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Chapter 01: The Dental Hygiene Profession
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MULTIPLE CHOICE 0y
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 rin
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se twice a day, morning and night
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c. The study of preventive oral healthcare, including the management of behavior
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to 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: 0 y 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
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structures. Dental hygiene focuses on the preventive measures that the teeth and supporting
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ystructures must receive, in addition to other oral healthcare steps that must be taken to pro
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mote one’s health. 0y 0y
Brushing and flossing one’s teeth and rinsing with an antimicrobial mouth rinse twice a da
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y, morning and night. This answer is wrong because this statement describes only one proce
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dure within the discipline of dental hygiene. Dental hygiene is a much larger and general f
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ield of study than this simple preventive action.
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The study of preventive oral healthcare including the management of behavior to prevent or
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al disease and promote health. This answer is correct because this is the direct definition o
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f dental hygiene. The definition can be broken down into smaller, specified divisions to furt
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her develop the discipline of dental hygiene.
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The study of those procedures that dental hygienists provide to clients. This answer is wro
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ng because dental hygienists play many interrelated roles, such as clinician, educator, admi
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nistrator or manager, advocate, and researcher. Although each of these roles is created to ass
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ist in dental hygiene, the discipline is not centered on the actions and procedures of the de
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ntal hygienist.0y
REF: 0y0y What is Dental Hygiene? | 1
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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 hygien0y 0y 0y 0y 0y 0y 0y 0y
e program 0y
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 Accreditatio
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n, accredited, dental school program
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d. A person who has graduated from a Commission on Dental Accreditatio
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n, accredited, dental assisting program
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ANS: 0 y A