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Montana Dental Jurisprudence Practice Test

Unofficial practice on Montana's dentistry statutes and board rules, every answer marked with its section.

The public holds how many of the ten seats on the Montana Board of Dentistry?

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The Board of Dentistry and its panels 11

  • At the call of its president and secretary-treasurer, the Montana Board of Dentistry must meet how often? MCA 37-4-202. Topic: The Board of Dentistry and its panels.
  • How many dentists sit on the screening panel of the Montana Board of Dentistry? ARM 24.138.2402. Topic: The Board of Dentistry and its panels.
  • How much notice of a Montana Board of Dentistry meeting must the department give board members? MCA 37-4-202. Topic: The Board of Dentistry and its panels.
  • MCA 2-15-1732 gives the Montana Board of Dentistry how many members? MCA 2-15-1732. Topic: The Board of Dentistry and its panels.
  • Of the ten seats on the Montana Board of Dentistry, how many belong to dentists? MCA 2-15-1732. Topic: The Board of Dentistry and its panels.
  • The president of the Montana board appoints how many members to its Anesthesia Committee? ARM 24.138.3233. Topic: The Board of Dentistry and its panels.
  • The public holds how many of the ten seats on the Montana Board of Dentistry? MCA 2-15-1732. Topic: The Board of Dentistry and its panels.
  • When are proceedings of the Montana Board of Dentistry closed to public inspection? MCA 37-4-202. Topic: The Board of Dentistry and its panels.
  • Where must money collected under Montana's dentistry chapter be deposited? MCA 37-4-202. Topic: The Board of Dentistry and its panels.
  • Which department is "the department" in Montana's dentistry chapter? MCA 37-4-101. Topic: The Board of Dentistry and its panels.
  • Which licensee, besides dentists and dental hygienists, holds a seat on the Montana Board of Dentistry? MCA 2-15-1732. Topic: The Board of Dentistry and its panels.
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Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education 18

  • A Montana dentist holds a deep sedation/general anesthesia permit. How many of the dentist's continuing education hours must be anesthesia-specific? ARM 24.138.2110. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • A Montana licensee converting from inactive to active must give added proof of competency after being out of practice for longer than what? ARM 24.138.514. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • A nonviolent felony conviction is routine on a Montana dental application once its date is more than how long before the application? ARM 24.138.305. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • A retired applicant for a Montana volunteer license must show full licensure in good standing for how long before retirement? ARM 24.138.530. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • Does the Montana Board of Dentistry preapprove continuing education programs? ARM 24.138.2110. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • For how long is a Montana restricted temporary volunteer license valid? ARM 24.138.530. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • For how long is a regional clinical practical examination valid for initial dentist licensure in Montana? ARM 24.138.502. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • How long is Montana's continuing education cycle for licensees of the Board of Dentistry? ARM 24.138.2110. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • How many affidavits of good moral character does MCA 37-4-301 list for a dentist's application? MCA 37-4-301. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • How many continuing education hours must a Montana dentist obtain in each cycle? ARM 24.138.2110. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • How may a Montana licensee meet the rule on display of the current license? ARM 24.138.414. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • How often must a Montana licensee on inactive status renew? ARM 24.138.514. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • May a Montana city or county charge a licensed dentist a license fee? MCA 37-4-307. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • What is Montana's jurisprudence examination fee for all licensees of the Board of Dentistry? ARM 24.138.402. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • What is outside the scope of a Montana volunteer license issued under MCA 37-4-340? MCA 37-4-340. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • What score must an applicant reach on the Montana dental jurisprudence exam? ARM 24.138.550. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • When do Montana's continuing education requirements begin to apply to a new licensee? ARM 24.138.2110. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.
  • When does Montana accept an internet course for the required CPR, ACLS or PALS card? ARM 24.138.2110. Topic: Licenses, the exam, renewal and continuing education.

Dental hygienists, supervision and limited access permits 20

  • A Montana hygienist applies for a limited access permit on a career total of 3,000 hours. How many hours are needed in each of the last two years? ARM 24.138.509. Topic: Dental hygienists, supervision and limited access permits.
  • A Montana limited access permit hygienist exposes radiographs. Within how long must a licensed Montana dentist evaluate them? ARM 24.138.425. Topic: Dental hygienists, supervision and limited access permits.
  • A school qualifies for limited access permit services in Montana when what share of its students is eligible for free or reduced price lunch? ARM 24.138.509. Topic: Dental hygienists, supervision and limited access permits.
  • Before renewal, a Montana dental hygienist must have obtained how many continuing education hours for the three-year cycle? ARM 24.138.2110. Topic: Dental hygienists, supervision and limited access permits.
  • How does a Montana dental hygienist show education and competency for prescriptive authority? ARM 24.138.419. Topic: Dental hygienists, supervision and limited access permits.
  • How many additional continuing education hours does a Montana hygienist with a limited access permit owe in each cycle? ARM 24.138.2110. Topic: Dental hygienists, supervision and limited access permits.
  • How many affidavits of good moral character does MCA 37-4-402 list for a dental hygienist's application? MCA 37-4-402. Topic: Dental hygienists, supervision and limited access permits.
  • How many clinical hours over the last three years qualify a Montana hygienist for a limited access permit? ARM 24.138.509. Topic: Dental hygienists, supervision and limited access permits.
  • How often must a Montana limited access permit hygienist recommend referral of a patient to a licensed Montana dentist? ARM 24.138.425. Topic: Dental hygienists, supervision and limited access permits.
  • Under which supervision does a board-certified Montana hygienist administer local anesthetic agents? MCA 37-4-401. Topic: Dental hygienists, supervision and limited access permits.
  • What does direct supervision require under MCA 37-4-405? MCA 37-4-405. Topic: Dental hygienists, supervision and limited access permits.
  • What does Montana's definition of general supervision require of the supervising dentist? MCA 37-4-405. Topic: Dental hygienists, supervision and limited access permits.
  • What marks public health supervision of a dental hygienist in Montana? MCA 37-4-405. Topic: Dental hygienists, supervision and limited access permits.
  • What must a Montana dental hygienist obtain to practice under public health supervision? MCA 37-4-405. Topic: Dental hygienists, supervision and limited access permits.
  • What strength of chlorhexidine gluconate rinse may a Montana hygienist with prescriptive authority prescribe? ARM 24.138.419. Topic: Dental hygienists, supervision and limited access permits.
  • Which agents does a Montana dental hygienist's prescriptive authority cover? MCA 37-4-401. Topic: Dental hygienists, supervision and limited access permits.
  • Which patient condition means a Montana limited access permit hygienist needs prior authorization from a medical or dental provider? ARM 24.138.425. Topic: Dental hygienists, supervision and limited access permits.
  • Which service may a Montana hygienist not provide under public health supervision? MCA 37-4-405. Topic: Dental hygienists, supervision and limited access permits.
  • Which surgical procedures on tissue does MCA 37-4-401 leave open to delegation to a dental hygienist? MCA 37-4-401. Topic: Dental hygienists, supervision and limited access permits.
  • Which task does ARM 24.138.407 bar a Montana dental hygienist from performing? ARM 24.138.407. Topic: Dental hygienists, supervision and limited access permits.

Dental auxiliaries and certified dental assistants 10

  • A Montana certified dental assistant places sealants under general supervision. The patient's in-person examination must fall within how long before? ARM 24.138.406. Topic: Dental auxiliaries and certified dental assistants.
  • A Montana dentist who gave nitrous oxide/oxygen leaves the operatory. Who must stay with the patient? ARM 24.138.3223. Topic: Dental auxiliaries and certified dental assistants.
  • Under which supervision must a Montana dental auxiliary without national certification perform intraoral tasks? MCA 37-4-408. Topic: Dental auxiliaries and certified dental assistants.
  • What effect does assigning a task to a dental auxiliary have on a Montana dentist's liability? ARM 24.138.406. Topic: Dental auxiliaries and certified dental assistants.
  • Which examination is one of the three behind Montana's definition of a certified dental assistant? ARM 24.138.301. Topic: Dental auxiliaries and certified dental assistants.
  • Which Montana dental auxiliary may be supervised under general supervision? MCA 37-4-408. Topic: Dental auxiliaries and certified dental assistants.
  • Which of these qualifies a Montana dental auxiliary to make radiographic exposures under direct supervision? ARM 24.138.406. Topic: Dental auxiliaries and certified dental assistants.
  • Which procedure does MCA 37-4-408 bar the board from letting a dentist delegate to any auxiliary? MCA 37-4-408. Topic: Dental auxiliaries and certified dental assistants.
  • Which task may no Montana dental auxiliary perform, certified or not? ARM 24.138.406. Topic: Dental auxiliaries and certified dental assistants.
  • Which task must a Montana certified dental assistant perform only under direct supervision? ARM 24.138.406. Topic: Dental auxiliaries and certified dental assistants.

Conduct, advertising, laboratories and denturists 17

  • A Montana dentist who publishes a list of fees must state what about each fee? MCA 37-4-322. Topic: Conduct, advertising, laboratories and denturists.
  • A Montana work authorization identifies the patient by number only. What must the dentist do? MCA 37-4-501. Topic: Conduct, advertising, laboratories and denturists.
  • A patient not of record consults a Montana dentist in an emergency and is treated. What must the dentist do afterward? ARM 24.138.2301. Topic: Conduct, advertising, laboratories and denturists.
  • For how long may the personal representative of a deceased Montana dentist contract with a dentist to manage the practice? MCA 37-4-104. Topic: Conduct, advertising, laboratories and denturists.
  • For how long must a Montana dentist keep the duplicate copy of a written work authorization sent to a dental laboratory? MCA 37-4-501. Topic: Conduct, advertising, laboratories and denturists.
  • For how long must a Montana licensee keep records of advertising, including a copy of the advertisement? ARM 24.138.3003. Topic: Conduct, advertising, laboratories and denturists.
  • How is a participant on the nondisciplinary track of Montana's professional assistance program reported to the board? ARM 24.138.2712. Topic: Conduct, advertising, laboratories and denturists.
  • How many clock hours must a Montana denturist's clinical internship include? ARM 24.138.511. Topic: Conduct, advertising, laboratories and denturists.
  • How many dental hygienists or auxiliaries may a Montana dentist employ or supervise? ARM 24.138.2301. Topic: Conduct, advertising, laboratories and denturists.
  • What does ARM 24.138.3003 presume about an advertisement that names a Montana licensee? ARM 24.138.3003. Topic: Conduct, advertising, laboratories and denturists.
  • What must be permanently marked on a nonmetal full denture processed in Montana? MCA 37-4-503. Topic: Conduct, advertising, laboratories and denturists.
  • What must come before a Montana denturist fits a denture over implants? ARM 24.138.906. Topic: Conduct, advertising, laboratories and denturists.
  • When does the period allowed to the personal representative of a deceased Montana dentist begin? MCA 37-4-104. Topic: Conduct, advertising, laboratories and denturists.
  • When may a qualified Montana oral surgeon on a hospital's medical staff take the history and perform the physical examination of a patient admitted for surgery? MCA 37-4-515. Topic: Conduct, advertising, laboratories and denturists.
  • Where may a Montana dental laboratory advertise its services? MCA 37-4-502. Topic: Conduct, advertising, laboratories and denturists.
  • Which of these does ARM 24.138.2301 define as unprofessional conduct? ARM 24.138.2301. Topic: Conduct, advertising, laboratories and denturists.
  • Which of these may the personal representative of a deceased Montana dentist not do? MCA 37-4-104. Topic: Conduct, advertising, laboratories and denturists.

Sedation and anesthesia permits 12

  • For how long may a Montana temporary anesthesia permit run before the inspection is complete? MCA 37-4-308. Topic: Sedation and anesthesia permits.
  • How long must an oral and maxillofacial surgery residency be to qualify for Montana's deep sedation/general anesthesia permit? ARM 24.138.3221. Topic: Sedation and anesthesia permits.
  • How long must the course of instruction be for a Montana applicant seeking to use inhalation sedation? ARM 24.138.3221. Topic: Sedation and anesthesia permits.
  • How many hours of instruction does Montana require of an applicant for a moderate sedation permit? ARM 24.138.3221. Topic: Sedation and anesthesia permits.
  • How much notice of an initial anesthesia inspection must a Montana applicant receive? MCA 37-4-308. Topic: Sedation and anesthesia permits.
  • How often must a Montana anesthesia permit holder be reinspected? MCA 37-4-308. Topic: Sedation and anesthesia permits.
  • How often must vital signs be taken and recorded during deep sedation or general anesthesia in a Montana dental office? ARM 24.138.3223. Topic: Sedation and anesthesia permits.
  • Montana defines inhalation sedation as nitrous oxide/oxygen in concentrations of up to what? ARM 24.138.301. Topic: Sedation and anesthesia permits.
  • What does MCA 37-4-511 require while a dental procedure is done under deep sedation or general anesthesia? MCA 37-4-511. Topic: Sedation and anesthesia permits.
  • With how many drugs may nitrous oxide/oxygen be used for minimal sedation under ARM 24.138.3221? ARM 24.138.3221. Topic: Sedation and anesthesia permits.
  • With supplemental dosing for minimal sedation in Montana, the total aggregate dose on the day must not exceed what? ARM 24.138.301. Topic: Sedation and anesthesia permits.
  • Within how long must a Montana dentist send the board a written report of an injury or death involving sedation or anesthesia? ARM 24.138.3231. Topic: Sedation and anesthesia permits.

How this list was compiled: Our own questions on the law behind the Montana jurisprudence exam. ARM 24.138.550(1)(e) (effective 2024-09-21) says each application for licensure from the Board of Dentistry must include "successful completion of the jurisprudence exam with a score of at least 75 percent"; ARM 24.138.402(5) sets a jurisprudence examination fee for all licensees, and the board's Dentist licensing page (https://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/dentistry/license-information/, opened 2026-10-16) lists that fee. Neither the rules nor that page give a question count, a time limit or a content outline, so the six topics here are this site's own sorting. Every fact was read on 2026-10-16 in the Montana Code Annotated 2025, Title 37, chapter 4 and section 2-15-1732, each section on its own page of the Legislature's site (https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0370/chapter_0040/parts_index.html), and in the 36 rules of ARM Title 24, chapter 138 that are in effect, on the Secretary of State's rules site (https://rules.mt.gov/browse/collections/aec52c46-128e-4279-9068-8af5d5432d74/sections/f65fad5c-630a-4634-a93b-a55f6919acef). Each question names its section. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site, written from the public text of the Montana Code Annotated and the Administrative Rules of Montana. Nothing is taken from the jurisprudence examination, a prep company or a review book.

How it works

An unofficial Montana dental jurisprudence practice test: 88 of our own questions on Montana Code Title 37, chapter 4 and the board's rules, ARM 24.138. The Montana Board of Dentistry requires the real exam and is not affiliated.

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What is left out

Law only, and each question cites its section. Fees other than the exam fee, the equipment lists for anesthesia permits, the denturitry statute (Title 37, chapter 29) and the general licensing law of Title 37, chapter 1 are not asked. Code and rules are as they stood on the Legislature's and the Secretary of State's sites on October 16, 2026. Practice for an exam, not medical advice.

  • Dentists owe 60 hours of continuing education per three-year cycle; dental hygienists and denturists owe 36 (ARM 24.138.2110).
  • A hygienist needs a limited access permit to work under public health supervision (MCA 37-4-405).
  • Sedation and anesthesia incidents are reported to the board in writing within seven days (ARM 24.138.3231).

Questions and answers

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

At least 75 percent. ARM 24.138.550 says each application for licensure must include successful completion of the jurisprudence exam with a score of at least 75 percent.

How many questions are on the Montana dental jurisprudence exam?

The rules and the board's licensing page give no question count or time limit, so this page does not guess them. A scored run here asks 25 questions and applies the 75 percent mark, with no clock.

Who has to take the Montana jurisprudence exam?

Every applicant for a license from the Board of Dentistry. ARM 24.138.550 covers each application for licensure, and the fee schedule, ARM 24.138.402, sets one jurisprudence examination fee for all licensees: dentists, dental hygienists and denturists.

What should I study for the Montana dental jurisprudence exam?

The board's Statutes page lists Montana Code Title 37, chapter 4, Dentistry and Dental Hygiene, among the statutes primary to the board, and its rules page points to ARM Title 24, chapter 138. This page drills both.

Is this the board's exam?

No. The questions were written for this site from the public code and rules, never from the examination. The Montana Board of Dentistry and the Department of Labor and Industry have not reviewed this page.

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