DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND RESEARCH PRACTICE EXAM 2026 PREMIUM QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT

DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND RESEARCH
PRACTICE EXAM 2026 PREMIUM QUESTIONS
AND ACCURATE ANSWERS ONE HUNDRED
PERCENT CORRECT

◉ The federal and state governments' joint program that funds
dental care for certain individuals is called
Answer: Title XIX


◉ The federal government funds dental care for which of the
following target populations?
Answer: All of these


◉ Local governments may be involved in funding dental care to
which target population(s)?
Answer: School children


◉ What is the amount that the insurance entity will pay for covered
dental services?
Answer: The benefit

, ◉ T/F Federal block grants are usually utilized as preventive block
grants and may cover dental services for children.
Answer: True


◉ T/F State governments generally fund dental services for inmates
of federal prisons within their state.
Answer: False


◉ T/F Funding for public water fluoridation usually falls under the
auspices of the local government.
Answer: True


◉ T/F the delivery of dental care in the United States is mostly a
private sector endeavor.
Answer: True


◉ T/F Medicaid, not Medicare, generally funds dental care for the
indigent population.
Answer: True


◉ Which type of law are dental hygiene practice acts considered to
be?
Answer: Statutory