Public Health Dentistry Study Guide
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Course Introduction
Public Health Dentistry focuses on the prevention and control of dental diseases and the promotion of oral health through organized community efforts. This course covers the principles and practices involved in assessing community oral health needs, designing and implementing dental public health programs, and evaluating their effectiveness. Students will explore epidemiology of oral diseases, oral health policy, health education strategies, sanitation, and preventive measures at local, national, and global levels. The course emphasizes the social, behavioral, and environmental determinants of oral health and prepares students to work collaboratively with communities and health organizations to improve overall oral health outcomes.
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Dental Public Health and Research 4th Edition by Christine
N. Nathe
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Chapter 1: Dental Public Health: An Overview
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Q1) Which of the following is the process by which society makes decisions about problems?
A) Assessment
B) Policy Development
C) Assurance
D) Serving All Functions
E) None of the above
Answer: B
Q2) Community oral health has a similar meaning to dental public health.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The identification of which of the following was the first major advancement in public health?
A) Litter in the streets
B) Pesticides on produce
C) Polluted public water well
D) Drug paraphernalia
E) None of the above
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The Prevention Movement
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Q1) In 1917, dental hygiene students at Fones School provided dental hygiene care to which unique target population?
A) Schoolteachers
B) Dental students
C) School nurses
D) Military soldiers
E) None of the above
Answer: D
Q2) Fones believed that the dental hygienist could practice as an outreach worker with an emphasis on ________.
A) Fluoride applications
B) The Fones toothbrushing technique
C) Oral hygiene instruction
D) Scaling and polishing
E) Mass pediatric prevention
Answer: E
Q3) Community water fluoridation works both systemically and topically.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Dental Care Delivery in the United States
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Q1) Particular frequency of dental care within a population
A)Demand
B)Utilization
C)Need
D)Supply
E)2:1
F)1:2
Answer: A
Q2) Which government entitlement program generally covers dental care for individuals with low incomes?
A) Medicare
B) HICFA
C) Medicaid
D) HRSA
E) Head Start
Answer: C
Q3) Dental hygienists may practice within the U.S. Peace Corps.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Dental Hygiene Care Delivery in the Global Community
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Q1) Dental hygienists worldwide are becoming more educated with longer training requirements.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which country allows for the self-regulation of dental hygienists?
A)Dental nurses
B)Dental therapists
C)Switzerland
D)The Netherlands
E)Canada
F)Australia
G)New Zealand
H)Oral health promotion
Q3) When was the International Federation of Dental Hygienists officially formed?
A) 1970
B) 1976
C) 1980
D) 1986
E) None of the above
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Chapter 5: Financing of Dental Care
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Q1) A federal insurance program to pay for medical bills of all people over age 65 is called ________.
A) Medicare
B) Medicaid
C) CHIPs
D) UCR
E) None of the above
Q2) A plan that uses the fee-for-service payment method and operates by means of a submittal-and-reimbursement method is called ________.
A) Utilization review
B) Deductible
C) Indemnity
D) Capitation
E) None of the above
Q3) Federal block grants are usually utilized as preventive block grants and may cover dental services for children.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Federal and State Legislation Affecting Dental Hygiene Practice
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Q1) Laws pertaining to dental hygiene are generally found in the state dental hygiene
A) Consulting act
B) Clinical act
C) Practice act
D) Administrative act
E) None of the above
Q2) Which state branch of the government makes laws for the state?
A) State commission on law
B) Legislative
C) Executive
D) Judicial
E) None of the above
Q3) Which type of law are dental hygiene practice acts considered to be?
A) Common
B) Constitutional
C) Utilization
D) Statutory
E) None of the above
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Chapter 7: Advocacy for Dental Care
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Q1) To create change in policy, it is NOT necessary to create change in the individuals that govern policy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A request for proposal is released by an agency when funding is available for specific ________.
A) Research or programs
B) MOUs
C) Partnership building
D) Coalition building
E) Both C and D
Q3) Propelling people to take action or make a change is termed ________.
A) Collaboration
B) Cooperation
C) Empowerment
D) Enlightenment
E) None of the above
Q4) Collaborative relationships tend to decrease the effectiveness of lobbying.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Dental Health Education and Promotion
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Q1) The theory of reasoned action focuses on the belief that people make rational decisions based on intent.
A)True
B)False
Q2) It is necessary to motivate a population in order to effectively promote value adoption and behavior change.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When using the five-dimensional health model, a patient's trust in a dental hygienist would be a positive input to which dimension?
A) Mental
B) Physical
C) Psychological
D) Spiritual
E) Emotional
Q4) The social-cognitive theory postulates that an individual needs to be made aware of a health issue before he/she can act on it.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Lesson Plan Development
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Q1) Which of the following is categorized as a learning domain?
A) Knowledge
B) Application
C) Affective
D) Problem solving
E) None of the above
Q2) Which teaching method uses problem-based learning skills?
A) Discussion
B) Inquiry
C) Case reviews
D) Lecture
E) None of the above
Q3) Describes actions
A)Psychomotor domain
B)Application level
C)Problem-solving level
D)Affective domain
E)Knowledge level
F)Cognitive domain
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Chapter 10: Target Populations
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Q1) Medical conditions frequently affect oral health.
A)True
B)False
Q2) An eating disorder that includes purging
A)Anorexia nervosa
B)Hearing impairment
C)Faith-based initiatives
D)Visual impairment
E)Lack of faith in treatment
F)Supervision of dental hygienists by dentists
G)Bulimia
Q3) In the United States, what percentage of our gross national product is spent on public assistance and social and health programs for those in need?
A) > 6%
B) > 14%
C) > 50%
D) > 1%
E) None of the above
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Chapter 11: Cultural Competency
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Q1) The belief that the only culture of importance is the individual's own culture
A)Cultural competence
B)Oral health disparities
C)Cultural diversity
D)Ethnocentrism
E)Cross-cultural dental hygiene
Q2) Health care workers have a major responsibility to be ________.
A) Culturally sensitive
B) Ethnocentric
C) Pluralistic
D) Both A and B
E) All of the above
Q3) Minority populations are still underrepresented in the health professions.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Cultural diversity can be defined as the awareness and respect of an individual's or a population's cultural differences.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Program Planning
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Q1) During which stage are the goals/objectives measured?
A) Assessment
B) Implementation
C) Evaluation
D) Dental hygiene diagnosis
E) Planning
Q2) Which program is a faith-based initiative?
A)Operation Smile
B)Sandoval Clinic
C)Matthew 25
D)Faith City Clinic
E)Bridgeport School Clinic
F)UNM School Based Dental Clinic
Q3) Which program was the first school clinic?
A)Operation Smile
B)Sandoval Clinic
C)Matthew 25
D)Faith City Clinic
E)Bridgeport School Clinic
F)UNM School Based Dental Clinic
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Chapter 13: Program Evaluation
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Q1) A National Oral Health Surveillance system has been developed based on a set of oral health indicators used by Healthy People 2020.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Measures all evidence of a condition or disease
A)Reversible index
B)Cumulative index
C)Irreversible index
D)Dental index
E)Simple index
F)Basic index
G)Comprehensive index
Q3) The BSS is the Basic Screening Survey developed by the American Dental Hygienists' Association.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Both caries experience and complete tooth loss are specific indicators of dental disease.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Research in Dental Hygiene
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Q1) Identifies chief complaint
A)Writes research proposal
B)Conducts literature review
C)Develops research question or hypothesis
D)Conducts research
E)Obtains informed consent and research funding
F)Analyzes and publishes research results
G)Takes survey or makes observations about a population
Q2) Place the Steps of the Scientific Method in the correct order. Form an educated guess (hypothesis) of the cause of the problem and make predictions based on the hypothesis. Check and interpret results.
Name the problem or question. Report results to the scientific community. Test hypothesis by doing an experiment or study (with proper controls).
Q3) Who is the founder of dental hygiene?
A) Irene Newman
B) Alfred Fones
C) Jack Orio
D) Christine Nathe
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Chapter 15: Ethical Principles in Research
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Q1) What group is charged with reviewing the ethical implications of a research study?
A) Health access group
B) Institutional review board
C) Ethic study board
D) Bioethics review group
E) Both A and C
Q2) When research involves human subjects, an informed consent must be obtained because subjects should always understand the research in which they are participating.
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.
Q3) Informed consent, another ethical consideration, requires educating a subject in a research study about the study's purpose, duration, experimental procedures, alternatives, risks, and benefits.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: The Research Process
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Q1) A report about a small group of people
A)Case report
B)Descriptive approach
C)Case study
D)Historical approach
E)Cohort
Q2) Which type of study investigates existing differences to determine possible causes?
A) Experimental
B) Ex post facto
C) Correlational
D) Quasi-experimental
E) None of the above
Q3) A study that uses questionnaires, opinionnaires, interviews, and indexes is called a
A) Survey
B) Document analysis
C) Quasi-experimental
D) Developmental
E) None of the above
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Chapter 17: Biostatistics
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Q1) A bar graph is used to present categorical data.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which is determined by subtracting the highest score from the lowest score?
A) Standard deviation
B) Range
C) Variance
D) Both A and B
E) All of the above
Q3) Which of the following can be determined by examining the mean and median of the distribution?
A) Gaussian distribution
B) Bell curve
C) Normal bell distribution
D) Skew
E) None of the above
Q4) The following set of values has two modes: 7, 7, 8, 8, 5.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 18: Oral Epidemiology
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Q1) The theory of causation for a disease or condition
A)Morbidity
B)Endemic
C)Epidemic
D)Pandemic
E)Validity
F)Index
G)Incidence
H)Epidemiology
I)Prevalence
J)Disease rates
K)Mortality
L)Causality
M)Etiology
N)Risk factors
O)Reliability
P)Surveillance
Q2) Causality means that a particular exposure results in a particular outcome.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 19: Current Oral Epidemiological Findings
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Q1) Often referred to as a cold sore
A)Dental sealants
B)Candidiasis
C)Teenagers
D)Oral cancer
E)Herpes simplex virus
F)Systemic diseases
G)Epidemiology
H)Community water fluoridation
I)Adults
J)Gingivitis
K)Posterior teeth
L)Recurrent aphthous ulcer
M)Anterior teeth
N)Cleft lip/palate
O)Dental caries
P)Endemic
Q2) Dental caries is the most common of all diseases.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 20: Evaluation of Scientific Literature and Dental Products
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Q1) The measure of confidence in test results is called ________.
A) Clinical significance
B) Clinical improvements
C) Statistical improvements
D) Statistical significance
E) Both A and C
Q2) Which of the following sources can be used to locate information on dental care products?
A) Sales representatives
B) Internet
C) Colleagues
D) Lay magazines
E) All of the above
Q3) A study should be randomized if at all possible.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Studies need to have enough subjects to be valid.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 21: Careers in Dental Public Health
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Q1) The COSTEP program is available to ________.
A) Dentists
B) Students
C) Dental hygienists
D) Both A and B
E) None of the above
Q2) Dental hygienists are eligible to practice in dental public health in varying capacities with a(n) ________.
A) Certificate
B) Bachelor's degree
C) Associate's degree
D) Doctoral degree
E) All of the above
Q3) Dental hygienists may be commissioned into the U.S. Public Health Service with which qualifications?
A) Bachelor's degree
B) Certificate
C) Associate's degree
D) Both A and B
E) All of the above
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Chapter 22: Strategies for Creating Dental Hygiene
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Q1) Educating and promoting dental health
A)Promotion
B)Distribution plan
C)Product
D)Price
Q2) Assisting patients in reimbursement mechanisms
A)Promotion
B)Distribution plan
C)Product
D)Price
Q3) An organized approach to selecting and servicing markets is called ________.
A) Selling
B) Marketing
C) Servicing
D) Advertising
E) None of the above
Q4) Although dental hygiene initially began as a profession focused on public health initiatives, the profession has been positioned in the private dental office.
A)True
B)False
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