patient's HBV, HCV, and HIV status is unknown, and the assistant has never been offered hepatitis B vaccination in her 14 months of employment.
677 words, about 3 min5Sierra Smile Studio: The Website, the Investor, and the Per-Procedure Pay
Sierra Smile Studio is a Nevada LLC in which an investor holds 55% of the membership interests; the remaining 45% belongs to Dr. Amari, who provides all clinical care and is paid 30% of collections.
879 words, about 4 min