Complete Test Bank Primary Preventive
Dentistry 8th Edition Harris Questions &
Answers with rationales (Chapter 1-28)
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1. The mission of dental care focuses on. .... ANSthe ability to help individuals
achieve
an maintain maximum oral health throughout their lives
2. Who is the founder of dental hygiene and preventative dentistry? ANS:
Alfred C.
Fones
3. "the mouth is the show window in which the body displays its physical
wares.": -ANSAlfred C. Fones
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, from the first college textbook on preventive dentistry
4. Health Disparities-:ANS the marked difference in quality of health status
among populations; These disparities usually affect members of racial and ethnic
groups, lower-income populations, many who are geographically isolated, and other
who are vulnerable because of oral health care needs.
5. Research has linked periodontal diseases to systemic diseases such as:: -
-ANScardiovascular diseases
-respiratory diseases
-diabetes
-cancer
-premature and low-birth-weight babies
-number of other systemic diseases.
6. Oral health affects....: ANS overall health and well-being throughout life
ensions:-
7. The 'individual' is a multidirectional being who consists of five dim
: ANS-physical
-mental
-spiritual
-social
-emotional
8. The World Health Organization defines 'health' as -:ANS the statemplete
if co physical, mental, and social well-being; not merely the absence ofse of
disea infirmity
9. If health is not describes as merely the absence of disease,
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Dentistry 8th Edition Harris Questions &
Answers with rationales (Chapter 1-28)
•
1. The mission of dental care focuses on. .... ANSthe ability to help individuals
achieve
an maintain maximum oral health throughout their lives
2. Who is the founder of dental hygiene and preventative dentistry? ANS:
Alfred C.
Fones
3. "the mouth is the show window in which the body displays its physical
wares.": -ANSAlfred C. Fones
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, from the first college textbook on preventive dentistry
4. Health Disparities-:ANS the marked difference in quality of health status
among populations; These disparities usually affect members of racial and ethnic
groups, lower-income populations, many who are geographically isolated, and other
who are vulnerable because of oral health care needs.
5. Research has linked periodontal diseases to systemic diseases such as:: -
-ANScardiovascular diseases
-respiratory diseases
-diabetes
-cancer
-premature and low-birth-weight babies
-number of other systemic diseases.
6. Oral health affects....: ANS overall health and well-being throughout life
ensions:-
7. The 'individual' is a multidirectional being who consists of five dim
: ANS-physical
-mental
-spiritual
-social
-emotional
8. The World Health Organization defines 'health' as -:ANS the statemplete
if co physical, mental, and social well-being; not merely the absence ofse of
disea infirmity
9. If health is not describes as merely the absence of disease,
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