RDH 101 – Exam 1 – Study Guide & Practice Questions
Chapter 1 - correct answer ✔✔Chapter 1
Dental hygienists - correct answer ✔✔licensed professionals who focus on oral health,
prevention of oral diseases, and health promotion
Process of dental hygiene care - correct answer ✔✔assessment, diagnosis, implementation,
evaluation, and documentation
Levi Spear Parmly - correct answer ✔✔in 1819, publishes "A Practical Guide to the
Management of Teeth" and emphasizes daily preventive oral behavior
Who is the father of Dental Hygiene? - correct answer ✔✔Dr. Alfred C. Fones
What was discovered in 1890 - correct answer ✔✔bacteria caused tooth decay
What was published in 1845 and by who? - correct answer ✔✔editors of the American Journal
of Dental Science published an editorial about dentistry's neglect of preventive oral healthcare
Odontocure - correct answer ✔✔a woman patrolling the neighborhood cleaning teeth
What happened in 1913? - correct answer ✔✔Dr. Fones, along with his cousin Irene Newman,
were instructing their first class of "dental hygienist"
Where did the teaching of the first class of dental hygienist take place? - correct answer ✔✔a
carriage house basement clinic in Bridgeport, Connecticut
,Dental hygiene - correct answer ✔✔art and science of preventive oral health care, including
management of behaviors to prevent oral disease and the promote health
What does the art of dental hygiene involve? - correct answer ✔✔caring, ethics, professional
judgement, and critical thinking
What does the science of dental hygiene involve? - correct answer ✔✔evidence-based
practices, precise practice skills, and integration of knowledge
The Dental Hygienist - correct answer ✔✔-primary oral healthcare professionals who are
licensed and have graduated from accredited dental hygiene programs in institutions of higher
educations
-promote and maintain oral wellness and contribute to overall health and quality of life
-interconnects care with oral healthcare providers; assists individuals in seeking other
healthcare services as needed
What are the 4 major paradigm concepts? - correct answer ✔✔client, environment, health and
oral health, and dental hygiene actions
Major paradigm concept: Client - correct answer ✔✔recipient of dental hygiene care
Major paradigm concept: Environment - correct answer ✔✔factors other than dental hygiene
actions that affect the client's attainment of optimal oral health
Major paradigm concept: health and oral health - correct answer ✔✔client's state of well-being,
which exists on a continuum from optimal wellness to illness and fluctuates over time as a result
of biological, psychological, spiritual, and developmental factors
, Major paradigm concept: dental hygiene actions - correct answer ✔✔involve cognitive,
affective, and psychomotor performances including assessing, DH diagnosis, planning,
implementing, evaluating, and documenting (DH process of care) preventive oral health care
What are the 7 professional roles of a DH? - correct answer ✔✔administrators, entrepreneurs,
clinicians, corporate workers, researchers, educators, and public health advocates
Professional role of a DH: administrator - correct answer ✔✔-Identify and manage resources
-Participate in strategic planning
-Formulate policies and procedures
-Apply organizational skills and solve problems
-Evaluate and modify programs based on evaluation outcomes
Professional role of a DH: entrepreneur - correct answer ✔✔-Initiate or finance new commercial
enterprises
-Initiate or finance new commercial enterprises to address needs of consumers and providers
-Bring available resources together to resolve problems or deliver professional services
-Develop business opportunities to provide state-of-the-art knowledge, technology, skills, and
procedures
Professional role of a DH: clinician - correct answer ✔✔-Use dental hygiene process of care to
control oral diseases and partner with clients to promote health
-Provide care to clients based on evidence-based decision making and skill
-Collaborate with and refer to other healthcare professionals as needed
Professional role of a DH: corporate worker - correct answer ✔✔-Apply educational and
practice expertise as sales representatives, product researchers, educators, and administrators
to support various oral healthcare and related industries in providing quality products, services,
and information
Chapter 1 - correct answer ✔✔Chapter 1
Dental hygienists - correct answer ✔✔licensed professionals who focus on oral health,
prevention of oral diseases, and health promotion
Process of dental hygiene care - correct answer ✔✔assessment, diagnosis, implementation,
evaluation, and documentation
Levi Spear Parmly - correct answer ✔✔in 1819, publishes "A Practical Guide to the
Management of Teeth" and emphasizes daily preventive oral behavior
Who is the father of Dental Hygiene? - correct answer ✔✔Dr. Alfred C. Fones
What was discovered in 1890 - correct answer ✔✔bacteria caused tooth decay
What was published in 1845 and by who? - correct answer ✔✔editors of the American Journal
of Dental Science published an editorial about dentistry's neglect of preventive oral healthcare
Odontocure - correct answer ✔✔a woman patrolling the neighborhood cleaning teeth
What happened in 1913? - correct answer ✔✔Dr. Fones, along with his cousin Irene Newman,
were instructing their first class of "dental hygienist"
Where did the teaching of the first class of dental hygienist take place? - correct answer ✔✔a
carriage house basement clinic in Bridgeport, Connecticut
,Dental hygiene - correct answer ✔✔art and science of preventive oral health care, including
management of behaviors to prevent oral disease and the promote health
What does the art of dental hygiene involve? - correct answer ✔✔caring, ethics, professional
judgement, and critical thinking
What does the science of dental hygiene involve? - correct answer ✔✔evidence-based
practices, precise practice skills, and integration of knowledge
The Dental Hygienist - correct answer ✔✔-primary oral healthcare professionals who are
licensed and have graduated from accredited dental hygiene programs in institutions of higher
educations
-promote and maintain oral wellness and contribute to overall health and quality of life
-interconnects care with oral healthcare providers; assists individuals in seeking other
healthcare services as needed
What are the 4 major paradigm concepts? - correct answer ✔✔client, environment, health and
oral health, and dental hygiene actions
Major paradigm concept: Client - correct answer ✔✔recipient of dental hygiene care
Major paradigm concept: Environment - correct answer ✔✔factors other than dental hygiene
actions that affect the client's attainment of optimal oral health
Major paradigm concept: health and oral health - correct answer ✔✔client's state of well-being,
which exists on a continuum from optimal wellness to illness and fluctuates over time as a result
of biological, psychological, spiritual, and developmental factors
, Major paradigm concept: dental hygiene actions - correct answer ✔✔involve cognitive,
affective, and psychomotor performances including assessing, DH diagnosis, planning,
implementing, evaluating, and documenting (DH process of care) preventive oral health care
What are the 7 professional roles of a DH? - correct answer ✔✔administrators, entrepreneurs,
clinicians, corporate workers, researchers, educators, and public health advocates
Professional role of a DH: administrator - correct answer ✔✔-Identify and manage resources
-Participate in strategic planning
-Formulate policies and procedures
-Apply organizational skills and solve problems
-Evaluate and modify programs based on evaluation outcomes
Professional role of a DH: entrepreneur - correct answer ✔✔-Initiate or finance new commercial
enterprises
-Initiate or finance new commercial enterprises to address needs of consumers and providers
-Bring available resources together to resolve problems or deliver professional services
-Develop business opportunities to provide state-of-the-art knowledge, technology, skills, and
procedures
Professional role of a DH: clinician - correct answer ✔✔-Use dental hygiene process of care to
control oral diseases and partner with clients to promote health
-Provide care to clients based on evidence-based decision making and skill
-Collaborate with and refer to other healthcare professionals as needed
Professional role of a DH: corporate worker - correct answer ✔✔-Apply educational and
practice expertise as sales representatives, product researchers, educators, and administrators
to support various oral healthcare and related industries in providing quality products, services,
and information
