Health Prevention II Chapter 5 ACTUAL
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
__ % of school children 6 to 8 years of age have untreated tooth decay - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅29
What percentage of older adults (65 to 74 years of age) are edentulous? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅24
What percentage of children (older than 2 years of age) and adults have not had a dental visit
in the past year? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅55
Which of the following organizations developed the Oral Health Country/Area Profile
Program (CAPP) in 1995? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅World Health Organization (WHO)
Which of the following is considered to be a safe and effective population-based measure to
improve oral health and prevent oral disease? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅School-based
dental sealant program
Which of the following is true concerning the social impact of oral disease? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅More than 51 million school hours are lost each year as a result of dental
problems./ Children with early childhood caries can demonstrate failure to thrive and be
underweight. (a and c)
Which of the following is true concerning who among the employed is most likely to miss
work because of dental diseases in the United States? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The
uninsured are more likely to miss work than the insured.
According to a study supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), what percentage
of Navajo schoolchildren living in parts of the Navajo reservation in Arizona and New
Mexico avoided laughing or smiling because of the way their teeth looked? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅25%
, Which of the following surveys monitor key oral health indicators in the United States? 1.
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2. National Health Interview
Survey (NHIS) 3. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅1, 2, 3
Which of the following is the most common chronic disease of childhood? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Tooth decay
Early childhood caries affect teeth of children up to __ years of age. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅5
Which of the following is associated with early childhood caries? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Putting a child to bed with formula or other sweetened drinks
According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), the number
of young children 2 to 4 years of age experiencing dental caries in their primary dentition
during the years 1999 to 2004 ___________ from 1988 to 1994. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅increased
true or false: The prevalence of dental caries among school-aged children declined within the
United States in the 1980s and 1990s. However, these improvements for children seem to
have stalled and for some indicators actually regressed in the 2000s. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Both statements are true.
Which of the following statements is true concerning dental caries experience among children
in the United States at this time? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Most tooth decay is
experienced by only a few children.
Which of the following groups of children are often markedly at increased risk for dental
caries? 1. Children from minority racial and ethnic groups 2. Children whose parents have
less than a high school education 3. Children whose parents have a low income - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅1, 2, 3
Which of the following groups of children age 6 to 8 years had the highest level of untreated
dental caries in 1999 to 2004? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Mexican American children
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
__ % of school children 6 to 8 years of age have untreated tooth decay - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅29
What percentage of older adults (65 to 74 years of age) are edentulous? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅24
What percentage of children (older than 2 years of age) and adults have not had a dental visit
in the past year? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅55
Which of the following organizations developed the Oral Health Country/Area Profile
Program (CAPP) in 1995? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅World Health Organization (WHO)
Which of the following is considered to be a safe and effective population-based measure to
improve oral health and prevent oral disease? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅School-based
dental sealant program
Which of the following is true concerning the social impact of oral disease? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅More than 51 million school hours are lost each year as a result of dental
problems./ Children with early childhood caries can demonstrate failure to thrive and be
underweight. (a and c)
Which of the following is true concerning who among the employed is most likely to miss
work because of dental diseases in the United States? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The
uninsured are more likely to miss work than the insured.
According to a study supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), what percentage
of Navajo schoolchildren living in parts of the Navajo reservation in Arizona and New
Mexico avoided laughing or smiling because of the way their teeth looked? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅25%
, Which of the following surveys monitor key oral health indicators in the United States? 1.
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2. National Health Interview
Survey (NHIS) 3. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅1, 2, 3
Which of the following is the most common chronic disease of childhood? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Tooth decay
Early childhood caries affect teeth of children up to __ years of age. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅5
Which of the following is associated with early childhood caries? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Putting a child to bed with formula or other sweetened drinks
According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), the number
of young children 2 to 4 years of age experiencing dental caries in their primary dentition
during the years 1999 to 2004 ___________ from 1988 to 1994. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅increased
true or false: The prevalence of dental caries among school-aged children declined within the
United States in the 1980s and 1990s. However, these improvements for children seem to
have stalled and for some indicators actually regressed in the 2000s. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Both statements are true.
Which of the following statements is true concerning dental caries experience among children
in the United States at this time? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Most tooth decay is
experienced by only a few children.
Which of the following groups of children are often markedly at increased risk for dental
caries? 1. Children from minority racial and ethnic groups 2. Children whose parents have
less than a high school education 3. Children whose parents have a low income - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅1, 2, 3
Which of the following groups of children age 6 to 8 years had the highest level of untreated
dental caries in 1999 to 2004? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Mexican American children
