TEST BANK APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY FOR
THE DENTAL HYGIENIST 9TH EDITION BY
ELENA BABLENIS HAVELES,
CHAPTERS 1 - 26
CONTENTS
1. INFORMATION, SOURCES, REGULATORY AGENCIES, DRUG LEGISLATION, AND PRESCRIPTION
WRITING
2. DRUG ACTION AND HANDLING
3. ADVERSE REACTIONS
4. AUTONOMIC DRUGS
5. NONOPIOID (NONNARCOTIC) ANALGESICS
6. OPIOID (NARCOTIC) ANALGESICS AND ANTAGONISTS
7. ANTIINFECTIVE AGENTS
8. ANTIFUNGAL AND ANTIVIRAL AGENTS
9. ANTIANXIETY AGENTS
10. LOCAL ANESTHETICS
11. GENERAL ANESTHETICS
12. DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
13. DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS
14. DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SEIZURE DISORDERS
15. DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS
16. ADRENOCORTICOSTEROIDS
17. DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF RESPIRATORY DISORDERS AND ALLERGIC RHINITIS
18. DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF DIABETES MELLITUS
,19. DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF OTHER ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
20. ANTINEOPLASTIC DRUGS
21. EMERGENCY DRUGS
22. PREGNANCY AND BREAST FEEDING
23. SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
24. NATURAL/HERBAL PRODUCTS AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS
25. ORAL CONDITIONS AND THEIR TREATMENT
26. HYGIENE-RELATED ORAL DISORDERS
CHAPTER 01: INFORMATION SOURCES, REGULATORY AGENCIES, DRUG LEGISLATION, AND
PRESCRIPTION WRITING HAVELES: APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY FOR THE DENTAL HYGIENIST, 9TH EDITION
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. KNOWLEDGE OF PHARMACOLOGY AIDS THE DENTAL PROFESSIONAL IN
A. OBTAINING A PATIENT’S HEALTH HISTORY.
B. ADMINISTERING DRUGS IN THE OFFICE.
C. HANDLING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
D. SELECTION OF A NONPRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.
E. ALL OF THE ABOVE.
ANS: E
,ALL OF THE CHOICES ARE TRUE. BECAUSE MANY OF OUR PATIENTS ARE BEING TREATED WITH DRUGS,
KNOWLEDGE OF PHARMACOLOGY HELPS IN UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETING PATIENTS’
RESPONSES TO HEALTH HISTORY QUESTIONS. KNOWLEDGE OF THE THERAPEUTIC AND ADVERSE
EFFECTS OF MEDICATIONS OBVIOUSLY HELPS IN THEIR PROPER ADMINISTRATION IN THE OFFICE.
EMERGENCY SITUATIONS MAY BE CAUSED BY DRUGS OR TREATED BY DRUGS; THUS, KNOWLEDGE OF
PHARMACOLOGY IS OF GREAT HELP, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE A RAPID RESPONSE IS SOMETIMES
REQUIRED. A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONCEPTS OF DRUG ACTION, DRUG HANDLING BY THE
BODY, AND DRUG INTERACTIONS WILL ALLOW THE DENTAL PRACTITIONER TO MAKE PROPER
JUDGMENTS AND GRASP THE CONCEPTS RELEVANT TO NEW DRUG THERAPIES ON THE MARKET.
DIF: APPLICATION
REF: ROLE OF THE DENTAL HYGIENIST (MEDICATION/HEALTH HISTORY), ROLE OF THE DENTAL
HYGIENIST (MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION), ROLE OF THE DENTAL HYGIENIST (EMERGENCY
SITUATIONS), ROLE OF THE DENTAL HYGIENIST (NONPRESCRIPTION MEDICATION) | PP. 2-3
OBJ: 1
TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. PHARMACOLOGY
2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS TRUE REGARDING PLANNING APPOINTMENTS?
A. WHETHER OR NOT PATIENTS ARE TAKING MEDICATION FOR SYSTEMIC DISEASES IS OF LITTLE
CONSEQUENCE IN THE DENTAL OFFICE.
B. ASTHMATIC PATIENTS SHOULD HAVE DENTAL APPOINTMENTS IN THE MORNING.
C. DIABETIC PATIENTS USUALLY HAVE FEWER PROBLEMS WITH A MORNING APPOINTMENT
COMPARED WITH
AFTERNOON APPOINTMENTS.
D. BOTH B AND C ARE TRUE.
ANS: D
ASTHMATIC PATIENTS WHO EXPERIENCE DENTAL ANXIETY SHOULD SCHEDULE THEIR APPOINTMENTS
WHEN THEY ARE NOT RUSHED OR UNDER PRESSURE EARLY IN THE MORNING. DIABETIC PATIENTS
USUALLY HAVE RELATIVELY FEWER PROBLEMS WITH A MORNING APPOINTMENT.
PATIENTS TAKING MEDICATION FOR SYSTEMIC DISEASES MAYREQUIRE SPECIAL HANDLING IN THE
DENTAL OFFICE.
DIF: COMPREHENSION
, REF: ROLE OF THE DENTAL HYGIENIST (APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING) | P. 3 OBJ: 1
TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. PHARMACOLOGY
3. NUTRITIONAL OR HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS
A. CARRY THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) APPROVAL FOR DISEASE STATES.
B. ARE NOT DRUGS.
C. CAN CAUSE ADVERSE EFFECTS.
D. WILL NOT INTERACT WITH OTHER DRUGS THE PATIENT MAY BE TAKING.
ANS: C
NUTRITIONAL OR HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS ARE QUITE CAPABLE OF CAUSING ADVERSE EFFECTS.
THEMAJORITY OF NUTRITIONAL OR HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS DO NOT CARRY FDA APPROVAL FOR
TREATING DISEASE STATES. THESE SUPPLEMENTS ARE DRUGS AND CAN CAUSE ADVERSE EFFECTS AND
INTERACT WITH DIFFERENT DRUGS.
DIF: COMPREHENSION
REF: ROLE OF THE DENTAL HYGIENIST (NUTRITIONAL OR HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS) | P. 3 OBJ: 1TOP:
NBDHE, 6.0. PHARMACOLOGY
4. WHICH TYPE OF DRUG NAME USUALLY BEGINS WITH A LOWERCASE LETTER?
A. BRAND NAME
B. CODE NAME
C. GENERIC NAME
D. TRADE NAME
ANS: C
BEFORE ANY DRUG IS MARKETED, IT IS GIVEN A GENERIC NAME THAT BECOMES THE “OFFICIAL” NAME
OF THE DRUG. EACH DRUG IS ASSIGNED ONLY ONE GENERIC NAME SELECTED BY THE U.S. ADOPTED
NAME COUNCIL, AND THE NAME IS NOT CAPITALIZED. 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 DRUG WHILE IT IS UNDERGOING INVESTIGATION AND IS OFTEN A COMBINATION OF CAPITAL
LETTERS AND NUMBERS, THE LETTERS REPRESENTING AN ABBREVIATION OF THE COMPANY NAME.
THE DENTAL HYGIENIST 9TH EDITION BY
ELENA BABLENIS HAVELES,
CHAPTERS 1 - 26
CONTENTS
1. INFORMATION, SOURCES, REGULATORY AGENCIES, DRUG LEGISLATION, AND PRESCRIPTION
WRITING
2. DRUG ACTION AND HANDLING
3. ADVERSE REACTIONS
4. AUTONOMIC DRUGS
5. NONOPIOID (NONNARCOTIC) ANALGESICS
6. OPIOID (NARCOTIC) ANALGESICS AND ANTAGONISTS
7. ANTIINFECTIVE AGENTS
8. ANTIFUNGAL AND ANTIVIRAL AGENTS
9. ANTIANXIETY AGENTS
10. LOCAL ANESTHETICS
11. GENERAL ANESTHETICS
12. DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
13. DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS
14. DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SEIZURE DISORDERS
15. DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS
16. ADRENOCORTICOSTEROIDS
17. DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF RESPIRATORY DISORDERS AND ALLERGIC RHINITIS
18. DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF DIABETES MELLITUS
,19. DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF OTHER ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
20. ANTINEOPLASTIC DRUGS
21. EMERGENCY DRUGS
22. PREGNANCY AND BREAST FEEDING
23. SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
24. NATURAL/HERBAL PRODUCTS AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS
25. ORAL CONDITIONS AND THEIR TREATMENT
26. HYGIENE-RELATED ORAL DISORDERS
CHAPTER 01: INFORMATION SOURCES, REGULATORY AGENCIES, DRUG LEGISLATION, AND
PRESCRIPTION WRITING HAVELES: APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY FOR THE DENTAL HYGIENIST, 9TH EDITION
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. KNOWLEDGE OF PHARMACOLOGY AIDS THE DENTAL PROFESSIONAL IN
A. OBTAINING A PATIENT’S HEALTH HISTORY.
B. ADMINISTERING DRUGS IN THE OFFICE.
C. HANDLING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
D. SELECTION OF A NONPRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.
E. ALL OF THE ABOVE.
ANS: E
,ALL OF THE CHOICES ARE TRUE. BECAUSE MANY OF OUR PATIENTS ARE BEING TREATED WITH DRUGS,
KNOWLEDGE OF PHARMACOLOGY HELPS IN UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETING PATIENTS’
RESPONSES TO HEALTH HISTORY QUESTIONS. KNOWLEDGE OF THE THERAPEUTIC AND ADVERSE
EFFECTS OF MEDICATIONS OBVIOUSLY HELPS IN THEIR PROPER ADMINISTRATION IN THE OFFICE.
EMERGENCY SITUATIONS MAY BE CAUSED BY DRUGS OR TREATED BY DRUGS; THUS, KNOWLEDGE OF
PHARMACOLOGY IS OF GREAT HELP, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE A RAPID RESPONSE IS SOMETIMES
REQUIRED. A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONCEPTS OF DRUG ACTION, DRUG HANDLING BY THE
BODY, AND DRUG INTERACTIONS WILL ALLOW THE DENTAL PRACTITIONER TO MAKE PROPER
JUDGMENTS AND GRASP THE CONCEPTS RELEVANT TO NEW DRUG THERAPIES ON THE MARKET.
DIF: APPLICATION
REF: ROLE OF THE DENTAL HYGIENIST (MEDICATION/HEALTH HISTORY), ROLE OF THE DENTAL
HYGIENIST (MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION), ROLE OF THE DENTAL HYGIENIST (EMERGENCY
SITUATIONS), ROLE OF THE DENTAL HYGIENIST (NONPRESCRIPTION MEDICATION) | PP. 2-3
OBJ: 1
TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. PHARMACOLOGY
2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS TRUE REGARDING PLANNING APPOINTMENTS?
A. WHETHER OR NOT PATIENTS ARE TAKING MEDICATION FOR SYSTEMIC DISEASES IS OF LITTLE
CONSEQUENCE IN THE DENTAL OFFICE.
B. ASTHMATIC PATIENTS SHOULD HAVE DENTAL APPOINTMENTS IN THE MORNING.
C. DIABETIC PATIENTS USUALLY HAVE FEWER PROBLEMS WITH A MORNING APPOINTMENT
COMPARED WITH
AFTERNOON APPOINTMENTS.
D. BOTH B AND C ARE TRUE.
ANS: D
ASTHMATIC PATIENTS WHO EXPERIENCE DENTAL ANXIETY SHOULD SCHEDULE THEIR APPOINTMENTS
WHEN THEY ARE NOT RUSHED OR UNDER PRESSURE EARLY IN THE MORNING. DIABETIC PATIENTS
USUALLY HAVE RELATIVELY FEWER PROBLEMS WITH A MORNING APPOINTMENT.
PATIENTS TAKING MEDICATION FOR SYSTEMIC DISEASES MAYREQUIRE SPECIAL HANDLING IN THE
DENTAL OFFICE.
DIF: COMPREHENSION
, REF: ROLE OF THE DENTAL HYGIENIST (APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING) | P. 3 OBJ: 1
TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. PHARMACOLOGY
3. NUTRITIONAL OR HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS
A. CARRY THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) APPROVAL FOR DISEASE STATES.
B. ARE NOT DRUGS.
C. CAN CAUSE ADVERSE EFFECTS.
D. WILL NOT INTERACT WITH OTHER DRUGS THE PATIENT MAY BE TAKING.
ANS: C
NUTRITIONAL OR HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS ARE QUITE CAPABLE OF CAUSING ADVERSE EFFECTS.
THEMAJORITY OF NUTRITIONAL OR HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS DO NOT CARRY FDA APPROVAL FOR
TREATING DISEASE STATES. THESE SUPPLEMENTS ARE DRUGS AND CAN CAUSE ADVERSE EFFECTS AND
INTERACT WITH DIFFERENT DRUGS.
DIF: COMPREHENSION
REF: ROLE OF THE DENTAL HYGIENIST (NUTRITIONAL OR HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS) | P. 3 OBJ: 1TOP:
NBDHE, 6.0. PHARMACOLOGY
4. WHICH TYPE OF DRUG NAME USUALLY BEGINS WITH A LOWERCASE LETTER?
A. BRAND NAME
B. CODE NAME
C. GENERIC NAME
D. TRADE NAME
ANS: C
BEFORE ANY DRUG IS MARKETED, IT IS GIVEN A GENERIC NAME THAT BECOMES THE “OFFICIAL” NAME
OF THE DRUG. EACH DRUG IS ASSIGNED ONLY ONE GENERIC NAME SELECTED BY THE U.S. ADOPTED
NAME COUNCIL, AND THE NAME IS NOT CAPITALIZED. 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 DRUG WHILE IT IS UNDERGOING INVESTIGATION AND IS OFTEN A COMBINATION OF CAPITAL
LETTERS AND NUMBERS, THE LETTERS REPRESENTING AN ABBREVIATION OF THE COMPANY NAME.
