Deck 1: Historical Perspectives on Dental Hygiene and Periodontology

Question 1

Dentistry came to be considered a profession because it developed educational and licensing standards.Consensus that dentistry was science-based and not a trade contributed to this recognition.

A) Both statements are TRUE.
B) Both statements are FALSE.
C) The first statement is TRUE, and the second statement is FALSE.
D) The first statement is FALSE, and the second statement is TRUE.

Answer 1

Both statements are TRUE.

Question 2

The first school of dentistry affiliated with a university was established in:

A) Boston
B) Chicago
C) Baltimore
D) New York
E) Bridgeport

Answer 2

Boston

Question 3

What is the study of humanity?

A) Biology
B) Anthropology
C) Histology
D) Psychology
E) Sociology

Answer 3

Anthropology

Question 4

Dentists in the early 1900s trained individuals who would specialize in the cleaning of teeth because the skill was time consuming,difficult to perform,and limited the time for performing other dental procedures.

A) Both the statement and the reason are correct and related.
B) Both the statement and the reason are correct but not related.
C) The statement is correct, but the reason is not.
D) The statement is not correct, but the reason is correct.
E) Neither the statement nor the reason is correct.

Question 5

Dental hygienists have been licensed since:

A) 1841
B) 1915
C) 1931
D) 1955
E) 1973

Question 6

The first school of dentistry was established in:

A) Boston
B) Chicago
C) Baltimore
D) New York
E) Bridgeport

Question 7

Periodontal diseases are as old as human civilization.Periodontal diseases in the early 1800s were considered incurable and beyond the reach of medical skill.

A) Both statements are TRUE.
B) Both statements are FALSE.
C) The first statement is TRUE, and the second statement is FALSE.
D) The first statement is FALSE, and the second statement is TRUE.

Question 8

When was the periodontal probe first used to assess periodontal disease?

A) 1840 to 1860
B) 1913 to 1916
C) 1940 to 1960
D) 1970 to 1980
E) Impossible to determine, but it was recorded in ancient times.

Question 9

The first hygienist was:

A) Ambroise Paré
B) Irene Newman
C) Grace Rogers Spaulding
D) Gillette Hayden

Question 10

Pierre Fauchard is referred to as the "father of modern dentistry." He was the first person to develop a systematic method for dental practice that included the cleaning of teeth.

A) Both statements are TRUE.
B) Both statements are FALSE.
C) The first statement is TRUE, and the second statement is FALSE.
D) The first statement is FALSE, and the second statement is TRUE.

Question 11

Who is considered to be the first periodontist?

A) John M. Riggs
B) Leonard Koecker
C) F. H. Rehwinkel
D) D. D. Smith
E) Alfred Fones

Question 12

Dr.Alfred Fones' first office dental hygienist had been trained in what profession?

A) Nurse
B) Secretary
C) Homemaker
D) Schoolteacher
E) Dental assistant

Question 13

The first state to pass a dental practice act that included licensure for dental hygienists was the state of:

A) Georgia
B) Michigan
C) New York
D) Connecticut
E) Massachusetts

Question 14

Who was the first person known to have developed toothpaste?

A) Aristotle
B) Hippocrates
C) Albucasis
D) Pliny the Elder

Question 15

Early evidence of the use of substances that acted similar to dentifrice comes from:

A) Aristotle and the use of scrapers
B) Albucasis and the use of scalpels
C) Weinberger and the study of skulls
D) Chewsticks with intrinsic substances

Question 16

The first dental hygiene educational program was established in what city?

A) Boston
B) Chicago
C) Baltimore
D) New York
E) Bridgeport

Question 17

Who is considered to be the "father of American dentistry"?

A) John Riggs
B) Arthur D. Black
C) T. B. Hartzell
D) Percy Howe
E) G. V. Black

Question 18

Some primitive groups chewed fiber sticks to clean the teeth.These sticks are called:

A) Arraks
B) Siwaks
C) Mastics
D) Chewers
E) Tooth sticks

Question 19

Elementary school dental clinics were established because:

A) Students missed school days as a result of dental problems.
B) Teachers wanted to provide dental services to students.
C) Civic-minded people were required to provide health services.
D) Dental hygienists needed to create places for their employment.

Question 20

Who erroneously believed that women did not have as many teeth as men?

A) Leonard
B) Aristotle
C) Albucasis
D) Johannes Aranculus
E) Hippocrates

Question 21

Today,the majority of dental hygienists practice in _____________________.

Question 22

MATCHING
Match the following:
He identified streptococcal infection as the cause of the destruction of the periodontal membrane,supporting bone,and tissue.

A)John Greenwood
B)Percy Howe
C)John M.Riggs
D)Anton van Leeuwenhoek
E)G.V.Black
F)T.B.Hartzell
G)D.D.Smith

Question 23

MATCHING
Match the following:
He wrote about the effects of dietary deficiency on the periodontium.

A)John Greenwood
B)Percy Howe
C)John M.Riggs
D)Anton van Leeuwenhoek
E)G.V.Black
F)T.B.Hartzell
G)D.D.Smith

Question 24

Dental hygienists practice in which of the following settings?

A) Specialty dental practices
B) Public health settings
C) Nursing homes
D) Educational settings
E) All of the above

Question 25

Which of the following duties is not an expanded-duty dental hygiene skill?

A) Cavity preparation
B) Placing and carving amalgam restorations
C) Placing and finishing composite restorations
D) Placement and the removal of periodontal sutures and periodontal packs

Question 26

A look into the past reveals that periodontal disease began in the 1800s with the advent of processed foods.

Question 27

In 2009,a study showed that the majority of hygienists worked less than 20 hours per week.

Question 28

MATCHING
Match the following:
He published an article describing the cause of periodontal disease as a local infectious agent.

A)John Greenwood
B)Percy Howe
C)John M.Riggs
D)Anton van Leeuwenhoek
E)G.V.Black
F)T.B.Hartzell
G)D.D.Smith

Question 29

Albucasis described a connection between calculus and tooth loss.He indicated that calculus could be found supragingivally and subgingivally.

A) Both statements are TRUE.
B) Both statements are FALSE.
C) The first statement is TRUE, and the second statement is FALSE.
D) The first statement is FALSE, and the second statement is TRUE.

Question 30

What medical emergency in the dental office decreased when dentists and dental hygienists began practicing while sitting down?

A) Asthma attack
B) Heart attack
C) Syncope
D) Orthostatic hypotension

Question 31

Match the following:
Children's Bureau

A)Funding for dental schools to teach practice management
B)Legislation in California that allowed hygienists to train in alternative practice
C)Trained public health dental hygienists
D)Provided grants to teach mothers about child care and oral health

Question 32

Match the following:
Teaching Expanded Auxiliary Management (TEAM)Grant Program

A)Funding for dental schools to teach practice management
B)Legislation in California that allowed hygienists to train in alternative practice
C)Trained public health dental hygienists
D)Provided grants to teach mothers about child care and oral health

Question 33

Operating stools were first introduced to dentistry:

A) By Maria Schitonstool in 1749
B) By Alfred Fones when he taught dental hygiene to Irene Newman
C) By G. V. Black; it was one of his many inventions
D) When four-handed dentistry was introduced in the 1960s

Question 34

Match the following:
Health Manpower Pilot Project

A)Funding for dental schools to teach practice management
B)Legislation in California that allowed hygienists to train in alternative practice
C)Trained public health dental hygienists
D)Provided grants to teach mothers about child care and oral health

Question 35

What was the first journal published by the American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA)?

A) Access
B) Dimensions of Dental Hygiene
C) The Journal of the American Dental Hygienists' Association
D) Registered Dental Hygienist (RDH) Magazine

Question 36

The first state to allow dental hygienists to practice beyond the scope of normal practice (expanded functions)was:

A) California
B) Colorado
C) Alaska
D) Minnesota

Question 37

MATCHING
Match the following:
At a time when the standard of care for periodontal disease was extraction,he advocated thorough calculus removal and subgingival curettage.

A)John Greenwood
B)Percy Howe
C)John M.Riggs
D)Anton van Leeuwenhoek
E)G.V.Black
F)T.B.Hartzell
G)D.D.Smith

Question 38

Clinical attachment loss,probing depths,bone loss on radiographic films,and gingival bleeding are assessments that are used to measure disease activity.

Question 39

As early as the 1400s,Johannes Aranculus related diet to oral health and warned against eating sweets and biting hard things.

Question 40

Match the following:
Social Security Act of 1935

A)Funding for dental schools to teach practice management
B)Legislation in California that allowed hygienists to train in alternative practice
C)Trained public health dental hygienists
D)Provided grants to teach mothers about child care and oral health

Question 41

The _____________ position places the patient's head lower than his or her heart.

Question 42

In the sixteenth century,__________________ and __________________ were anatomists who studied tooth anatomy.

Question 43

In 2009,_______% of the practicing hygienists were between 40 and 59 years of age.