APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY FOR THE DENTAL HYGIENIST (9TH
EDITION) TESTBANK BY ELENA BABLENIS HAVELES/LATEST
UPDATE 2024
,Chapter 01: Information Sources, Regulatory Agencies, Medicine Legislation,
andPrescription Writing
Haveles: Applied Pharmacology for the Dental Hygienist, 10th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Knowledge of pharmacology aids the dental professional in:
a. obtaining a hospital client’s health history.
b. administering medicine s in the office.
c. handling emergency situations.
d. lifelong learning.
e. all of the above.
ACCURATE
ANSWER:- E
REASONING;->>Correct: All of the choices are true.
Incorrect choices: Because many of our hospital clients are being treated with medicine s,
knowledge of pharmacology helps in understanding and interpreting hospital clients’
responses to health history questions. Knowledge of the therapeutic and adverse effects of
medications obviously helps intheir proper administration in the office. Emergency situations
may be caused by medicine s or treated by medicine s; thus, knowledge of pharmacology is of
great help, especially because a rapidresponse is sometimes required. A clear understanding
of the concepts of medicine action, medicine handling by the body, and medicine interactions
will allow the dental practitioner to make proper judgments and grasp the concepts relevant to
new medicine therapies on the market.
REF: Role of the Dental Hygienist | pp. 3-4 OBJ: 1
2. Which of the following statements is true regarding planning appointments?
a. Whether or not hospital clients are taking medication for systemic diseases is
of littleconsequence in the dental office.
b. Asthmatic hospital clients should have dental appointments in the morning.
c. Diabetic hospital clients usually have fewer problems with a morning
appointment compared with afternoon appointments.
d. Both b and c are true.
ACCURATE
ANSWER:- C
REASONING;->>Correct: Diabetic hospital clients usually have relatively
fewer problems with a morningappointment.
Incorrect choices: Asthmatic hospital clients should have afternoon appointments.
Hospital clients taking medication for systemic diseases may require special handling in
the dental office.
REF: Role of the Dental Hygienist (Appointment Scheduling) | p. 3
OBJ: 1
3. Nutritional or herbal supplements:
a. carry the U.S. Food and Medicine Administration (FDA) approval for disease states.
b. are not medicine s.
c. can cause adverse effects.
d. will not interact with other medicine s the hospital client may be taking.
ACCURATE ANSWER:- C
, Correct: Nutritional or herbal supplements are quite capable of causing adverse effects.
Incorrect choices: The majority of nutritional or herbal supplements do not carry FDA
approval for treating disease states. These supplements are medicine s and can cause
adverseeffects and interact with different medicine s.
REF: Role of the Dental Hygienist (Nutritional or Herbal Supplements) | pp. 3-4
OBJ: 1
4. Which type of medicine name usually begins with a lowercase letter?
a. Brand name
b. Code name
c. Generic name
d. Trade name
ACCURATE ANSWER:- C
REASONING;->> Correct: Before any medicine is marketed, it is given a generic name that
becomes the “official” name of the medicine . Each medicine is assigned only one generic
name selected by the U.S. AdoptedName Council, and the name is not capitalized.
Incorrect choices: The brand name is equivalent to the trade name and is capitalized. Although
the brand name is technically the name of the company marketing the product, this term is
often used interchangeably with the trade name. The code name is the initial term used within
a pharmaceutical company to refer to a medicine while it is undergoing investigation and is
often acombination of capital letters and numbers, the letters representing an abbreviation of
the company name.
REF: Medicine Names | p. 5 OBJ: 3
5. A medicine ’s generic name is selected by the:
a. pharmaceutical company manufacturing it.
b. Food and Medicine Administration (FDA).
c. U.S. Adopted Name Council.
d. Federal Patent Office.
ACCURATE ANSWER:- C
REASONING;->>Correct: Each medicine is assigned only one generic name (e.g.,
ibuprofen). It is selected by theUnited States Adopted Name Council.
Incorrect choices: The generic name is not selected by the FDA or the Federal Patent Office.
The pharmaceutical company manufacturing the medicine clearly has an influence on the
generic name given its medicine, but the final decision is not the company’s.
REF: Medicine Names | p. 5 OBJ: 4
6. Which of the following is true concerning generic and trade names of medicine s?
a. A medicine may only have one generic name and one trade name.
b. A medicine may only have one generic name, but it may have several trade names.
c. A medicine may have several generic names, but it may only have one trade name.
d. A medicine may have several generic names and several trade names.
ACCURATE ANSWER:- B
Correct: Each medicine has only one generic name but may have several trade names.
, Incorrect choices: For each medicine , there is only one generic name. It is not capitalized,
and it becomes the “official” name of the medicine . The pharmaceutical company
discovering the medicine gives the medicine a trade name. The trade name is protected by
the Federal Patent Law for 20 years from the earliest claimed filing date, plus patent term
extensions. Although the brand name is technically the name of the company marketing the
product, it is often used interchangeably with the trade name.
REF: Medicine Names | p. 4 OBJ: 3
7. Which of the following is the most common reference book in the dental office?
a. United States Pharmacopeia-Medicine Information (USP DI)
b. Physicians’ Desk Reference (PDR)
c. Mosby’s Dental Medicine Reference
d. Lexi-Comp’s Medicine Information Handbook for Dentistry
ACCURATE ANSWER:- B
REASONING;->>Correct: The PDR is the most common reference book in the dental
office because of its historically inexpensive price. Information provided comes directly
from the manufacturer’spackage insert.
Incorrect choices: The USP DI provides the health professional with necessary information
regarding basic pharmacology and pharmacokinetics, dosing, adverse reactions, and
medicine
interactions. Mosby’s Dental Medicine Reference provides access to information on medicine
s commonly taken by hospital clients. Lexi-Comp’s Medicine Information Handbook for
Dentistry containsconcise lists of medicine attributes and sections relevant to dentistry for
each medicine .
REF: Box 1-2: Pharmacologic References and Resources Recommended for the Dental Office | p. 4
OBJ: 2
8. How many years must pass after a medicine patent expires before other medicine
companies canmarket the same compound as a generic medicine ?
a. 20 years
b. 17 years
c. 7 years
d. 0 years
ACCURATE ANSWER:- D
REASONING;->>Correct: Once a medicine patent expires, competing companies may
immediately market the samecompound in generic form.
Incorrect choices: After 17 years, the patent of the original medicine expires, and other
companiescan market the same compound under a generic name.
REF: Medicine Names (Medicine Substitution) | p. 5 OBJ: 4
9. Two medicine formulations that produce similar concentrations in the blood and tissues after
medicine administration are termed equivalent.
a. chemically
b. biologically
c. therapeutically
ACCURATE ANSWER:- B
EDITION) TESTBANK BY ELENA BABLENIS HAVELES/LATEST
UPDATE 2024
,Chapter 01: Information Sources, Regulatory Agencies, Medicine Legislation,
andPrescription Writing
Haveles: Applied Pharmacology for the Dental Hygienist, 10th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Knowledge of pharmacology aids the dental professional in:
a. obtaining a hospital client’s health history.
b. administering medicine s in the office.
c. handling emergency situations.
d. lifelong learning.
e. all of the above.
ACCURATE
ANSWER:- E
REASONING;->>Correct: All of the choices are true.
Incorrect choices: Because many of our hospital clients are being treated with medicine s,
knowledge of pharmacology helps in understanding and interpreting hospital clients’
responses to health history questions. Knowledge of the therapeutic and adverse effects of
medications obviously helps intheir proper administration in the office. Emergency situations
may be caused by medicine s or treated by medicine s; thus, knowledge of pharmacology is of
great help, especially because a rapidresponse is sometimes required. A clear understanding
of the concepts of medicine action, medicine handling by the body, and medicine interactions
will allow the dental practitioner to make proper judgments and grasp the concepts relevant to
new medicine therapies on the market.
REF: Role of the Dental Hygienist | pp. 3-4 OBJ: 1
2. Which of the following statements is true regarding planning appointments?
a. Whether or not hospital clients are taking medication for systemic diseases is
of littleconsequence in the dental office.
b. Asthmatic hospital clients should have dental appointments in the morning.
c. Diabetic hospital clients usually have fewer problems with a morning
appointment compared with afternoon appointments.
d. Both b and c are true.
ACCURATE
ANSWER:- C
REASONING;->>Correct: Diabetic hospital clients usually have relatively
fewer problems with a morningappointment.
Incorrect choices: Asthmatic hospital clients should have afternoon appointments.
Hospital clients taking medication for systemic diseases may require special handling in
the dental office.
REF: Role of the Dental Hygienist (Appointment Scheduling) | p. 3
OBJ: 1
3. Nutritional or herbal supplements:
a. carry the U.S. Food and Medicine Administration (FDA) approval for disease states.
b. are not medicine s.
c. can cause adverse effects.
d. will not interact with other medicine s the hospital client may be taking.
ACCURATE ANSWER:- C
, Correct: Nutritional or herbal supplements are quite capable of causing adverse effects.
Incorrect choices: The majority of nutritional or herbal supplements do not carry FDA
approval for treating disease states. These supplements are medicine s and can cause
adverseeffects and interact with different medicine s.
REF: Role of the Dental Hygienist (Nutritional or Herbal Supplements) | pp. 3-4
OBJ: 1
4. Which type of medicine name usually begins with a lowercase letter?
a. Brand name
b. Code name
c. Generic name
d. Trade name
ACCURATE ANSWER:- C
REASONING;->> Correct: Before any medicine is marketed, it is given a generic name that
becomes the “official” name of the medicine . Each medicine is assigned only one generic
name selected by the U.S. AdoptedName Council, and the name is not capitalized.
Incorrect choices: The brand name is equivalent to the trade name and is capitalized. Although
the brand name is technically the name of the company marketing the product, this term is
often used interchangeably with the trade name. The code name is the initial term used within
a pharmaceutical company to refer to a medicine while it is undergoing investigation and is
often acombination of capital letters and numbers, the letters representing an abbreviation of
the company name.
REF: Medicine Names | p. 5 OBJ: 3
5. A medicine ’s generic name is selected by the:
a. pharmaceutical company manufacturing it.
b. Food and Medicine Administration (FDA).
c. U.S. Adopted Name Council.
d. Federal Patent Office.
ACCURATE ANSWER:- C
REASONING;->>Correct: Each medicine is assigned only one generic name (e.g.,
ibuprofen). It is selected by theUnited States Adopted Name Council.
Incorrect choices: The generic name is not selected by the FDA or the Federal Patent Office.
The pharmaceutical company manufacturing the medicine clearly has an influence on the
generic name given its medicine, but the final decision is not the company’s.
REF: Medicine Names | p. 5 OBJ: 4
6. Which of the following is true concerning generic and trade names of medicine s?
a. A medicine may only have one generic name and one trade name.
b. A medicine may only have one generic name, but it may have several trade names.
c. A medicine may have several generic names, but it may only have one trade name.
d. A medicine may have several generic names and several trade names.
ACCURATE ANSWER:- B
Correct: Each medicine has only one generic name but may have several trade names.
, Incorrect choices: For each medicine , there is only one generic name. It is not capitalized,
and it becomes the “official” name of the medicine . The pharmaceutical company
discovering the medicine gives the medicine a trade name. The trade name is protected by
the Federal Patent Law for 20 years from the earliest claimed filing date, plus patent term
extensions. Although the brand name is technically the name of the company marketing the
product, it is often used interchangeably with the trade name.
REF: Medicine Names | p. 4 OBJ: 3
7. Which of the following is the most common reference book in the dental office?
a. United States Pharmacopeia-Medicine Information (USP DI)
b. Physicians’ Desk Reference (PDR)
c. Mosby’s Dental Medicine Reference
d. Lexi-Comp’s Medicine Information Handbook for Dentistry
ACCURATE ANSWER:- B
REASONING;->>Correct: The PDR is the most common reference book in the dental
office because of its historically inexpensive price. Information provided comes directly
from the manufacturer’spackage insert.
Incorrect choices: The USP DI provides the health professional with necessary information
regarding basic pharmacology and pharmacokinetics, dosing, adverse reactions, and
medicine
interactions. Mosby’s Dental Medicine Reference provides access to information on medicine
s commonly taken by hospital clients. Lexi-Comp’s Medicine Information Handbook for
Dentistry containsconcise lists of medicine attributes and sections relevant to dentistry for
each medicine .
REF: Box 1-2: Pharmacologic References and Resources Recommended for the Dental Office | p. 4
OBJ: 2
8. How many years must pass after a medicine patent expires before other medicine
companies canmarket the same compound as a generic medicine ?
a. 20 years
b. 17 years
c. 7 years
d. 0 years
ACCURATE ANSWER:- D
REASONING;->>Correct: Once a medicine patent expires, competing companies may
immediately market the samecompound in generic form.
Incorrect choices: After 17 years, the patent of the original medicine expires, and other
companiescan market the same compound under a generic name.
REF: Medicine Names (Medicine Substitution) | p. 5 OBJ: 4
9. Two medicine formulations that produce similar concentrations in the blood and tissues after
medicine administration are termed equivalent.
a. chemically
b. biologically
c. therapeutically
ACCURATE ANSWER:- B
