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This Updated/Latest 2025–2026 test bank for Ethics and Law in Dental Hygiene, 3rd Edition by Phyllis L. Beemsterboer is a comprehensive educational resource designed to help dental hygiene students develop a strong understanding of ethical principles, legal responsibilities, and professional standards in dental practice. Covering all chapters, this resource includes chapter-by-chapter practice questions, detailed answer rationales, case-based scenarios, critical-thinking exercises, and exam-style assessments that reinforce classroom learning and ethical decision-making. Topics include ethical theories, professional codes of ethics, legal terminology, informed consent, patient confidentiality, HIPAA compliance, risk management, negligence, malpractice, documentation, patient rights, licensure, scope of practice, professional accountability, cultural competence, workplace ethics, communication, conflict resolution, and regulatory issues affecting dental hygiene practice. This study resource supports examination preparation, self-assessment, and professional development while strengthening the knowledge and decision-making skills required for safe, ethical, and legally compliant dental hygiene practice throughout 2025–2026.

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TEST BANK for Ethics and Law in
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Dental Hygiene 3rd Edition by Phyllis
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COMPLETE CHAPTERS 1-10 WITH RATIONALES|
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1. When was the inception of the profession of dental hygiene?
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The scope of practice of a dental hygienist was first established by law in Connecticut in 1915.
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Alfred C. Fones taught his dental assistant, Irene Newman, to treat patients and to teach them to
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maintain their mouths in a clean state. In 1913, Fones established the first school for dental
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hygienists in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The first oath written for dental hygienists called upon Apollo
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and Hygeia, who were the Greek god and goddess of health, respectively. A modernized version of
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the first oath was adopted by the Board of Trustees of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association
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(ADHA) in 1979.
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TOP: 7.0 Professional Responsibility | 7.1 Ethical Principles, including informed consent
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2. Which member of the dental team is the primary oral preventive therapist?
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a. Dentist

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d. Receptionist

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The dental hygienist is the oral preventive therapist in the dental office. The dentists who pioneered
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this special field of endeavor had a vision of the day when dental disease could be prevented by
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following a system of treatment and cleanliness. The dentist is primarily concerned with restorative
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treatment, although he or she also shares in preventing oral disease. The dental assistant assists the
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dentist and may assist the dental hygienist as well. The receptionist greets patients and may help
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with the business and financial aspects of the practice.
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TOP: 7.0 Professional Responsibility | 7.4 General
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3. The dental hygiene oath is revised by action of which of the following professional organizations?
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a. The American Dental Association (ADA)
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b. The American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA)
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c. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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d. The Organization for Safety, Asepsis, and Prevention (OSAP)
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e. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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The first dental hygiene oath was adopted by the Board of Trustees of the American Dental Hygienists’
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Association (ADHA) in 1979 and is still in use today. The oath may be seen at the following
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website (www.adha.org/aboutadha/dhoath.htm). The American Dental Association has an oath for
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dentists. A copy of each oath may be found in the textbook.
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4. Society recognizes that health care providers are held to a higher standard than legislative mandate.
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These higher standards are expressed in professional codes of ethics and are enforced by the legal
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system.
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Health care providers are held to a higher standard than can be expressed exclusively by legislative
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mandate. While it is true that these higher standards are expressed in professional codes of ethics, they
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are enforced by those within the profession rather than by the legal system. Important components of
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this enforcement include self-regulation and submission to peer review.
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, 5. Success is measured by financial gain in the corporate world; however, for the health care
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professional the patient’s welfare is placed above profit.
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professional a certain status that carries prestige, power, and the right to apply special knowledge and
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6. Which of the following is regarded as the most important aspect of the delivery of health care services?
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this essence of caring and respond to it. Trust is the critical foundation for the relationship between the
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person seeking services and the health care provider. The caring that the patient seeks also gives the
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provider the greatest opportunity for professional service and satisfaction.
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7. The publication —Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium: A Physician Charter‖ set out three
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fundamental principles, including patient welfare, patient autonomy, and the principle of social
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justice, because it is thought this will reinvigorate the value of professionalism.
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