Deck 1: Dental Public Health: An Overview

Question 1

Which of the following is the process by which society makes decisions about problems?

A) Assessment
B) Policy Development
C) Assurance
D) Serving All Functions
E) None of the above

Answer 1

Policy Development

Question 2

Which one of the following is listed as one of the 10 great public health measures adopted during the 20th century?

A) Medical insurance
B) Medical insurance copayments
C) Community water fluoridation
D) Bottled water
E) None of the above

Answer 2

Community water fluoridation

Question 3

The identification of which of the following was the first major advancement in public health?

A) Litter in the streets
B) Pesticides on produce
C) Polluted public water well
D) Drug paraphernalia
E) None of the above

Answer 3

Polluted public water well

Question 4

Dental public health is the science of providing oral health care and education to the public and emphasizes the science of ________.

A) Dentistry
B) Urgent health care
C) Prosthodontics
D) Dental hygiene
E) None of the above

Question 5

Which of the following dictates services to ensure the promotion of health and prevention of disease and injury?

A) Needs Assessment
B) Public Health Goals
C) Health Care Reform
D) Public Health Demands
E) Human Services Planning

Question 6

The core public health function is ________.

A) Assessment
B) Synopsis
C) Analysis
D) Preface
E) None of the above

Question 7

Dental public health is a component of ________.

A) Public Affairs
B) Public Relations
C) Public Health
D) Community Affairs
E) Both A and D

Question 8

Teaching mothers how to dress, feed, and bathe their babies is an early example of a ________.

A) Treatment modality
B) Clinical initiative
C) Public health program
D) Drug prevention course
E) Both A and B

Question 9

Which of the following involves the monitoring of the health of communities?

A) Assessment
B) Policy Development
C) Assurance
D) Serving All Functions
E) None of the above

Question 10

The patient's ability to sue a dental provider, if that provider fails to diagnose and treat periodontal disease, is defined as ________.

A) Access issues
B) Dental insurance premiums
C) Socioeconomic status
D) Copayment issues
E) Malpractice

Question 11

The science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting dental health through community efforts is termed ________.

A) Surgeon General's Report
B) Secretary of Health and Human Services Report
C) Dental public health
D) Dental hygiene
E) None of the above

Question 12

From its inception, dental hygiene has had a strong foundation in managing ________.

A) Dental abscesses
B) Dental care delivery
C) Emergency room triage
D) Facial reconstruction
E) None of the above

Question 13

When fulfilling the administrator role, a dental public health hygienist ________.

A) Lobbies to change laws
B) Conducts research
C) Provides clinical care
D) Educates and promotes dental health
E) Develops and coordinates public health programs

Question 14

Dental infrastructure in the United States consists of government and private entities, and the provision of dental care is provided primarily by the ________.

A) Community clinics
B) Primary care clinics
C) Private practice offices
D) Emergency rooms
E) None of the above

Question 15

Which of the following involves making certain that all populations have access to appropriate and cost-effective services to read agreed-upon public health goals?

A) Assessment
B) Policy Development
C) Assurance
D) Serving All Functions
E) None of the above

Question 16

Factors affecting dental care delivery include which of the following?

A) The development of the dental hygiene profession
B) Access issues
C) The decrease in periodontal diseases
D) Both A and B
E) None of the above

Question 17

Dental public health functions need to be secured and implemented across all areas to ensure the same level of ________.

A) Coverage
B) Quality
C) Performance
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 18

Which of the following includes the research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems?

A) Assessment
B) Policy Development
C) Assurance
D) Serving All Functions
E) None of the above

Question 19

Demographic information suggests a correlation between oral health status and ________.

A) Socioeconomic status
B) Oral health disparities
C) Community targets
D) Baseline data
E) None of the above

Question 20

The dramatic increase in average life span during the 20th century is credited to a public health program such as ________.

A) Community water fluoridation
B) Dental insurance premiums
C) Vaccination
D) Malpractice
E) Both C and D

Question 21

There is a critical shortage of dental assistants in the United States.

Question 22

Community oral health has a similar meaning to dental public health.

Question 23

Many individuals present to emergency rooms for care when experiencing dental-related pain and infection.

Question 24

The Advanced Dental Hygiene Practitioner (ADHP) is a proposed midlevel dental provider.

Question 25

Certain populations face barriers to dental care in the United States.