Community Dental Health Test Questions
Course Introduction
Community Dental Health explores the principles and practices involved in promoting oral health at the population level. The course covers topics such as epidemiology of oral diseases, preventive strategies, oral health education, public health policy, dental care delivery systems, and program planning and evaluation. Students learn to assess community needs, design interventions, and advocate for effective dental health policies, with an emphasis on reducing health disparities and improving overall community well-being.
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Community Oral Health Practice for the Dental Hygienist 4th Edition by Christine French Beatty
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Chapter 1: People's Health: An Introduction
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Q1) Which of the following was listed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as one of the 10 greatest public health accomplishments of the twentieth century?
A) Reduction in edentulism of Americans older than 65 years of age from 25% to less than 5%
B) Fluoride in drinking water
C) Dental sealants to prevent decay in pits and fissures
D) Advances in the treatment of adult periodontitis
Answer: B
Q2) The organization that reported that the latest data indicate that dental care is one of the greatest unmet needs among children in the United States is which of the following?
A) ADHA
B) CDC
C) OSHA
D) PEW
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Careers in Public Health for the Dental Hygienist
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Q1) The supervision status of a dental therapist providing preventive procedures, emergency care, and basic restorative procedures in Alaska is which of the following?
A) Work under direct supervision
B) Work under general supervision
C) Work under assignment
D) Do not require supervision
Answer: B
Q2) The role of the public health dental hygienist as a clinician includes which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
A) Assessment
B) Clinic supervisor
C) Providing evidence-based services
D) Evaluating treatment outcomes
Answer: A, C, D
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Chapter 3: Assessment for Community Oral Health
Program Planning
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Q1) The Certification in Public Health was developed and is administered by which of the following?
A) National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE)
B) Academy of Public Health Dentistry (APHD)
C) American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA)
D) American Dental Association (ADA)
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following describes the findings of an assessment?
A) An assessment should be considered privileged information and should not be discussed publicly.
B) An assessment should be limited to professional journals and communication.
C) An assessment should be published and distributed widely to various community members.
D) An assessment should be distributed as an executive summary but not as a full report.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Measuring Oral Health Status and Progress
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Q1) The oral health indicator in the National Oral Health Surveillance System (NOHSS) measures dental sealants by assessing the percentage of dental sealants on at least one permanent molar tooth in which of the following populations?
A) Third-grade students
B) Sixth-grade students
C) Adults aged 18 years and older
D) Adults aged 65 years and older
Q2) According to the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD) Basic Screening Survey (BSS) methods, untreated dental caries is generally detected:
A) by radiography.
B) by visual inspection.
C) with a laser caries detection device.
D) with an explorer.
Q3) Which of the following are indicators of an effective dental index?
A) Attribute, validity, specificity
B) Reliability, utility, sensitivity
C) Acceptability, universality, applicability
D) Specificity, sensitivity, reliability
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Chapter 5: Population Health
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Q1) Which of the following is true regarding treatment of cleft lip and cleft palate in the United States?
A) The lifetime cost of providing care to children born each year with cleft lip or cleft palate is estimated to be $697 million.
B) Oral clefts are entirely attributable to genetic causes, and environmental factors do not play a role.
C) The National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN) collects cleft lip and palate data annually from all 50 states.
D) Oral clefts are attributable solely to environmental factors.
Q2) In the United States in 2013, how many children remained uninsured?
A) 5.7 million
B) 7 million
C) 28 million.
D) 50 million.
Q3) Of the following, which has the lowest 5-year cancer survival rate?
A) Localized
B) Metastasized
C) Spread to regional lymph nodes
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Chapter 6: Oral Health Programs in the Community
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Q1) If the objectives of a community health program are not met, it does not mean a program is a failure for which of the following reasons?
A) The workers were reimbursed for their time.
B) If a program is evaluated properly, in some sense it has been a success.
C) Some form of care was delivered to the public.
D) At least the implementers tried.
Q2) Which of the following is true of dental sealants?
A) Little increase of sealant application has occurred among school-aged children in low-income populations.
B) One goal of Healthy People 2010 was to have 90% of children receiving dental sealants on their permanent molars.
C) According to the 1988-1994 baseline data, about 51% of 14-year-old adolescents had dental sealants on their permanent molars.
D) Dental insurance will not reimburse for sealants.
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Chapter 7: Applied Research
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Q1) A normal distribution assumes that approximately what percentage of the population falls within one standard deviation (SD) of the mean?
A) 50%
B) 68%
C) 75%
D) 90%
Q2) Which of the following is most often used to measure interval and ratio variables?
A) Mean
B) Median
C) Mode
D) Variance
Q3) A result presented as either a positive or negative relationship is the result of which statistical method?
A) Confidence
B) A normal distribution
C) Correlation
D) Median
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Chapter 8: Health Promotion and Health Communication
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Q1) Which theory states that understanding people's perceptions is necessary in order to motivate an individual to take preventive action?
A) Social learning theory
B) Diffusion of innovations theory
C) Health Belief Model
D) Organizational change: stage theory
Q2) The Ottawa Charter identifies three basic health promotion strategies: advocacy for health, enabling people to achieve their full health potential, and which of the following?
A) Reducing disparities in the health care delivery system
B) Mediating different societal interests in pursuit of health
C) Removing the barriers that deny access to the health care system
D) Thriving as citizens
Q3) Behavior that leads to improved oral health can be affected at three levels-intrapersonal, interpersonal, and which of the following?
A) Community
B) Global
C) Universal
D) Relational
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Chapter 9: Social Responsibility
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Q1) Effectively communicating for shared decision making depends on which of the following?
A) Respecting beliefs
B) Gathering information consistent with the public's point of view
C) Selecting the best vehicle for message delivery
D) Respecting beliefs, gathering information consistent with the public's point of view, and providing a professional account of the evidence
Q2) When the health of the people has been left solely to the current health services system, what portion of the population groups have been left without access to health care?
A) Many
B) A moderate number
C) A few
D) An inconsequential number
Q3) Social responsibility includes which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
A) A broad term meaning people and organizations are to behave ethically
B) A term applicable to corporate and government, but not to individuals
C) A government's responsibility to promote health and well-being to the public
D) A responsibility to impact the financial status of private practice
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Chapter 10: Cultural Competence
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Q1) Which of the following is one of the 12 cultural domains in the Purnell Model for Cultural Competence?
A) Economic
B) Social
C) Communication
D) Partnership
Q2) The second rim of the Purnell Model for Cultural Competence represents which of the following?
A) Global society
B) Community
C) Family
D) The person
Q3) Patient-centered care is driven by which of the following?
A) Productivity
B) Scheduling
C) Quality of care
D) Evidence-based communication
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Chapter 11: Service-Learning: Preparing Dental Hygienists
for Collaborative Practice
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Q1) The experiential method of service-learning emphasizes partnership stability through which of the following?
A) Faculty and students
B) Community and faculty
C) Students and community
D) Faculty, students, and community
Q2) Which of the following has/have recently aroused a significant interest in the nation's oral health?
A) A new method to detect calculus with a fiberoptic probe
B) National health initiatives
C) An increase in edentulism
D) An increase in caries rates among children
Q3) In service-learning, service is what type of task and learning is what type of goal?
A) Community; community
B) Community; academic
C) Academic; community
D) Academic; academic
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