Preventive Dentistry Final Exam
Course Introduction
Preventive Dentistry focuses on the principles and methods used to maintain optimal oral health by preventing dental diseases before they occur. This course covers topics such as oral hygiene education, dietary counseling, the application of fluoride, dental sealants, and community-based prevention programs. Students learn how to assess risk factors for dental caries and periodontal diseases, develop individualized prevention plans, and promote lifelong habits that reduce the incidence of oral diseases in diverse populations. Through both theoretical instruction and practical activities, the course prepares students to play a pivotal role in promoting oral health and preventing disease within their communities.
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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 is NOT being applied toward the goal of freeing communities from dental disease?
A) Knowledge
B) Resources
C) Community awareness
D) Assessment and evaluation
Answer: B
Q2) The organization that cosponsored an initiative to develop core competencies for interprofessional collaborative practice is which of the following?
A) ADEA
B) ADHA
C) ADA
D) ADHP
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Careers in Public Health for the Dental Hygienist
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Q1) In addition to the dentist and dental hygienist workforce numbers, which of the following is useful in determining professional shortage areas?
A) Number of dental assistants
B) Number of recent graduates
C) Percentage of water fluoridation
D) Population size
Answer: D
Q2) States in which medical personnel in pediatric offices and clinics apply fluoride varnish to infant and toddler's teeth is an example of which of the following?
A) IPE
B) ICP
C) Competency-based ADEP
D) Reviewer
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Assessment for Community Oral Health
Program Planning
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Q1) The Certified Health Education Specialist certification is offered by which of the following organizations?
A) National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE)
B) National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc.
C) American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA)
D) American Dental Association (ADA)
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following is true of a case control study?
A) It may involve the generation of a mortality rate in a subset of the population.
B) It compares persons with a disease or condition with another group of people from the same population without the disease or condition.
C) It compares persons with a disease or condition with another group of people from a dissimilar population with the same disease or condition.
D) It may involve examining the relationship between diseases and other variables, requiring a small sample size.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Measuring Oral Health Status and Progress
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Q1) Which of the following is a clinical data collection method for a community oral health assessment?
A) Self-administered questionnaire
B) Face-to-face personal interview
C) Basic screenings
D) Telephone interview
Q2) What is the difference between the df and DMF indexes?
A) The df index is intended for use in children before the age of exfoliation.
B) The df index does not include missing teeth because of the difficulty in distinguishing primary tooth loss as a result of dental caries from those lost by natural exfoliation.
C) The df index is for primary teeth, and the DMF index is for permanent teeth.
D) The df index is popular in Europe, and the DMF index is popular in the United States.
Q3) The Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) gathers data in seven domains, including which of the following?
A) Knowledge, length of smoking, and second-hand smoke
B) Prevalence, access, and cessation
C) Tobacco policies, effectiveness, and cessation
D) Training, prevention, and intervention
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Chapter 5: Population Health
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Q1) Which of the following is true concerning results of the Pew Children's Dental Campaign assessment and grading of all 50 states and the District of Columbia on whether and how well they were implementing cost-effective preventive strategies and promising policy approaches?
A) Most states had key policies in place.
B) All states met all eight benchmarks.
C) Grades dropped in six states, mostly because of the failure of Medicaid reimbursement rates not keeping pace with the growth in dental fees.
D) Twenty-two states received a merited grade of A.
Q2) Which of the following provides one of the largest safety net systems of primary and preventive care in the United States?
A) Affordable Care Act
B) Community health centers
C) Medicare
D) Medicaid
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) Which of the following is true of formative evaluation?
A) It involves judging the merit or worth of a program prior to the initiation.
B) It is an attempt to determine whether a fully operational program is meeting the goals for which it was developed.
C) It is an examination of the processes or activities of a program as they are taking place.
D) It measures outcomes and objectives.
Q2) Which of the following is true of an effective health education program?
A) The intent of oral health education is to effectively train on-the-job personnel to provide oral self-care instruction to children.
B) The participant must be actively involved in the learning process.
C) The focus should be on skill acquisition.
D) The participant must be actively involved in the learning process, and the focus should be on skill acquisition.
Q3) Which of the following is the key to a measurable objective?
A) The time frame
B) The performance verb
C) The condition
D) A specific goal
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Chapter 7: Applied Research
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Q1) The independent t-test is also known as which of the following?
A) Student's t-test
B) Two-sample t-test
C) Matched sample
D) Student's t-test and two-sample test
Q2) 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
Q3) Of the following, which term is used in regard to numeric characteristics of the population?
A) Parameter
B) Control
C) Correlation
D) Independent variable
Q4) A Type I alpha error is which of the following?
A) When the researcher rejects the null hypothesis
B) When the researcher accepts the null hypothesis
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Chapter 8: Health Promotion and Health Communication
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Q1) Of the following, which method is appropriate for determining, prior to a launch, whether the messages are at the appropriate language and literacy level and culturally acceptable to the intended audience?
A) An audiovisual presentation to the staff
B) Review of the material with local linguistic experts
C) Testing through social media
D) Focus group
Q2) 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
Q3) Which concept of the diffusion of innovations theory helps us tailor innovation to the intended audience's values, norms, or situation?
A) Relative advantage
B) Compatibility
C) Complexity
D) Observability
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Chapter 9: Social Responsibility
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Q1) Which of the following is a provider-run organization in which participating providers are collectively responsible for the care of an enrolled population, and may share in any savings associated with improvements in the quality and efficiency of care?
A) Accountable Care Organization
B) Health Maintenance Organization
C) Group Practice
D) Medicare Clinic
Q2) Which of the following is true about health care in America? (Select all that apply.)
A) The United States offers health care coverage as a right of citizenship.
B) It is focused on the collective needs of the population.
C) Approximately 33% of the population has difficulty accessing dental services in the private sector delivery system.
D) It is a pluralistic system.
E) The Constitution of the United States guarantees a "right to health" for its citizens.
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Chapter 10: Cultural Competence
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Q1) Which of the following is true concerning effective cross-cultural communication?
A) With enough time and effort, one can completely understand another culture.
B) Use generalizations for effective cross-cultural communication.
C) It is essential to avoid falling into the stereotyping trap.
D) With enough time and effort, one can completely understand another culture and will not fall into the stereotyping trap.
Q2) The delivery of services that are respectful of and responsive to the health beliefs, practices, and cultural and linguistic needs of diverse patients is the definition of which of the following?
A) Diversity
B) Cultural competence
C) Cultural diversity
D) Cross-cultural approach
Q3) At the heart of patient-centered care is _________________.
A) the patient
B) the patient's family
C) effective communication
D) quality outcome
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Chapter 11: Service-Learning: Preparing Dental Hygienists
for Collaborative Practice
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Q1) In experiential learning, cognitive learning is which of the following?
A) Irrelevant
B) Of minimal importance
C) Somewhat important
D) Very important
Q2) Orientation is an important step in a service-learning program for which of the following reasons?
A) Minimizes disruption
B) Establishes authority
C) Establishes outcomes
D) Details the evaluation process
Q3) Service-learning is which of the following?
A) A dynamic format and process
B) A nonstructured format and structured process
C) A structured format and sequenced process
D) A dynamic process and sequenced format
Q4) Which of the following is true about risk management?
A) It ensures that the project will proceed as planned.
B) It minimizes legal liability.
C) It increases community awareness of oral health concerns.
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