Community Oral health EXAM 1 Study
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A+)
Define public health -
correct answer ✅The science of protecting and improving the
health of families and communities through promotion of health
lifestyles, research for disease and injury prevention, and detection
and control of infectious diseases.
What is the purpose of public health? -
correct answer ✅Public health is concerned with promoting the
health of entire populations its concerned with:
Prevention
Health ed
Recommending policies
Administering services
Conducting research
Limiting health disparities
What are the seven characteristics of PH solutions?
( a.k.a. Guiding Principles) -
correct answer ✅1. Not hazardous to life or function
,Community Oral health EXAM 1 Study
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2. Effective in reducing or preventing the targeted disease or
condition.
3. Easily and efficiently implemented
4. Potency maintained for a substantial time period
5. Attainable regardless of socioeconomic status (SES)
6. Effective immediately upon application
7. Inexpensive and within the means of the community
Characteristics of Community Water Fluoridation -
correct answer ✅Meets all 7 characteristics of a public health
solution.
1. Proved to be a safe and cost- effective way in reducing decay in
children.
2. Easily implemented by adding fluoride to the water supply.
3. Its potency is maintained as long as the fluoridateed water is
consumed
4. It reached all people regardless of SES.
5. It is effective immediately upon initiation.
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Has been recognized as the major contributor to the decline of
dental caries in the U.S. during the last half of the twentieth
century. -
correct answer ✅Community water fluoridation
What is the rational for community water fluoridation? -
correct answer ✅1. Remains an effective public health strategy for
delivering fluoride to prevent tooth decay and is the most feasible
and cost-effective strategy for reaching entire communities.
2.Caries Prevention benefits can be achieved and the risk of dental
fluorosis reduced at a fluoride level of 0.7 mg/L for water
fluoridation.
3.Systemic fluoride is excreted partially via the saliva, making it
available for absorption by plaque and in frequent contact with
tooth surfaces for continual uptake and remineralization of the
enamel.
4. Current evidence that systemic exposure to fluoride during tooth
development reduces dental caries rates.
What are the effects of community water fluoridation? -
correct answer ✅By 2012 74.6% of the U.S. population had access
, Community Oral health EXAM 1 Study
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A+)
to community water fluoridation, the goal is for 79.6% of the
population to have access by 2020. The effects are reduction in
dental caries.
Private practice: Patient
Public health: ______________ -
correct answer ✅Community
Private practice: Examination
Public health: _______________ -
correct answer ✅Survey/ assessment
Private practice: Diagnosis
Public health: _____________ -
correct answer ✅Analysis
Private practice: Treatment planning
Public health: _________________ -
correct answer ✅Program planning
guide Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Define public health -
correct answer ✅The science of protecting and improving the
health of families and communities through promotion of health
lifestyles, research for disease and injury prevention, and detection
and control of infectious diseases.
What is the purpose of public health? -
correct answer ✅Public health is concerned with promoting the
health of entire populations its concerned with:
Prevention
Health ed
Recommending policies
Administering services
Conducting research
Limiting health disparities
What are the seven characteristics of PH solutions?
( a.k.a. Guiding Principles) -
correct answer ✅1. Not hazardous to life or function
,Community Oral health EXAM 1 Study
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A+)
2. Effective in reducing or preventing the targeted disease or
condition.
3. Easily and efficiently implemented
4. Potency maintained for a substantial time period
5. Attainable regardless of socioeconomic status (SES)
6. Effective immediately upon application
7. Inexpensive and within the means of the community
Characteristics of Community Water Fluoridation -
correct answer ✅Meets all 7 characteristics of a public health
solution.
1. Proved to be a safe and cost- effective way in reducing decay in
children.
2. Easily implemented by adding fluoride to the water supply.
3. Its potency is maintained as long as the fluoridateed water is
consumed
4. It reached all people regardless of SES.
5. It is effective immediately upon initiation.
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,Community Oral health EXAM 1 Study
guide Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Has been recognized as the major contributor to the decline of
dental caries in the U.S. during the last half of the twentieth
century. -
correct answer ✅Community water fluoridation
What is the rational for community water fluoridation? -
correct answer ✅1. Remains an effective public health strategy for
delivering fluoride to prevent tooth decay and is the most feasible
and cost-effective strategy for reaching entire communities.
2.Caries Prevention benefits can be achieved and the risk of dental
fluorosis reduced at a fluoride level of 0.7 mg/L for water
fluoridation.
3.Systemic fluoride is excreted partially via the saliva, making it
available for absorption by plaque and in frequent contact with
tooth surfaces for continual uptake and remineralization of the
enamel.
4. Current evidence that systemic exposure to fluoride during tooth
development reduces dental caries rates.
What are the effects of community water fluoridation? -
correct answer ✅By 2012 74.6% of the U.S. population had access
, Community Oral health EXAM 1 Study
guide Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
to community water fluoridation, the goal is for 79.6% of the
population to have access by 2020. The effects are reduction in
dental caries.
Private practice: Patient
Public health: ______________ -
correct answer ✅Community
Private practice: Examination
Public health: _______________ -
correct answer ✅Survey/ assessment
Private practice: Diagnosis
Public health: _____________ -
correct answer ✅Analysis
Private practice: Treatment planning
Public health: _________________ -
correct answer ✅Program planning
