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Missouri Dental Jurisprudence Practice Test

Unofficial practice on Missouri dental law and rules, with a mock run as long as the real open book test.

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The board, licenses and renewal 27

  • A dental hygienist licensed in another state seeks a Missouri license without examination. How long must the hygienist have been licensed there? RSMo 332.281. Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • A dentist applying by examination must have passed a state or regional competency examination how recently? 20 CSR 2110-2.010(1)(C). Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • A dentist dies. For how long may the surviving spouse keep the office running by employing licensed dentists? RSMo 332.073. Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • A dentist is to be appointed to the board. For how long must the dentist have practiced immediately before the appointment? RSMo 332.021.2. Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • A dentist lets a license expire. Within what time may it still be renewed before it becomes void? RSMo 332.181.5. Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • A dentist licensed in another state offers free dental care in Missouri without a Missouri license. For how long may this be done? RSMo 332.072. Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • A licensee changes mailing address. How must the board be told? 20 CSR 2110-2.175. Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
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  • A retired dentist wants a volunteer license. For how long must the dentist have been licensed? RSMo 332.112.1. Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • An applicant fails one section of a clinical competency examination twice. What may the board require before another attempt? 20 CSR 2110-2.010(3). Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • An applicant passes the clinical examinations but fails only the examination over Missouri laws. What does the statute say about additional education? RSMo 332.151.4. Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • Besides its five dentists, who sits on the Missouri Dental Board? RSMo 332.021.1. Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • The board licenses a dentist from another state without examination. For how long must that dentist have been licensed there? RSMo 332.211. Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • For how long does an application for a dental license stay active after the board receives it? RSMo 332.181.2. Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • How long is a full term on the Missouri Dental Board? RSMo 332.021.3. Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • How many members sit on the Missouri Dental Board? RSMo 332.021.1. Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • How often is a Missouri license to practice dentistry renewed? RSMo 332.181.4. Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • How often must the board meet? RSMo 332.041.1. Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • In which decision does the dental hygienist member of the board take no part? RSMo 332.021.4. Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • On what date do Missouri dental and dental hygiene licenses expire? 20 CSR 2110-2.071(2). Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • To whom does the board issue a specialist's license on application? RSMo 332.171.1. Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • What does the board charge for a volunteer license to practice dentistry? RSMo 332.112.4. Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • What grade must an applicant earn on the board's written examination on the Missouri dental laws and rules? 20 CSR 2110-2.010(1)(D). Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • What happens to a dental faculty permit when its holder stops working for the accredited Missouri dental school? RSMo 332.183.6. Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • What score must an applicant reach in each tested area of the clinical competency examination? 20 CSR 2110-2.010(5)(A). Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • Where does the statute place the office of the Missouri Dental Board? RSMo 332.051.1. Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • Where must a dentist display the license for the current licensing period? RSMo 332.181.3. Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.
  • Which basic life support course does the board refuse for licensure? 20 CSR 2110-2.010(1)(E). Topic: The board, licenses and renewal.

Continuing education 18

  • A dentist earns diplomate status from an ADA-recognized specialty board during the reporting period. How is continuing education treated? 20 CSR 2110-2.240(2)(H). Topic: Continuing education.
  • A dentist earns more hours than required. How many may be carried forward into the next time block? 20 CSR 2110-2.240(2). Topic: Continuing education.
  • A dentist is first licensed by competency examination halfway through a time block. What continuing education is owed for that block? 20 CSR 2110-2.240(2)(D). Topic: Continuing education.
  • A dentist licensed by credentials during the second year of a time block must complete how many hours to renew? 20 CSR 2110-2.240(2)(C). Topic: Continuing education.
  • A dentist renews a license that expired three years ago, in the second renewal cycle after expiration. How many continuing education hours are owed? 20 CSR 2110-2.071(9). Topic: Continuing education.
  • A licensee gives an original presentation on dentistry through a board-approved sponsor. What credit is earned? 20 CSR 2110-2.240(2)(F). Topic: Continuing education.
  • Besides continuing education, what current certification does every renewal depend on? 20 CSR 2110-2.071(5). Topic: Continuing education.
  • The board orders continuing education as part of discipline. Does it count toward the renewal requirement? 20 CSR 2110-2.240(6). Topic: Continuing education.
  • For how long must a licensee keep records documenting continuing education? 20 CSR 2110-2.240(2)(A). Topic: Continuing education.
  • How early must a licensee apply in writing for a waiver or extension of the continuing education requirement? 20 CSR 2110-2.240(3). Topic: Continuing education.
  • How many continuing education hours does a licensee receive for each year as a full-time instructor? 20 CSR 2110-2.240(2)(E). Topic: Continuing education.
  • How many extra hours may a dental hygienist carry forward into the next time block? 20 CSR 2110-2.240(2). Topic: Continuing education.
  • How many hours may a licensee claim per reporting period for an article published in a dental professional journal? 20 CSR 2110-2.240(2)(I). Topic: Continuing education.
  • How many hours of continuing education must a Missouri dental hygienist complete to renew? RSMo 332.261.4. Topic: Continuing education.
  • How many hours of continuing education must a Missouri dentist complete to renew? RSMo 332.181.4. Topic: Continuing education.
  • How much contact instruction earns one hour of continuing education? 20 CSR 2110-2.240(2). Topic: Continuing education.
  • Of a dentist's fifty hours, how many must relate directly to the treatment, health and safety of the individual dental patient? 20 CSR 2110-2.240(2). Topic: Continuing education.
  • Of a hygienist's thirty hours, how many must relate directly to the treatment, health and safety of the individual dental patient? 20 CSR 2110-2.240(2). Topic: Continuing education.

Hygienists, assistants and supervision 22

  • A hygienist in a public health setting may treat certain children without a dentist's supervision. How long must the hygienist have been in practice? RSMo 332.311.2. Topic: Hygienists, assistants and supervision.
  • A hygienist treats a patient under general supervision while the dentist is away. What must the patient be told? 20 CSR 2110-2.001(5). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and supervision.
  • A permitted hygienist may give local anesthesia under general supervision. Which patients are not candidates? 20 CSR 2110-2.130(11). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and supervision.
  • A salon whitens teeth with products that cannot be bought over the counter. How does the statute treat this? RSMo 332.366. Topic: Hygienists, assistants and supervision.
  • An expanded functions permit expires. Until when may it still be renewed? 20 CSR 2110-2.120(4)(E). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and supervision.
  • Before a hygienist gives local anesthesia under general supervision, how recently must the supervising dentist have examined the patient? 20 CSR 2110-2.130(11). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and supervision.
  • Before expanded functions are delegated to an assistant, where must the permit be? 20 CSR 2110-2.120(4)(B). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and supervision.
  • How many hours of continuing education are needed to renew expanded functions permits? 20 CSR 2110-2.120(4)(D). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and supervision.
  • How often is an expanded functions permit renewed? RSMo 332.098.1. Topic: Hygienists, assistants and supervision.
  • Into how many categories are expanded functions permits divided? 20 CSR 2110-2.120(5)(A). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and supervision.
  • Under 20 CSR 2110-2.001, what sets direct supervision apart from indirect supervision? 20 CSR 2110-2.001(3). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and supervision.
  • Under general supervision, for how long is the dentist's authorization valid? 20 CSR 2110-2.001(5). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and supervision.
  • Under what level of supervision does a permitted hygienist administer nitrous oxide analgesia? 20 CSR 2110-2.130(4). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and supervision.
  • What level of supervision does the statute require for a dental assistant? RSMo 332.093. Topic: Hygienists, assistants and supervision.
  • What must a dental assistant complete before monitoring nitrous oxide analgesia under direct supervision? 20 CSR 2110-2.120(3)(A). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and supervision.
  • Which expanded functions permit covers placing amalgam in Class II restorations? 20 CSR 2110-2.120(5)(A). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and supervision.
  • Which of these may a Missouri hygienist perform under general supervision? 20 CSR 2110-2.130(3). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and supervision.
  • Which procedure may a dentist NOT delegate to a dental assistant? 20 CSR 2110-2.120(2)(A). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and supervision.
  • Which services may that experienced hygienist give unsupervised in a public health setting? RSMo 332.311.2. Topic: Hygienists, assistants and supervision.
  • Which three things may a hygienist do without a dentist being present? 20 CSR 2110-2.130(7). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and supervision.
  • Who is a "patient of record"? 20 CSR 2110-2.001(6). Topic: Hygienists, assistants and supervision.
  • Who is responsible for patient care when a hygienist or assistant renders it? RSMo 332.031.2. Topic: Hygienists, assistants and supervision.

Records, prescribing and running a practice 19

  • A change is made to a patient record three days after the final entry. How must it be entered? RSMo 332.052.3. Topic: Records, prescribing and running a practice.
  • A dentist moves the practice far away from patients with unfinished treatment. Under the patient abandonment rule, who counts as an "active patient"? 20 CSR 2110-2.114(1). Topic: Records, prescribing and running a practice.
  • A laboratory technologist verifies the shade of a prosthesis on a dentist's work order. For how long is the work order kept? 20 CSR 2110-2.190(2). Topic: Records, prescribing and running a practice.
  • A patient is injured during treatment and needs medical attention. How soon must the dentist report to the board? 20 CSR 2110-2.210(1). Topic: Records, prescribing and running a practice.
  • A person who is not a dentist owns and manages an office where dental services are performed. How does the statute treat this? RSMo 332.071. Topic: Records, prescribing and running a practice.
  • Above what daily dose for acute pain must a dentist document the reason in the record? RSMo 332.361.5. Topic: Records, prescribing and running a practice.
  • After how long does a correction to a patient record have to be entered as a marked addendum? RSMo 332.052.3. Topic: Records, prescribing and running a practice.
  • After relocating or ceasing practice, how soon must the dentist notify active patients with unfinished treatment of their rights? 20 CSR 2110-2.114(2). Topic: Records, prescribing and running a practice.
  • Before prescribing an opioid for mild to moderate acute dental pain, what must a dentist first do? 20 CSR 2110-2.250(1). Topic: Records, prescribing and running a practice.
  • For how long must a Missouri dentist keep an adult patient's record? RSMo 332.052.2. Topic: Records, prescribing and running a practice.
  • For how long must copies of laboratory work orders be kept? RSMo 332.052.4. Topic: Records, prescribing and running a practice.
  • How long is the record of a minor patient kept? RSMo 332.052.2. Topic: Records, prescribing and running a practice.
  • The injury or death report covers harm during treatment and harm within what time after it? 20 CSR 2110-2.210(1). Topic: Records, prescribing and running a practice.
  • May a dentist sign a contract that lets a non-dentist influence the dentist's professional judgment? RSMo 332.081.5. Topic: Records, prescribing and running a practice.
  • On what condition may a dentist keep patient records electronically? RSMo 332.052.1. Topic: Records, prescribing and running a practice.
  • What does a dentist who stops practicing owe a patient with unfinished, paid treatment, on request? 20 CSR 2110-2.114(1). Topic: Records, prescribing and running a practice.
  • What does the statute say about long-acting or extended-release opioids for acute pain? RSMo 332.361.4. Topic: Records, prescribing and running a practice.
  • What must be marked on a removable denture made by a Missouri dentist? RSMo 332.364.1. Topic: Records, prescribing and running a practice.
  • Which condition must exist before a dentist prescribes a controlled substance? RSMo 332.361.3. Topic: Records, prescribing and running a practice.

Complaints, discipline and unlicensed practice 17

  • A dentist administers nitrous oxide to himself after hours. What does the statute say? RSMo 332.321.2. Topic: Complaints, discipline and unlicensed practice.
  • After the commission finds grounds for discipline, for how long may the board place a licensee on probation? RSMo 332.321.3. Topic: Complaints, discipline and unlicensed practice.
  • The board orders a competency reexamination of a dentist by three dentists. Who chooses them? RSMo 332.321.2. Topic: Complaints, discipline and unlicensed practice.
  • How are complaints and the board's complaint log treated under the open records law? 20 CSR 2110-2.200(6). Topic: Complaints, discipline and unlicensed practice.
  • How many diversion agreements may the board enter into with one licensee? RSMo 332.327.5. Topic: Complaints, discipline and unlicensed practice.
  • How may another state's discipline of a dentist affect the Missouri license? RSMo 332.321.2. Topic: Complaints, discipline and unlicensed practice.
  • In an order of revocation, what may the board say about applying again? RSMo 332.321.3. Topic: Complaints, discipline and unlicensed practice.
  • Instead of discipline, the board may refer an impaired licensee to the well-being committee under a diversion agreement. How long may the agreement run? RSMo 332.327.5. Topic: Complaints, discipline and unlicensed practice.
  • What crime is the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene without a Missouri license? RSMo 332.111. Topic: Complaints, discipline and unlicensed practice.
  • What does the board do with a written complaint that is not signed? 20 CSR 2110-2.200(2). Topic: Complaints, discipline and unlicensed practice.
  • What does the statute say about rebates and split fees? RSMo 332.321.2. Topic: Complaints, discipline and unlicensed practice.
  • What is needed before the board's president or secretary issues a subpoena? RSMo 332.032.1. Topic: Complaints, discipline and unlicensed practice.
  • What is the longest period for which the board may suspend a license? RSMo 332.321.3. Topic: Complaints, discipline and unlicensed practice.
  • What must every dental advertisement contain for each office location it lists? RSMo 332.321.2. Topic: Complaints, discipline and unlicensed practice.
  • When may an announcement use the word "specialist"? RSMo 332.321.2. Topic: Complaints, discipline and unlicensed practice.
  • Where does the board file a complaint when it seeks to discipline a licensee? RSMo 332.321.2. Topic: Complaints, discipline and unlicensed practice.
  • Which sedation terms may a permit holder use in advertising? RSMo 332.321.2. Topic: Complaints, discipline and unlicensed practice.

How this list was compiled: Our own questions on the law the Missouri Dental Board's jurisprudence examination covers. 20 CSR 2110-2.010(1)(D) and 2.050(1)(D) ask every dentist and dental hygienist applicant to pass 'a written examination given by the board on the Missouri dental laws and rules' with a grade of at least 80%. The board's application packets for dentists and dental hygienists (https://pr.mo.gov/boards/dental/375-0226.pdf and https://pr.mo.gov/boards/dental/375-0225.pdf, opened 2026-10-16) say the examination is an open book test of 50 multiple choice questions and that a score of at least 80% passes; the board publishes no content outline, so the five topics here are this site's own sorting. Every fact was read on 2026-10-16 in RSMo Chapter 332 on the Revisor of Statutes' site (https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneChapter.aspx?chapter=332) and in 20 CSR 2110-2, the Secretary of State's current file with pages dated through 8/31/26 (https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/adrules/csr/current/20csr/20c2110-2.pdf). Each question names its section and links to it. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site, written from the public text of the Revised Statutes of Missouri and the Code of State Regulations. Nothing is taken from the board's jurisprudence examination, a prep company or a review book.

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An unofficial Missouri dental jurisprudence practice test: 103 of our own questions on RSMo Chapter 332 and 20 CSR 2110-2. The Missouri Dental Board gives the real jurisprudence examination and is not affiliated with this page.

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Law only, and each question cites its section. Fees, sedation and anesthesia permits, the pilot projects and the distance learning sections are not asked. Practice for an exam, not medical advice.

  • Licenses expire November 30 of each even-numbered year; dentists owe fifty hours of continuing education and hygienists thirty (20 CSR 2110-2.071, RSMo 332.181, 332.261).
  • Records are kept seven years, and a change made more than forty-eight hours after the final entry is a marked addendum (RSMo 332.052).
  • General supervision rests on the dentist's authorization, valid at most twelve months from the most recent examination (20 CSR 2110-2.001).

Questions and answers

Is the Missouri dental jurisprudence exam open book?

Yes. The board's application packets for dentists and dental hygienists call it an open book test consisting of 50 multiple choice questions, and say to study the rules and regulations to prepare.

What score do you need on the Missouri dental jurisprudence exam?

At least 80%. 20 CSR 2110-2.010 and 2.050 ask each applicant to pass the written examination on the Missouri dental laws and rules with a grade of at least eighty percent.

Can you take the Missouri jurisprudence exam online?

Possibly. The application packet says you may be eligible to take it online through a secure website offered by the board, and that instructions follow once the application is received. The rule also names the board office.

How long do you have to pass the Missouri jurisprudence exam?

One year. Each application must be completed within one year of submission to the board, including taking and passing the jurisprudence examination, or it becomes invalid and a new application begins.

Is this the board's exam?

No. The questions were written for this site from the public statutes and rules, never from the examination. The Missouri Dental Board has not reviewed this page.

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