update 2026/2027
Dental Hygiene Process of Care - Ans Assessment
Diagnosis (prognosis)
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Documentation
public health dentist - Ans Works on cause and prevention of
common dental disease.
objective symptoms - Ans Symptoms that can be seen by anyone
subjective symptoms - Ans symptoms that can be felt, such as
itching, burning, or pain
odontalgia - Ans toothache
Etiology - Ans cause of disease
,acute - Ans New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite
of chronic
exogenous - Ans Produced outside the body
ex hypothermia caused by cold
Endogenous - Ans Produced within the body
ex: tumors
degenerative - Ans breaking down
Nosocomial - Ans hospital acquired infection
Aerobic - Ans bacteria that require oxygen to live and grow
faculative aerobe - Ans bacteria that can live in oxygen but don't
need oxygen
Anaerobic - Ans bacteria that can live without oxygen
, facultative anaerobes - Ans bacteria that do best without oxygen,
but can live with it
spore - Ans A reproductive cell with a hard, protective coating
Endospore - Ans A small, rounded, thick-walled, resting cell that
forms inside a bacterial cell
Viruses - Ans tiny parasitic organisms that cause disease
Rickettsia - Ans a small bacterium that lives in lice, fleas, ticks, and
mites
Vector - Ans carrier (of disease, for example lice, fleas, ticks)
protozoa - Ans small animal parasites or organisms. Cause
malaria, dysentery, & encephalitis
Saprophytes (decomposers) - Ans feed on dead or decaying
organisms