Public Health Dentistry Practice
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Course Introduction
Public Health Dentistry focuses on the prevention and control of dental diseases and promotion of oral health through organized community efforts. This course covers the principles and practices of dental public health, including epidemiology of oral diseases, community dental health program planning, health education, and the assessment of oral health needs at the population level. Emphasis is placed on the development of strategies for oral disease prevention, policy making, and the delivery of dental care services to diverse communities with the goal of reducing health disparities and improving overall oral health outcomes.
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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 a public health problem rather than a public health solution?
A) Immunizations
B) Fluoridation of drinking water
C) Chronic diseases of the expanding population of older adults
D) Seat belts and air bags
Answer: C
Q2) What impact has fluoridated drinking water had on the rate of dental decay?
A) Very little or no reduction
B) A slight reduction
C) A significant reduction
D) A slight increase
Answer: C
Q3) According to the plan, the next version of Healthy People 2020 will be Healthy People to be released in which year?
A) 2021
B) 2023
C) 2025
D) 2030
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Careers in Public Health for the Dental Hygienist
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Q1) The dental hygienist who directs the oral health unit of a state health department is fulfilling which of the following career paths?
A) Advocate
B) Administrator
C) Corporate
D) Entrepreneur
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following is one solution to the access to care problem adopted by many states?
A) Opened new dental hygiene programs
B) Increased funding to construct new community treatment facilities
C) Changed restrictive dental practice acts
D) Supported the development of new mass transit systems
Answer: C
Q3) The midlevel provider created by the ADHA in 2004 is which of the following?
A) Dental technician
B) Advanced dental hygiene supervisor
C) Advanced dental hygiene practitioner
D) Dental therapist
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Assessment for Community Oral Health
Program Planning
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Q1) A research design that uses the review of past events is which of the following?
A) Prospective
B) Retrospective
C) Multifactorial
D) Surveillance
Answer: B
Q2) Subject areas of the CPH National Certification Examination include which of the following ? (Select all that apply.)
A) Biostatistics
B) Epidemiology
C) Charting
D) Behavior sciences
E) Assessment protocol
Answer: A, B, D
Q3) Quantitative data refer to which of the following?
A) Information that cannot be numerically measured or analyzed
B) Descriptions of traditions and the history of a community
C) Information that is objective and measurable
D) The amount of data collected
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Measuring Oral Health Status and Progress
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Q1) Which of the following is true for the conventional decayed, missing, filled (DMF) index? (Select all that apply.)
A) It is used to count coronal caries on primary but not permanent teeth.
B) It is limited in its ability to thoroughly measure the characteristics of dental caries.
C) It scores the teeth as either decayed or caries-free.
D) It is used to count dental caries on permanent teeth.
Q2) The purpose of the National Oral Health Surveillance System (NOHSS) is to help public health programs monitor which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
A) The burden of oral disease
B) Use of the oral health care delivery system
C) Status of community water fluoridation
D) The distribution of the dental workforce
Q3) The Community Periodontal Index (CPI) was developed by which of the following organizations?
A) WHO
B) NIH
C) CDC
D) NIDCR
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Chapter 5: Population Health
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Q1) The group most impacted by ACA is which of the following?
A) The very young (ages up to 2 years)
B) Teenagers (ages 13 to 19)
C) Young adults (ages 19 to 25)
D) The elderly (ages 70+)
Q2) Which of the following age groups has the highest prevalence of nondental visits within a 5-year period?
A) Children younger than 6 years of age
B) Adolescents between 14 and 18 years of age
C) Adults between 20 and 64 years of age
D) Adults older than 65 years of age
Q3) From a 2020 progress report, approximately what percentage of Americans visited the dentist during 2011?
A) 32%
B) 42%
C) 52%
D) 62%
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Chapter 6: Oral Health Programs in the Community
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Q1) Which of the following is true of essential public health services for oral health?
A) Describes the roles of a community initiative
B) Developed by the environmental protection agency (EPA)
C) Used in the development and evaluation of public health activities at the state level
Q2) Advantages of community water fluoridation over a community-based fluoride supplement program include:
A) reduced need for compliance.
B) lower installation and startup costs.
C) decay prevention and oral health benefits for the entire population.
D) reduced need for compliance and decay prevention and oral health benefits for the entire population.
Q3) From 1965 until the most recent Head Start Reauthorization in December 2007, eligibility for Head Start services was at or below what percentage of the federal poverty level (FPL)?
A) 40%
B) 60%
C) 80%
D) 100%
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Chapter 7: Applied Research
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Q1) Which of the following are foundational to evidence-based decision making (EBDM)?
A) Systematic reviews
B) Peer reviews
C) Meta-analysis
D) Systematic reviews and meta-analysis
Q2) Systematic sampling is best described by which of the following?
A) The random selection of subjects from two or more strata of the population
B) Involves the selection of subjects by including every nth person in a list
C) Provides a sample, through personal judgment, of subjects who would be most representative of the population
D) Provides a group of individuals who are most readily available to be subjects in the study
Q3) When the confidence interval is 95%, what is the statistical probability that the observed results or differences between study and control groups are due purely to chance?
A) 100%
B) 95%
C) 5%
D) 0%
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Chapter 8: Health Promotion and Health Communication
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Q1) Which of the following presentation formats is most likely to have limited audience interaction?
A) Poster display
B) Oral paper
C) Round table discussion
D) Panel discussion
Q2) The social learning theory posits that people learn primarily in four ways: direct experience, vicarious experience, inferred knowledge, and which of the following?
A) Social pressure to conform
B) Modeling authority figures
C) Judgments voiced by others
D) Desire for new experiences
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) Professional ethics is the code by which the profession regulates actions and sets standards for its members, with the recognition that professionals:
A) May not belong to a society or an association of their peers.
B) Are accountable for their actions.
C) Are legally bound to support the actions of the group.
D) Abdicate responsibility for their actions.
Q2) Technology has allowed for the delivery of advanced surgical and cosmetic dental services to one segment of the population, even while significant barriers to accessing even preventive and basic restorative care still exist for other segments.
A) Both statements are true.
B) Both statements are false.
C) The first statement is true; the second statement is false.
D) The first statement is false; the second statement is true.
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) A common goal for health professionals is to provide the best care to:
A) all patients with dental insurance.
B) all patients who can reimburse the practice for expenses and time.
C) all patients with access to the health care system.
D) all patients.
Q2) Balint's patient-centeredness model emphasized that each patient
_____________.
A) has to be understood as a unique human being
B) has the right to self-determination
C) has the obligation to follow through on treatment recommendations
D) needs to be informed of all of the potential outcomes of treatment
Q3) Factors that influence an individual's or a population's health are known as which of the following?
A) Disparities
B) Enculturation
C) Biopsychosocial issues
D) Determinants of health
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Chapter 11: Service-Learning: Preparing Dental Hygienists
for Collaborative Practice
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Q1) 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
Q2) 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.
Q3) 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
Q4) Drawing meaning from the SL project is done in which of the following steps?
A) Orientation
B) Preparation
C) Reflection
D) Evaluation
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