DHYG 121 Final Question and answers
correctly solved 2026/2027
How many key behaviors, or steps, are found in the dental hygiene process of care? - correct answer 6
What is the second step in the dental hygiene process of care? - correct answer Diagnosis
What are the steps in dental hygiene process of care? (ADPIED) - correct answer Assessment, diagnosis,
planning, implementation, evaluation, documentation
Dental hygiene practice acts do what: - correct answer Establishes criteria for dental hygiene education,
licensure and relicensure
Defines legal scope (procedures) of dental hygiene practice
Protects the public by making illegal the practice of dental hygiene by uncredentialed and unlicensed
persons
Creates a board empowered with legal authority to oversee the policies and procedures
Graduation from accredited dental hygiene program
Successful completion of the written National Board Dental Hygiene Examination
Successful completion of a regional or state clinical board examination - correct answer Before a license
can be granted:
ADHA formed in? - correct answer 1923
The art and science of preventive oral healthcare, including the management of behaviors to prevent
oral disease and to promote health. - correct answer Dental Hygiene
,Primary oral healthcare professionals who are licensed and who have graduated from accredited dental
hygiene programs in institutions of higher education - correct answer Dental hygienists
The foundation of professional dental hygiene practice and provides a framework for delivering high
quality dental hygiene care to all types of clients in any environment or professional role - correct
answer Dental hygiene process of care
The collection and analysis of oral health data collected through systematic, comprehensive,
individualized assessment of the client who may have or who may be at risk for oral disease or
complications - correct answer Assessment
Involved identifying an individual's Heath behaviors, attitudes, and oral healthcare needs within the
scope of services the dental hygienist is licensed and educated to provide - correct answer Dental
hygiene diagnosis
Phase of care is to select, prioritize, and sequence dental hygiene interventions for realistic, overall
patient goals to move the patient toward oral health - correct answer Planning
The process of completing the plan and engaging patients as active participants in their personalized
care - correct answer Implementation
Feedback on effectiveness of oral and health conditions and patient behaviors by collecting and
interpreting data using measurable outcomes - correct answer Evaluation
accurately recording all assessment findings, planned and delivered treatments, patient communication,
treatment outcomes, and recommendations - correct answer Documentation
The ability of the dental hygienist to initiate treatment based on assessment of a patients needs without
the specific authorization of a dentist, treat the patient without the presence of a dentist, and maintain
a provider-patient relationship - correct answer Direct access
,When dentist and dental hygienist work together as colleagues, each offering professional expertise for
the goal of providing optimum oral healthcare to the public - correct answer Collaborative practice
model
Shared responsibility and collaboration among healthcare professionals in patient-centered healthcare
delivery systems to attain optimal health outcomes - correct answer Interprofessional collaboration
A licensed dental hygienist and graduate from an accredited dental hygiene program who is primary oral
healthcare provider of dental hygiene, services directly to patients, and who has an expanded scope of
care is:
a. Public health dental hygienist
b. Expanded function dental hygienist
c. General supervision practitioner m
d. Mid-level oral health practitioner - correct answer d. Mid-level oral health practitioner
The dental hygiene practice act includes all of the following elements except:
a. Establishing criteria for dental hygiene education, licensure, and relicensure
b: Defining the legal scope of dental hygiene practice
c. Protecting the public by making illegal the practice of dental assisting by un credentialed and
unlicensed persons
d. Creating a board empowered with legal authority to oversee the policies and procedures affecting the
dental hygiene practice in that jurisdiction - correct answer c. Protecting the public by making illegal the
practice of dental assisting by un credentialed and unlicensed persons
completing a thorough medical history on a patient is what stage of dental hygiene process of care? -
correct answer assessment
Outcomes from the mid-level oral healthcare workforce models should reflect all of the following
concepts except:
, a. Quality dental care
b. Primary dental care
c. Inexpensive dental insurance
d. Overall improved collective health - correct answer c. Inexpensive dental insurance
Collaborating with a patient and developing realistic goals is what stage of the Dental Hygiene process of
care? - correct answer planning
A practitioner who owns their own business, or independent practice, and provides preventive oral
healthcare services to the public as primary care providers where permitted by law is considered: -
correct answer Independent practitioner
A formal, voluntary process that establishes a minimum set of national standards that promote and
ensure quality across educational institutions and programs and serves as a mechanism to protect the
public is: - correct answer Accreditation
Which of the following steps in the dental
Hygiene process of care includes: the act of carrying out the dental hygiene plan of care? - correct
answer Implementation
Which human need deficiency can be described by the following: abnormal blood pressure reading? -
correct answer Protection from health risks
the recipient of dental hygiene actions who may be an individual, community, or particular group -
correct answer Client
The surroundings in which the client and dental hygienist are interacting - correct answer environment
correctly solved 2026/2027
How many key behaviors, or steps, are found in the dental hygiene process of care? - correct answer 6
What is the second step in the dental hygiene process of care? - correct answer Diagnosis
What are the steps in dental hygiene process of care? (ADPIED) - correct answer Assessment, diagnosis,
planning, implementation, evaluation, documentation
Dental hygiene practice acts do what: - correct answer Establishes criteria for dental hygiene education,
licensure and relicensure
Defines legal scope (procedures) of dental hygiene practice
Protects the public by making illegal the practice of dental hygiene by uncredentialed and unlicensed
persons
Creates a board empowered with legal authority to oversee the policies and procedures
Graduation from accredited dental hygiene program
Successful completion of the written National Board Dental Hygiene Examination
Successful completion of a regional or state clinical board examination - correct answer Before a license
can be granted:
ADHA formed in? - correct answer 1923
The art and science of preventive oral healthcare, including the management of behaviors to prevent
oral disease and to promote health. - correct answer Dental Hygiene
,Primary oral healthcare professionals who are licensed and who have graduated from accredited dental
hygiene programs in institutions of higher education - correct answer Dental hygienists
The foundation of professional dental hygiene practice and provides a framework for delivering high
quality dental hygiene care to all types of clients in any environment or professional role - correct
answer Dental hygiene process of care
The collection and analysis of oral health data collected through systematic, comprehensive,
individualized assessment of the client who may have or who may be at risk for oral disease or
complications - correct answer Assessment
Involved identifying an individual's Heath behaviors, attitudes, and oral healthcare needs within the
scope of services the dental hygienist is licensed and educated to provide - correct answer Dental
hygiene diagnosis
Phase of care is to select, prioritize, and sequence dental hygiene interventions for realistic, overall
patient goals to move the patient toward oral health - correct answer Planning
The process of completing the plan and engaging patients as active participants in their personalized
care - correct answer Implementation
Feedback on effectiveness of oral and health conditions and patient behaviors by collecting and
interpreting data using measurable outcomes - correct answer Evaluation
accurately recording all assessment findings, planned and delivered treatments, patient communication,
treatment outcomes, and recommendations - correct answer Documentation
The ability of the dental hygienist to initiate treatment based on assessment of a patients needs without
the specific authorization of a dentist, treat the patient without the presence of a dentist, and maintain
a provider-patient relationship - correct answer Direct access
,When dentist and dental hygienist work together as colleagues, each offering professional expertise for
the goal of providing optimum oral healthcare to the public - correct answer Collaborative practice
model
Shared responsibility and collaboration among healthcare professionals in patient-centered healthcare
delivery systems to attain optimal health outcomes - correct answer Interprofessional collaboration
A licensed dental hygienist and graduate from an accredited dental hygiene program who is primary oral
healthcare provider of dental hygiene, services directly to patients, and who has an expanded scope of
care is:
a. Public health dental hygienist
b. Expanded function dental hygienist
c. General supervision practitioner m
d. Mid-level oral health practitioner - correct answer d. Mid-level oral health practitioner
The dental hygiene practice act includes all of the following elements except:
a. Establishing criteria for dental hygiene education, licensure, and relicensure
b: Defining the legal scope of dental hygiene practice
c. Protecting the public by making illegal the practice of dental assisting by un credentialed and
unlicensed persons
d. Creating a board empowered with legal authority to oversee the policies and procedures affecting the
dental hygiene practice in that jurisdiction - correct answer c. Protecting the public by making illegal the
practice of dental assisting by un credentialed and unlicensed persons
completing a thorough medical history on a patient is what stage of dental hygiene process of care? -
correct answer assessment
Outcomes from the mid-level oral healthcare workforce models should reflect all of the following
concepts except:
, a. Quality dental care
b. Primary dental care
c. Inexpensive dental insurance
d. Overall improved collective health - correct answer c. Inexpensive dental insurance
Collaborating with a patient and developing realistic goals is what stage of the Dental Hygiene process of
care? - correct answer planning
A practitioner who owns their own business, or independent practice, and provides preventive oral
healthcare services to the public as primary care providers where permitted by law is considered: -
correct answer Independent practitioner
A formal, voluntary process that establishes a minimum set of national standards that promote and
ensure quality across educational institutions and programs and serves as a mechanism to protect the
public is: - correct answer Accreditation
Which of the following steps in the dental
Hygiene process of care includes: the act of carrying out the dental hygiene plan of care? - correct
answer Implementation
Which human need deficiency can be described by the following: abnormal blood pressure reading? -
correct answer Protection from health risks
the recipient of dental hygiene actions who may be an individual, community, or particular group -
correct answer Client
The surroundings in which the client and dental hygienist are interacting - correct answer environment
