Dental Hygiene Care Process Questions and Answers Latest
Updated (Grades A+)
Protozoa - ANSWER-small animal parasites or organisms. Cause malaria, dysentery, &
encephalitis
Saprophytes (decomposers) - ANSWER-feed on dead or decaying organisms
Nematodes - ANSWER-a parasitic worm such as a roundworm or threadworm.
Commensal - ANSWER-describes an organism that lives symbiotically with a host; this host
neither benefits nor suffers from the association
Blood borne pathogens - ANSWER-Disease-causing organisms transferred through contact with
blood or other body fluids
Port of entry for disease - ANSWER-Droplet infection, indirect infection, contact infection,
parenteral, carrier infection, vector-Bourne infection, food, soil or water infection.
Droplet infection (aerosol) - ANSWER-airborne infection discharged from mouth or nose
Indirect Infection - ANSWER-infection caused by improper handling of materials or
contamination of items leading to infection
Contact infection - ANSWER-infection passed directly through intimate relationship- contact with
saliva, blood, or mucous membranes
Parenteral - ANSWER-"needle stick" refers to piercing of the skin or mucous membrane
Carrier infection - ANSWER-exchange of disease by direct or indirect contact with an infected
human or animal
Food, soil, or water infection - ANSWER-infection passed along by microbes present in these
media
Chain of infection - ANSWER-infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission,
portal of entry, susceptible host
Waste disposal - ANSWER-Universal Precaution: Proper disposal of saliva, blood, skin, mucous
membrane droplets.
Immunizations(for health of dental team) - ANSWER-Universal Precaution: People, equipment;
instruments; water.
Lesions - ANSWER-Universal Precaution: Bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoa, rickettsia
Treatment of secondary infection - ANSWER-Universal Precaution: immunosuppression
medically compromised elderly
, Immunizations - ANSWER-Universal Precaution: mucous membrane, GI tract, respiratory tract,
broken skin, eyes
Control of aerosols - ANSWER-Universal Precaution: direct contact, inderect contact, fomite,
vector, airborne
Natural immunity - ANSWER-protection that an individual inherits to fight infection
Natural acquired immunity - ANSWER-obtained when a disease, produces antibodies, infects a
person then recovers from that disease.
Artificial acquired immunity - ANSWER-vaccination
Passive acquired immunity - ANSWER-host receives antibodies rather than making them (mother,
injection)
Passive natural immunity - ANSWER-transfer of antibodies from a mother to her fetus or baby
Antigen - ANSWER-A protein that, when introduced in the blood, triggers the production of an
antibody
Antibodies - ANSWER-Specialized proteins that aid in destroying infectious agents
Autogenous vaccine - ANSWER-vaccine produced from a culture of bacteria taken from the
patient who will receive the vaccine
Attenuated - ANSWER-weakened virulence of pathogenic microbes
Asepsis - ANSWER-germ free
Sanitation - ANSWER-applications of methods to promote a germ-free state
Disinfection - ANSWER-chemicals used to reduce, or kill germs
Sterilization - ANSWER-The process that destroys all microbial life, including spores.
Universal Precautions - ANSWER-assuming all patients are infectious and applying every method
of combating disease and infection
Etiology - ANSWER-cause of disease
Acute - ANSWER-New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic
Exogenous - ANSWER-Produced outside the body
Ex hypothermia caused by cold
Endogenous - ANSWER-Produced within the body
Degenerative - ANSWER-breaking down
Nosocomial - ANSWER-hospital acquired infection
Aerobic - ANSWER-bacteria that require oxygen to live and grow
Updated (Grades A+)
Protozoa - ANSWER-small animal parasites or organisms. Cause malaria, dysentery, &
encephalitis
Saprophytes (decomposers) - ANSWER-feed on dead or decaying organisms
Nematodes - ANSWER-a parasitic worm such as a roundworm or threadworm.
Commensal - ANSWER-describes an organism that lives symbiotically with a host; this host
neither benefits nor suffers from the association
Blood borne pathogens - ANSWER-Disease-causing organisms transferred through contact with
blood or other body fluids
Port of entry for disease - ANSWER-Droplet infection, indirect infection, contact infection,
parenteral, carrier infection, vector-Bourne infection, food, soil or water infection.
Droplet infection (aerosol) - ANSWER-airborne infection discharged from mouth or nose
Indirect Infection - ANSWER-infection caused by improper handling of materials or
contamination of items leading to infection
Contact infection - ANSWER-infection passed directly through intimate relationship- contact with
saliva, blood, or mucous membranes
Parenteral - ANSWER-"needle stick" refers to piercing of the skin or mucous membrane
Carrier infection - ANSWER-exchange of disease by direct or indirect contact with an infected
human or animal
Food, soil, or water infection - ANSWER-infection passed along by microbes present in these
media
Chain of infection - ANSWER-infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission,
portal of entry, susceptible host
Waste disposal - ANSWER-Universal Precaution: Proper disposal of saliva, blood, skin, mucous
membrane droplets.
Immunizations(for health of dental team) - ANSWER-Universal Precaution: People, equipment;
instruments; water.
Lesions - ANSWER-Universal Precaution: Bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoa, rickettsia
Treatment of secondary infection - ANSWER-Universal Precaution: immunosuppression
medically compromised elderly
, Immunizations - ANSWER-Universal Precaution: mucous membrane, GI tract, respiratory tract,
broken skin, eyes
Control of aerosols - ANSWER-Universal Precaution: direct contact, inderect contact, fomite,
vector, airborne
Natural immunity - ANSWER-protection that an individual inherits to fight infection
Natural acquired immunity - ANSWER-obtained when a disease, produces antibodies, infects a
person then recovers from that disease.
Artificial acquired immunity - ANSWER-vaccination
Passive acquired immunity - ANSWER-host receives antibodies rather than making them (mother,
injection)
Passive natural immunity - ANSWER-transfer of antibodies from a mother to her fetus or baby
Antigen - ANSWER-A protein that, when introduced in the blood, triggers the production of an
antibody
Antibodies - ANSWER-Specialized proteins that aid in destroying infectious agents
Autogenous vaccine - ANSWER-vaccine produced from a culture of bacteria taken from the
patient who will receive the vaccine
Attenuated - ANSWER-weakened virulence of pathogenic microbes
Asepsis - ANSWER-germ free
Sanitation - ANSWER-applications of methods to promote a germ-free state
Disinfection - ANSWER-chemicals used to reduce, or kill germs
Sterilization - ANSWER-The process that destroys all microbial life, including spores.
Universal Precautions - ANSWER-assuming all patients are infectious and applying every method
of combating disease and infection
Etiology - ANSWER-cause of disease
Acute - ANSWER-New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic
Exogenous - ANSWER-Produced outside the body
Ex hypothermia caused by cold
Endogenous - ANSWER-Produced within the body
Degenerative - ANSWER-breaking down
Nosocomial - ANSWER-hospital acquired infection
Aerobic - ANSWER-bacteria that require oxygen to live and grow
