Who is the father of dental hygiene? - Answers Alfred C. Fones
Who was the first dental hygienist to receive a license? - Answers Irene Newman
How long should disinfectants sit before it becomes its most effective? - Answers 10 mins
Which of the following states has preceptorship? - Answers Alabama
Which state started independent practice? - Answers CO
Which decade did the first liability insurance become available? - Answers The 60s
Children can use adult medical histories. Thumb sucking is harmful to a child's oral health. - Answers
False, True
First liability insurance offered? - Answers 1963
Accepted men into the profession? - Answers 1964-1970
State with self-regulation? - Answers New Mexico (*Test question*), AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, IA, ME, MD, MI,
MT, MO, NV, NH, OK, OR, TX, WA
The act of self-determination by persons with the ability to make a choice or decision. Exists for both the
patient and the dental hygienist - Answers Autonomy
Avoidance of harm to others - Answers Nonmaleficence
A duty to tell the truth when information is disclosed to patients about treatment. - Answers Veracity
Four issues in dental hygiene: - Answers Scope of practice
Regulatory issues
Self-regulation
Preceptorship
IFDH (International Federation of Dental Hygienists)
1986 - Norway - Answers Founding Countries - Canada, Japan, Norway, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, USA
Standard of Care
Standard precautions represent a STANDARD OF CARE that protects practitioners and their patients
from pathogens that can be spread by blood or any other body fluid, excretion, or secretion.
Apply to contact with: - Answers Blood, all body fluids, secretions, and excretions (except sweat)
, Nonintact skin, mucous membranes
Includes gloves, mask, and protective eyewear!
Solid and liquid form, suspended in the air for a long period of time, invisible. - Answers Aerosol
Heavier, larger particles, airborne short time, drop or spatter on objects, people, floor, visible - Answers
Spatter
What kind of infection is TB? - Answers 1) Bacterial infection
2) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
3) Inhalation of tubercle bacilli
PPD and TB chest X-ray - Answers Mantoux test or Mendel-Mantoux test or PPD (purified protein
derivative)
Management TB - Answers Isoniazid
Rifampin Pyrazinamide Ethambutol
1) Fecal/Oral route
2) Waterborne
3) Food (shellfish)
4) Blood (rare) - Answers Hep A
Prevent Hep A - Answers 1) Sanitation
2) Hand washing 3) Cooking food
Hep B - viral infection - Answers Blood and other body fluids (semen, vaginal fluids, tears, urine, etc)
Most common blood-borne infection and the most common indication for liver transplant? - Answers
Hep C
Can't have Hep D without ______? - Answers Hep B
1) contaminated water (!)
2) fecal/oral route
3)fecally contaminated water after heavy rains - Answers Hep E