Free Practice Questions for MN Dental Jurisprudence

You must achieve a minimum score of 80% to pass. The PSI Candidate Information Bulletin specifies 100 scored items plus 10 non-scored items in 120 minutes, with 80% correct required to pass.

The examination fee is $85, paid to PSI Services LLC. The fee is non-refundable and non-transferable, is valid for one year from the date of payment, and the Minnesota Board of Dentistry receives none of it.

Yes. The PSI Candidate Information Bulletin marks the examination OPEN BOOK. The named references are Board Administrative Rules 3100.0100 to 3100.9600 and Board Statutes 150A.01 to 150A.31, plus nine Board Related Regulations: MN Statutes 144.291-144.298, 326.56, 214.001-214.40, 144.6585, 319B, 626.556 and 626.557, and MN Rules 6950.1000-6950.1080 and 4732. Loose-leaf, spiral-bound, or ring-bound copies may be brought in and may already be highlighted, underlined, or annotated, but candidates may not write, highlight, underline, index, or mark the material during the session, and no additional paper is allowed.

PSI publishes five weighted subject areas: General Duties 28%, Delegation of Duties 28%, Infection Controls 26%, Record Keeping 12%, and Personal Conduct and Ethical Behavior 6%. The stated scope is all Minnesota statutes and rules related to the practice of dentistry, including the infection control guidelines established by the Centers for Disease Control.

No. The same examination is used for all applicants for Minnesota licensure. Dental, dental therapy, dental hygiene, and dental assisting applicants all take the same examination and should study all of the statutes and rules, not only those applicable to their own profession.

Minnesota Rules 3100.5100 requires 50 hours per biennial cycle for dentists and dental therapists, with at least 30 fundamental and no more than 20 elective hours, and 25 hours for dental hygienists and licensed dental assistants, with at least 15 fundamental and no more than 10 elective hours. An infection control course is mandatory each cycle, and a dentist holding a general anesthesia, deep sedation, or moderate sedation certificate must earn 15 additional anesthesia hours.

Minnesota Rules 3100.1100 through 3100.1400 require evidence of passing the Board's jurisprudence examination within the past five years. For reinstatement of a license terminated more than six months, Minnesota Rules 3100.1850 requires passing within 12 months before the Board receives the application.