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Chapter 01: The Dental Hygiene Profession
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MULTIPLE CHOICE zx
1. What is the discipline of dental hygiene?
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a. The study of teeth and their supporting structures
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b. Brushing and flossing one’s teeth and rinsing with an antimicrobial mouth rins
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e twice a day, morning and night
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c. The study of preventive oral healthcare, including the management of behavior t
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o prevent oral disease and promote health
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d. The study of those procedures that dental hygienists provide to clients
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ANS: z x C
The study of teeth and their supporting structures. This answer is wrong because the discipli
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ne of dental hygiene covers much more information than the study of teeth and supporting s
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tructures. Dental hygiene focuses on the preventive measures that the teeth and supporting s
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tructures must receive, in addition to other oral healthcare steps that must be taken to prom
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ote one’s health.
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Brushing and flossing one’s teeth and rinsing with an antimicrobial mouth rinse twice a day
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, morning and night. This answer is wrong because this statement describes only one proced
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ure within the discipline of dental hygiene. Dental hygiene is a much larger and general fiel
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d of study than this simple preventive action.
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The study of preventive oral healthcare including the management of behavior to prevent ora
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l disease and promote health. This answer is correct because this is the direct definition of
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dental hygiene. The definition can be broken down into smaller, specified divisions to furth
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er develop the discipline of dental hygiene.
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The study of those procedures that dental hygienists provide to clients. This answer is wron
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g because dental hygienists play many interrelated roles, such as clinician, educator, admini
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strator or manager, advocate, and researcher. Although each of these roles is created to assist
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xin dental hygiene, the discipline is not centered on the actions and procedures of the dental
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xhygienist.
REF: zxzx What is Dental Hygiene? | 1zx zx zx zx zx
2. Who is the professional dental hygienist?
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a. A licensed preventive oral health professional who has graduated from a
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Commission on Dental Accreditation, accredited, entry level dental hygien zx zx zx zx zx zx zx zx
e program zx
b. A licensed person who has learned on the job via a preceptorship program, such
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as the Alabama Dental Hygienists Program
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c. A dentist who has graduated from a Commission on Dental Accreditation
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, accredited, dental school program
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d. A person who has graduated from a Commission on Dental Accreditation
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, accredited, dental assisting program
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ANS: z x A