1. Each of the following is a paradigm concept of the dental hygiene discipline EXCEPT one. Which is the EXCEPTION?
a. Dental hygiene actions
b. Health
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c. Environment
d. Patient
e. Client
ANS: D
The term client was selected as a paradigm concept, rather than the term patient, because the term client is broad, suggests wellness rather than illness, and represents an active rather than passive relationship with the dental hygienist.
DIF: Application REF: 12 OBJ: 1
TOP: NBDHE, Provision of Clinical Dental Hygiene Services, 3.0 Planning and Managing Dental Hygiene Care
2. The surroundings in which the client and dental hygienist are interacting is the concept of
a. dental hygiene actions.
b. environment.
c. health and oral health.
d. client.
ANS: B
This concept includes social, ethno-cultural, financial, political, and educational factors that can be barriers or facilitators to health, oral health, and dental hygiene actions. The environment affects the client and the dental hygienist, and the client and the dental hygienist also influence the environment.
DIF: Comprehension REF: 12 OBJ: 1
TOP: NBDHE, Provision of Clinical Dental Hygiene Services, 3.0 Planning and Managing Dental Hygiene Care
3. Which concept includes the surroundings where the client and dental hygienist interact?
a. health/oral health.
b. environment.
c. dental hygiene actions.
d. client.
ANS: C
The concept of dental hygiene action is defined as the interventions provided by a dental hygienist for the benefit of, and in collaboration with, the client to promote oral health and wellness and prevent oral disease.
DIF: Comprehension REF: 13 OBJ: 1
TOP: NBDHE, Provision of Clinical Dental Hygiene Services, 3.0 Planning and Managing Dental Hygiene Care
4. “Biologically sound and functional dentition” is a feature of the
a. Dental Hygiene Human Needs Conceptual Model.
b. Oral Health-Related Quality of Life Model.
c. Client Self-Care Commitment Model.
d. paradigm concept of the dental hygiene discipline.
ANS: A
It is one of the eight human needs related to dental hygiene care in the Dental Hygiene Human Needs Conceptual Model. It draws upon the four dental hygiene disciplinary concepts to develop an understanding of client human needs throughout the dental hygiene process of care. [Show Less]