Mastering RDH 101 - Exam 1: Key Concepts and Review
Chapter 1 - correct answer ✔✔Chapter 1
Dental hygienists - correct answer ✔✔licensed professionals who focus on oral health, prevention of oral
diseases, and health promotion
Process of dental hygiene care - correct answer ✔✔assessment, diagnosis, implementation, evaluation,
and documentation
Levi Spear Parmly - correct answer ✔✔in 1819, publishes "A Practical Guide to the Management of
Teeth" and emphasizes daily preventive oral behavior
Who is the father of Dental Hygiene? - correct answer ✔✔Dr. Alfred C. Fones
What was discovered in 1890 - correct answer ✔✔bacteria caused tooth decay
What was published in 1845 and by who? - correct answer ✔✔editors of the American Journal of Dental
Science published an editorial about dentistry's neglect of preventive oral healthcare
Odontocure - correct answer ✔✔a woman patrolling the neighborhood cleaning teeth
What happened in 1913? - correct answer ✔✔Dr. Fones, along with his cousin Irene Newman, were
instructing their first class of "dental hygienist"
Where did the teaching of the first class of dental hygienist take place? - correct answer ✔✔a carriage
house basement clinic in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Dental hygiene - correct answer ✔✔art and science of preventive oral health care, including
management of behaviors to prevent oral disease and the promote health
,What does the art of dental hygiene involve? - correct answer ✔✔caring, ethics, professional judgement,
and critical thinking
What does the science of dental hygiene involve? - correct answer ✔✔evidence-based practices, precise
practice skills, and integration of knowledge
The Dental Hygienist - correct answer ✔✔-primary oral healthcare professionals who are licensed and
have graduated from accredited dental hygiene programs in institutions of higher educations
-promote and maintain oral wellness and contribute to overall health and quality of life
-interconnects care with oral healthcare providers; assists individuals in seeking other healthcare
services as needed
What are the 4 major paradigm concepts? - correct answer ✔✔client, environment, health and oral
health, and dental hygiene actions
Major paradigm concept: Client - correct answer ✔✔recipient of dental hygiene care
Major paradigm concept: Environment - correct answer ✔✔factors other than dental hygiene actions
that affect the client's attainment of optimal oral health
Major paradigm concept: health and oral health - correct answer ✔✔client's state of well-being, which
exists on a continuum from optimal wellness to illness and fluctuates over time as a result of biological,
psychological, spiritual, and developmental factors
Major paradigm concept: dental hygiene actions - correct answer ✔✔involve cognitive, affective, and
psychomotor performances including assessing, DH diagnosis, planning, implementing, evaluating, and
documenting (DH process of care) preventive oral health care
What are the 7 professional roles of a DH? - correct answer ✔✔administrators, entrepreneurs, clinicians,
corporate workers, researchers, educators, and public health advocates
Professional role of a DH: administrator - correct answer ✔✔-Identify and manage resources
-Participate in strategic planning
, -Formulate policies and procedures
-Apply organizational skills and solve problems
-Evaluate and modify programs based on evaluation outcomes
Professional role of a DH: entrepreneur - correct answer ✔✔-Initiate or finance new commercial
enterprises
-Initiate or finance new commercial enterprises to address needs of consumers and providers
-Bring available resources together to resolve problems or deliver professional services
-Develop business opportunities to provide state-of-the-art knowledge, technology, skills, and
procedures
Professional role of a DH: clinician - correct answer ✔✔-Use dental hygiene process of care to control
oral diseases and partner with clients to promote health
-Provide care to clients based on evidence-based decision making and skill
-Collaborate with and refer to other healthcare professionals as needed
Professional role of a DH: corporate worker - correct answer ✔✔-Apply educational and practice
expertise as sales representatives, product researchers, educators, and administrators to support various
oral healthcare and related industries in providing quality products, services, and information
Professional role of a DH: researcher - correct answer ✔✔-Conduct original qualitative or quantitative
research
-Develop and implement evidence-based plan to address problems with budgets, expected outcomes,
and evaluation procedures
-Interpret and evaluate research findings and apply finding to practice
Professional role of a DH: educator - correct answer ✔✔-Apply educational theory and the teaching-
learning process
-Design and produce instructional materials and media
Professional role of a DH: public health advocate - correct answer ✔✔-Address unmet needs of
underserved or groups with special needs
Chapter 1 - correct answer ✔✔Chapter 1
Dental hygienists - correct answer ✔✔licensed professionals who focus on oral health, prevention of oral
diseases, and health promotion
Process of dental hygiene care - correct answer ✔✔assessment, diagnosis, implementation, evaluation,
and documentation
Levi Spear Parmly - correct answer ✔✔in 1819, publishes "A Practical Guide to the Management of
Teeth" and emphasizes daily preventive oral behavior
Who is the father of Dental Hygiene? - correct answer ✔✔Dr. Alfred C. Fones
What was discovered in 1890 - correct answer ✔✔bacteria caused tooth decay
What was published in 1845 and by who? - correct answer ✔✔editors of the American Journal of Dental
Science published an editorial about dentistry's neglect of preventive oral healthcare
Odontocure - correct answer ✔✔a woman patrolling the neighborhood cleaning teeth
What happened in 1913? - correct answer ✔✔Dr. Fones, along with his cousin Irene Newman, were
instructing their first class of "dental hygienist"
Where did the teaching of the first class of dental hygienist take place? - correct answer ✔✔a carriage
house basement clinic in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Dental hygiene - correct answer ✔✔art and science of preventive oral health care, including
management of behaviors to prevent oral disease and the promote health
,What does the art of dental hygiene involve? - correct answer ✔✔caring, ethics, professional judgement,
and critical thinking
What does the science of dental hygiene involve? - correct answer ✔✔evidence-based practices, precise
practice skills, and integration of knowledge
The Dental Hygienist - correct answer ✔✔-primary oral healthcare professionals who are licensed and
have graduated from accredited dental hygiene programs in institutions of higher educations
-promote and maintain oral wellness and contribute to overall health and quality of life
-interconnects care with oral healthcare providers; assists individuals in seeking other healthcare
services as needed
What are the 4 major paradigm concepts? - correct answer ✔✔client, environment, health and oral
health, and dental hygiene actions
Major paradigm concept: Client - correct answer ✔✔recipient of dental hygiene care
Major paradigm concept: Environment - correct answer ✔✔factors other than dental hygiene actions
that affect the client's attainment of optimal oral health
Major paradigm concept: health and oral health - correct answer ✔✔client's state of well-being, which
exists on a continuum from optimal wellness to illness and fluctuates over time as a result of biological,
psychological, spiritual, and developmental factors
Major paradigm concept: dental hygiene actions - correct answer ✔✔involve cognitive, affective, and
psychomotor performances including assessing, DH diagnosis, planning, implementing, evaluating, and
documenting (DH process of care) preventive oral health care
What are the 7 professional roles of a DH? - correct answer ✔✔administrators, entrepreneurs, clinicians,
corporate workers, researchers, educators, and public health advocates
Professional role of a DH: administrator - correct answer ✔✔-Identify and manage resources
-Participate in strategic planning
, -Formulate policies and procedures
-Apply organizational skills and solve problems
-Evaluate and modify programs based on evaluation outcomes
Professional role of a DH: entrepreneur - correct answer ✔✔-Initiate or finance new commercial
enterprises
-Initiate or finance new commercial enterprises to address needs of consumers and providers
-Bring available resources together to resolve problems or deliver professional services
-Develop business opportunities to provide state-of-the-art knowledge, technology, skills, and
procedures
Professional role of a DH: clinician - correct answer ✔✔-Use dental hygiene process of care to control
oral diseases and partner with clients to promote health
-Provide care to clients based on evidence-based decision making and skill
-Collaborate with and refer to other healthcare professionals as needed
Professional role of a DH: corporate worker - correct answer ✔✔-Apply educational and practice
expertise as sales representatives, product researchers, educators, and administrators to support various
oral healthcare and related industries in providing quality products, services, and information
Professional role of a DH: researcher - correct answer ✔✔-Conduct original qualitative or quantitative
research
-Develop and implement evidence-based plan to address problems with budgets, expected outcomes,
and evaluation procedures
-Interpret and evaluate research findings and apply finding to practice
Professional role of a DH: educator - correct answer ✔✔-Apply educational theory and the teaching-
learning process
-Design and produce instructional materials and media
Professional role of a DH: public health advocate - correct answer ✔✔-Address unmet needs of
underserved or groups with special needs
