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,MULTIPLE CHOICE v r




1. Knowledge of pharmacology aids the dental professional in v r v r v r v r v r v r v r



a. obtaining a patient’s health history. v r v r v r v r



b. administering drugs in the office. v r v r v r v r



c. handling emergency situations. v r v r



d. selection of a nonprescription medication. v r v r v r v r



e. All of the above. v r v r v r




ANS: E
All of the choices are true. Because many of our patients are being treated with drugs, kn
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owledge of pharmacology helps in understanding and interpreting patients’ responses to health hist ory
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questi ons. Knowledge of the therapeutic and adverse effects of medications obviously hel
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p s in their prop er administration in the office. Emergency situations may be caused by drugs or t r
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eated by drugs; t hus, knowledge of pharmacology is of great help, especially because a rapid res pons
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e is sometimes required. A clear understanding of the concepts of drug action, drug ha ndlin
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g by the body, and dr ug interactions will allow the dental practitioner to make proper judg ments a
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nd grasp the concepts relevant to new drug therapies on the market.
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DIF: Application
REF:
Role of the Dental Hygienist (Medication/Health History), Role of the Dental Hygienist (Me
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dic a tion Administration), Role of the Dental Hygienist (Emergency Situations), Role of
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rthe Dental Hygienis t (Nonprescription Medication) | pp. 2-3OBJ:
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TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology v r v r




2. Which of the following statements is true regarding planning appointments?
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a. Whether or not patients are taking medication for systemic diseases is of l vr vr vr v r vr vr vr vr vr vr vr v r



it t le vr



consequence in the dental office. v r v r v r v r



b. Asthmatic patients should have dental appointments in the morning. v r v r v r v r v r v r v r v r



c. Diabetic patients usually have fewer problems with a morning appointme n vr vr vr vr vr vr vr vr vr v r



t compared with afternoon appointments.
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d. Both B and C are true. v r v r v r v r v r




ANS: D
Asthmatic patients who experience dental anxiety should schedule their appointments when
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v th ey ar e not rushed or under pressure early in the morning. Diabetic patients usually have relatively f
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ewer problems with a morning appointment. Patients taking medication for systemic d
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isease s may requir e special handling in the dental office.
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DIF: Comprehension
REF: Role of the Dental Hygienist (Appointment Scheduling) | v r v r v r v r v r v r v r



p. 3 OBJ: 1
v r TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
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,3. Nutritional or herbal supplements v r v r v r



a. carry the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for disease sta
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t e s. vr v r



b. are not drugs. v r v r



c. can cause adverse effects. v r v r v r



d. will not interact with other drugs the patient may be taking.
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ANS: v r v r C
Nutritional or herbal supplements are quite capable of causing adverse effects. The majority of nutr
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it i onal or herbal supplements do not carry FDA approval for treating disease states. These supple
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men ts are drugs and can cause adverse effects and interact with different drugs.
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DIF: Comprehension v r v r v r



REF: Role of the Dental Hygienist (Nutritional or Herbal Supplements) |
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p. 3 OBJ: 1
v r TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
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4. Which type of drug name usually begins with a lowercase letter?
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a. Brand name vr



b. Code name v r



c. Generic name vr



d. Trade name v r




ANS: v r v r C
Before any drug is marketed, it is given a generic name that becomes the “official” n
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ame of the dr ug. Each drug is assigned only one generic name selected by the U.S. Adopted
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Name Cou ncil, and vr vr v r



the name is not capitalized. The brand name is equivalent to the trade name v r v r v r v r v r vr v r v r vr v r v r vr vr v



rand i s capitalized. Alt hough the brand name is technically the name of the company marketi
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ng the pr oduct, this term is o ften used interchangeably with the trade name. The code name
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v is the initia l term used within a pha rmaceutical company to refer to a drug while it is und
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ergoing investig ation and is often a combinat v r vr v r vr vr vr vr



ion of capital letters and numbers, the letters representing an v r v r v r v r v r v r v r v r v r



abbreviation of the company name. v r v r v r v r




DIF: Comprehension
REF:
Drug Names | p. 4 OB vr vr vr vr vr



J: 3 TOP: v r vr



NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacolog v r v r



y

5. A v r drug’s generic name is selected by the v r v r v r v r v r v r



a. pharmaceutical company manufacturing it. v r v r v r



b. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). v r v r v r v r



c. U.S. Adopted Name Council. v r v r v r



d. Federal Patent Office. v r v r




ANS: C
Each drug is assigned only one generic name (e.g., ibuprofen). It is selected by the U.S. Ad
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opte d Name Council. The generic name is not selected by the FDA or the Federal Patent Of
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fice. T he pha rmaceutical company manufacturing the drug clearly has an influence on the generic na
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me given its drug, but the final decision is not the company’s.
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DIF: Recall REF:
Drug Names | p. 4 OBJ: v r v r v r v r v r



3 TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
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, 6. Which of the following is true concerning generic and trade names of drugs?
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