Question 1

Who is the professional dental hygienist?&#10;A) A licensed preventive oral health professional who has graduated from a Commission on Dental Accreditation, accredited, entry level dental hygiene program&#10;B) A licensed person who has learned on the job via a preceptorship program, such as the Alabama Dental Hygienists Program&#10;C) A dentist who has graduated from a Commission on Dental Accreditation, accredited, dental school program&#10;D) A person who has graduated from a Commission on Dental Accreditation, accredited, dental assisting program

Accepted Answer

A licensed preventive oral health professional who has graduated from a Commission on Dental Accreditation, accredited, entry level dental hygiene program. This answer is correct because to be eligible as a professional dental hygienist, the person must have graduated from an accredited dental hygiene program.
A licensed person who has learned on the job via a preceptorship program, such as the Alabama Dental Hygienists Program. This answer is wrong because a dental hygienist cannot learn on the job to become a professional. Rather, they must pass written examinations and graduate from an accredited dental hygiene program.
A dentist who has graduated from a Commission on Dental Accreditation, accredited, dental school program. This answer is wrong because a dentist has a higher degree than a dental hygienist and therefore, generally, works above a dental hygienist. It is not necessary for a dental hygienist to receive an education from a dental school.
A person who has graduated from a Commission on Dental Accreditation, accredited, dental assisting program. This answer is wrong because a person graduating from an accredited dental assisting program would only be licensed as a dental assistant.

Question 2

All of these services are provided by the majority of dental hygienists in the clinical setting except one. Which one is the exception?&#10;A) Perform periodontal maintenance care.&#10;B) Implement interventions to direct a person back to oral wellness.&#10;C) Provide fluoride varnish treatment.&#10;D) Place and remove restorations.

Accepted Answer

Perform periodontal maintenance care. This is a service provided in the clinical setting. The clinical setting allows for application of preventive and therapeutic agents related to periodontal disease. For example: subgingival sustained-release delivery systems containing chlorhexidine.
Implement interventions to direct a person back to oral wellness. This is a service provided in the clinical setting. The main goal of a dental hygienist is to prevent oral disease and promote health. Therefore, if the state of an individual's oral health changes, the dental hygienist (within the scope of the clinical setting) can provide some degree of intervention to direct the individual back to oral wellness.
Provide fluoride varnish treatment. This is a service provided in the clinical setting. The clinical setting allows for application of preventive and therapeutic agents related to dental caries. Fluoride varnish treatments prolong fluoride exposure on the tooth surface for safe and effective caries control.
Place and remove restorations. This service is not provided by the majority of dental hygienists in the clinical setting. Only a few dental hygienists have the certification to place restorations, while many others do not. Also, the removal of restorations is not a given action of a dental hygienist in the clinical setting.

Question 3

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?&#10;A) Implementation&#10;B) Collaboration&#10;C) Determination&#10;D) Concentration

Accepted Answer

Implementation. This answer is incorrect because by definition implementation is the act of putting something into effect. Implementing something can be done individually. Collaboration. This answer is correct and is demonstrated in the Collaborative Practice Model, which assumes that dentists and dental hygienists work together as colleagues. Determination. This answer is incorrect because determination does not require partners of differing strengths. Determination can be achieved individually by staying focused on the task at hand.Concentration. This answer is incorrect because concentration is just maintaining a strong focus on the task at hand. Collaboration can be done more efficiently if the partners are concentrated but is not required.

Question 4

What professional organization promotes the profession of dental hygiene globally?&#10;A) ADHA&#10;B) NDHA&#10;C) CDHA&#10;D) IFDH

Accepted Answer

ADHA. This answer is incorrect because the professional organization is limited to the United States.
NDHA. This answer is incorrect because the professional organization specifically focuses on minority professionals.
CDHA. This answer is incorrect because the professional organization is limited to Canada.
IFDH. This answer is correct because the professional organization includes several countries and focuses on worldwide issues of dental hygiene.

Question 5

When considering the key roles of a dental hygienist, what does the client advocate most refer to?&#10;A) A dental hygienist who is working with the state legislature to change the dental practice act&#10;B) Dental hygienist's role in protecting and supporting clients' rights and well-being&#10;C) A person whose official position is to guide and direct the work of others&#10;D) A dental hygiene educator who is employed as a full-time faculty member

Accepted Answer

A dental hygienist who is working with the state legislature to change the dental practice act. This answer is incorrect because it does not directly relate to the client.Dental hygienist's role in protecting and supporting clients' rights and well-being. This is correct because the definition directly links to the client's best interests. A person whose official position is to guide and direct the work of others. This is incorrect because this is the key role of an administrator or manager. A dental hygiene educator who is employed as a full-time faculty member. This is incorrect because this is a role of an educator.

Question 6

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.
B) The first statement is true, and the second statement is false.
C) The first statement is false, and the second statement is true.
D) Both statements are false.

Accepted Answer

Both statements are True. Conceptual models do provide philosophic and practical perspectives about dental hygiene's paradigm concepts; however, the models can explain dental hygiene from different perspectives as well. Also, the Human Needs Conceptual Model defines the paradigm concepts.The first statement is True; the second statement is False. Both statements are True.The first statement is False; the second statement is True. Both statements are True. Both statements are False. Both statements are True.

Question 7

What is a paradigm?&#10;A) A widely accepted worldview of a discipline that shapes the knowledge of its practitioners, educators, administrators, and researchers&#10;B) Decision-making skills that are used worldwide&#10;C) A school of thought within a discipline&#10;D) A widely accepted worldview of a discipline that shapes the direction and methods of its practitioners, educators, administrators, and researchers

Accepted Answer

A widely accepted worldview of a discipline that shapes the knowledge of its practitioners, educators, administrators, and researchers. This answer is incorrect because a paradigm does not shape the knowledge but shapes the direction and methods of practitioners, etc.
Decision-making skills that are used worldwide. This answer is incorrect because a paradigm does not focus on decision-making skills that are accepted worldwide. A school of thought within a discipline. This answer is incorrect because it is the definition of a conceptual model.
A widely accepted worldview of a discipline that shapes the direction and methods of its practitioners, educators, administrators, and researchers. This answer is correct because practitioners, educators, administrators, and researchers all accept this paradigm or worldview of discipline in major concepts selected for study and statements about major statements that define them in a global matter.

Question 8

Which of the following is a key behavior within the dental hygiene process of care?&#10;A) Observation&#10;B) Diagnosis&#10;C) Communication skills&#10;D) Client care

Accepted Answer

Observation. This answer is wrong because dental hygienists must go further than simply observing the client. The hygienist must assess the client by thoroughly collecting data.
Diagnosis. This answer is correct because identifying the diagnosis is the focal point for establishing goals in the dental hygiene care plan. The client's dental hygiene needs are determined so that specific interventions can be implemented.
Communication skills. This answer is wrong because the communication skills are not a key behavior and are not necessary to complete the dental hygiene process.
Client care. This answer is wrong because client care is not one of the steps in dental hygiene care. However, proper client care is the goal being achieved through the key behaviors.

Question 9

According to the Occupational Model, the dental hygienist:&#10;A) uses a process of care to assess needs, diagnose dental hygiene problems, and plan,&#10;Implement, evaluate, and document dental hygiene care.&#10;B) works together with the dentist, each offering professional expertise for the goal of&#10;Providing optimum oral healthcare to the public.&#10;C) is a dental auxiliary who implements treatment plans and carries out isolated duties as&#10;Directed by the supervising dentist.&#10;D) explains dental hygiene from different perspectives.

Accepted Answer

The Occupational Model5 presents the concept of dental hygiene actions as technically based. According to this model the dental hygienist is a dental auxiliary who implements treatment plans and carries out isolated duties as directed by the supervising dentist.

Question 10

Which of the following is not one of the seven roles of a dental hygienist?&#10;A) Clinician&#10;B) Public Health&#10;C) Interpreter&#10;D) Researcher

Accepted Answer

The seven roles of a dental hygienist are clinician, public health, researcher, educator, administrator, and entrepreneur.

Question 11

Which of the following is not an environmental factor that the dental hygienist takes into account in the Human Needs Model?&#10;A) Age&#10;B) Attitudes&#10;C) Lifestyles&#10;D) Weight

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Question 12

What is the collaborative practice conceptual model?&#10;A) Dentist and dental hygienist work together as colleagues, each offering professional expertise for the goal of providing optimum oral healthcare to the public&#10;B) Model describing the best methods of dentist and dental hygienist to work as a team&#10;C) Model showing how collaboration produces better work&#10;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

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

What is the discipline of dental hygiene?&#10;A) The study of teeth and their supporting structures&#10;B) Brushing and flossing one's teeth and rinsing with an antimicrobial mouth rinse twice a day, morning and night&#10;C) The study of preventive oral healthcare, including the management of behavior to prevent oral disease and promote health&#10;D) The study of those procedures that dental hygienists provide to clients

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the discipline of dental hygiene?&#10;A)...

Question 14

What is an administrator or manager not doing when referring to dental hygiene?&#10;A) Planning&#10;B) Staffing&#10;C) Financial work&#10;D) Directing

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is an administrator or manager not...

Question 15

Which is not one of the five interrelated roles of a professional dental hygienist?&#10;A) Educator&#10;B) Manager&#10;C) Researcher&#10;D) Clients

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The answer of Which is not one of the five...

Question 16

Which of the following is not a setting for a dental hygiene researcher?&#10;A) Clinical practice&#10;B) Research institutions&#10;C) Hospitals&#10;D) Oral healthcare industry&#10;E) Public school programs

Accepted Answer

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Question 17

What is accreditation?&#10;A) The process of explaining the concepts of oral health and their relationship to general health&#10;B) The process of guiding and directing of the work of others so that they can become certified&#10;C) The process of researching a specific topic and analyzing it&#10;D) A formal, voluntary nongovernmental process that establishes a minimum set of national standards that promotes and ensures quality in education

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is accreditation?&#10;A) The process of explaining...

Question 18

Which of the following is not one of the four major concepts of paradigm for the dental hygiene discipline?&#10;A) Client&#10;B) Health and oral health&#10;C) Environment&#10;D) Nutrition

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which of the following is not one...

Question 19

The three responsibilities of the dental hygiene clinician are:&#10;A) preventive, therapeutic, educational.&#10;B) manager, educator, researcher.&#10;C) planner, organization of appointments, billing.&#10;D) communicator, planner, researcher.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The three responsibilities of the dental hygiene...

Question 20

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?&#10;A) Discussing updated techniques with other dental hygienists&#10;B) Making evidence-based decisions&#10;C) Using multiple research skills&#10;D) Practicing at least part-time as a dental hygienist

Accepted Answer

The answer of A dental hygienist keeps up-to-date with the...

Question 21

What is the one most important reason why state dental practice laws were established?&#10;A) To regulate the practice of dental hygiene and dentistry&#10;B) To regulate the amount of education one must have to practice dentistry&#10;C) To ensure the best overall service to the general public&#10;D) To protect the health and welfare of the public

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the one most important reason...

Question 22

Which one of these is most descriptive of licensure?&#10;A) The process of becoming a dentist or dental hygienist&#10;B) The process of graduating from an accredited dental hygiene program and then practicing dental hygiene&#10;C) The process by which a government agency certifies that individuals are minimally qualified to practice within its jurisdiction&#10;D) All of the above

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which one of these is most descriptive...

Question 23

The dental hygienist must be _____ in the jurisdiction in which they practice.&#10;A) licensed&#10;B) certified&#10;C) accredited&#10;D) educated

Accepted Answer

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Question 24

The Canadian Dental Hygienist's Association (CDHA) Board's actions are directed toward attaining:&#10;A) Direct access to dental hygiene care&#10;B) Recognition by the Canadian public&#10;C) Supportive public policy and a strong national voice&#10;D) All of the above

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Canadian Dental Hygienist's Association (CDHA) Board's...

Deck 1: The Dental Hygiene Profession