What is the discipline of dental hygiene?
The study of preventive oral healthcare, including the management of behavior to prevent oral disease and
... [Show More] promote health
Who is the professional dental hygienist?
A licensed preventive oral health professional who has graduated from a Commission on Dental Accreditation, accredited, entry level dental hygiene program
All of these services are provided by the majority of dental hygienists in the clinical setting except one. Which one is the exception?
Place and remove restorations.
Which of the following is a key behavior within the dental hygiene process of care?
diagnosis
Which of the following is not an environmental factor that the dental hygienist takes into account in the Human Needs Model?
weight
Which of the following is not one of the seven roles of a dental hygienist?
a. Clinician
b. Public Health
c. Interpreter
d. Research
c. interpreter
What is paradigm?
a. A widely accepted worldview of a discipline that shapes the knowledge of its practitioners, educators, administrators, and researchers
b. Decision-making skills that are used worldwide
c. A school of thought within a discipline
d. A widely accepted worldview of a discipline that shapes the direction and methods of its practitioners, educators, administrators, and researchers.
d. A widely accepted worldview of a discipline that shapes the direction and methods of its practitioners, educators, administrators, and researchers.
Which of the following is not one of the four ajor concepts of paradigm for the dental hygiene discipline?
a. Client
b. Health and oral health
c. environment
d. nutrition
d. nutrition
The importance of a conceptual model is to provide philosophic and practical perspectives about dental hygiene's paradigm concepts. Dental hygiene's paradigm is operationalized via the Human Needs Conceptual Model?
a. Both statements are true
What occurs when individuals with differing strengths and areas of expertise work together as equal partners to achieve better outcomes than each would achieve working alone?
a. Implementation
b. Collaboration
c. Determination
d. Concentration
b. Collaboration
What is the collaborative practice conceptual model?
a. Dentist and dental hygienist work together as colleagues, each offering professional expertise for the goal of providing optimum oral healthcare to the public
b. Model describing the best methods of dentist and dental hygienist to work as a team
c. Model showing how collaboration produces better work
d. Dental hygienists and other healthcare professionals work together as colleagues each offering professional expertise for the goal of providing optimum oral healthcare to the public
a. dentist and dental hygienist work together as colleagues, each offering professional expertise for the goal of providing optimum oral healthcare to the public
Which is not one of the five interrelated roles of a professional dental hygienist?
a. educator
b. manager
c. researcher
d. clients
d. clients
According to the Occupational Model, the dental hygienist:
a. use a process of care to assess needs, diagnose dental hygiene problems, and plan, implement, evaluate, and document dental hygiene care.
b. works together with the dentist, each offering professional expertise for the goal of providing optimum oral healthcare to the public
c. is a dental auxiliary who implements treatment plans and carries out isolated duties as directed by the supervising dentist
d. explains dental hygiene from different perspectives
c. is a dental auxiliary who implements treatment plans and carries out isolated duties as directed by the supervising dentist.
Which of the following is not a setting for a dental hygiene researcher?
a. clinical practice
b. research institutions
c. hospitals
d. oral healthcare industry
e. public school programs
c. hospitals
The three responsibilities of the dental hygiene clinician are:
a. preventive, therapeutic, educational
b. manager, educator, researcher
c. planner, organization of appointments, billing
d. communicator, planner, researcher
a. preventive, therapeutic, educational
What is an administrator or manager not doing when referring to dental hygiene?
a. planning
b. staffing
c. financial work
d. directing
c. financial work
When considering the key roles of a dental hygienist, what does the client advocate most refer to?
a. a dental hygienist who is working with the state legislature to change the dental practice act
b. dental hygienist's role in protecting and supporting clients' rights and well-being
c. A person whose official position is to guide and direct the work of others
d. A dental hygiene educator who is employed as a full-time faculty member
b. dental hygienist's role in protecting and supporting clients' rights and well-being
A dental hygienist keeps up to date with the rapidly changing art and science of dental hygiene by doing all of the following, except one. Which one is the exception?
a. Discussing updated techniques with other dental hygienists
b. Making evidence-based decisions
c. Using multiple research skills
d. Practicing at least part-time as a dental hygienist
a. discussing updated techniques with other dental hygienists
What is accreditation?
a the process of explaining the concepts of oral health and their relationship to general health
b. The process of guiding and directing of the work of others so that they can become certified
c. The process of researching a specific topic and analyzing it
d. A formal, voluntary nongovernmental process that establishes a minimum set of national standards that promotes and ensures quality in education
d. A formal, voluntary nongovernmental process that establishes a minimum set of national standards that promotes and ensures quality in education
What professional organization promotes the profession of dental hygiene globally?
a. ADHA
b. NDHA
c. CDHA
d. IFDH
d. IFDH
What is the one most important reason why state dental practice laws were established?
a. To regulate the practice of dental hygiene and dentistry
b. To regulate the amount of education one must have to practice denistry
c. to ensure the best overall service to the general public
d. to protect the health and welfare of the public
a. to regulate the practice of dental hygiene and denistry
Which one of these is most descriptive of licensure?
a. the process of becoming a dentist or dental hygienist
b. the process of graduating from an accredited dental hygiene program and then practicing dental hygiene
c. The process by which a government agency certifies that individuals are minimally qualified to practice within its jurisdiction
d. All of the above
c. The process by which a government agency certifies that individuals are minimally qualified to practice within its jurisdiction
The Canadian Dental Hygienist's Association (CDHA) Board's actions are directed toward attaining:
a. Direct access to dental hygienist care
b. Recognition by the Canadian public
c. Supportive public policy and a strong national voice
d. All of the above
d. All of the above [Show Less]