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TEST BANK for Ethics and Law in Dental
Hygiene 4th Edition by Kristin Minihan-
Anderson
All Chapters Included 1-10| Explanations for Exam Practices|
A+ PASS GUARANTEED




132|32P32a3
2 g32 e

, Chapter3201:32Ethics32and32Professionalism32

MULTIPLE32CHOICE

1. When32was32the32inception32of32the32profession32of32dental32hygiene?

a. In32ancient32Greece

b. In32the32early321800s

c. In32the32early321900s

d. In32197932CORR

ECT32ANSWER:32C

The32scope32of32practice32of32a32dental32hygienist32was32first32established32by32law32in32Connecticut32i
n321915.32Alfred32C.32Fones32taught32his32dental32assistant,32Irene32Newman,32to32treat32patients32and32
to32teach32them32to32maintain32their32mouths32in32a32clean32state.32In321913,32Fones32established32the32
first32school32for32dental32hygienists32in32Bridgeport,32Connecticut.32The32first32oath32written32for32dent
al32hygienists32called32upon32Apollo32and32Hygeia,32who32were32the32Greek32god32and32goddess32of32h
ealth,32respectively.32A32modernized32version32of32the32first32oath32was32adopted32by32the32Board32of32
Trustees32of32the32American32Dental32Hygienists’32Association32(ADHA)32in321979.

DIF: Recall3 2 REF:3 2 p.323 OBJ:3 2 1

TOP:327.032Professional32Responsibility32|327.132Ethical32Principles,32including32informed32consent



2. Which32member32of32the32dental32team32is32the32primary32oral32preventive32therapist?

a. Dentist

b. Dental32hygienist

c. Dental32assistant

d. Receptionist32CO

RRECT32ANSWER:32B

The32dental32hygienist32is32the32oral32preventive32therapist32in32the32dental32office.32The32dentists32who
32pioneered32this32special32field32of32endeavor32had32a32vision32of32the32day32when32dental32disease32co
uld32be32prevented32by32following32a32system32of32treatment32and32cleanliness.32The32dentist32is32prima
rily32concerned32with32restorative32treatment,32although32he32or32she32also32shares32in32preventing32oral
32disease.32The32dental32assistant32assists32the32dentist32and32may32assist32the32dental32hygienist32as32we
ll.32The32receptionist32greets32patients32and32may32help32with32the32business32and32financial32aspects32o
f32the32practice.

DIF: Recall3 2 REF:3 2 p.324 OBJ:3 2 1
232|32P32a3
2 g32 e

,TOP:327.032Professional32Responsibility32|327.432General



3. The32dental32hygiene32oath32is32revised32by32action32of32which32of32the32following32professional32organiza
tions?

a. The32American32Dental32Association32(ADA)

b. The32American32Dental32Hygienists’32Association32(ADHA)

c. The32Occupational32Safety32and32Health32Administration32(OSHA)

d. The32Organization32for32Safety,32Asepsis,32and32Prevention32(OSAP)

e. The32Food32and32Drug32Administration32(

FDA)32CORRECT32ANSWER:32B

The32first32dental32hygiene32oath32was32adopted32by32the32Board32of32Trustees32of32the32American32Den
tal32Hygienists’32Association32(ADHA)32in32197932and32is32still32in32use32today.32The32oath32may32be3
2seen32at32the32following32website32(www.adha.org/aboutadha/dhoath.htm).32The32American32Dental32
Association32has32an32oath32for32dentists.32A32copy32of32each32oath32may32be32found32in32the32textbook
.

DIF: Recall3 2 REF:3 2 p.323 OBJ:3 2 1

TOP:327.032Professional32Responsibility32|327.432General



4. Society32recognizes32that32health32care32providers32are32held32to32a32higher32standard32than32legislati
ve32mandate.32These32higher32standards32are32expressed32in32professional32codes32of32ethics32and32are32
enforced32by32the32legal32system.

a. Both32statements32are32true.

b. Both32statements32are32false.

c. The32first32statement32is32true,32the32second32statement32is32false.

d. The32first32statement32is32false,32the32second32statement32is32true.

CORRECT32ANSWER:32C

Health32care32providers32are32held32to32a32higher32standard32than32can32be32expressed32exclusively32by3
2legislative32mandate.32While32it32is32true32that32these32higher32standards32are32expressed32in32professio
nal32codes32of32ethics,32they32are32enforced32by32those32within32the32profession32rather32than32by32the32l
egal32system.32Important32components32of32this32enforcement32include32self-
regulation32and32submission32to32peer32review.


332|32P32a3
2 g32 e

, DIF: Comprehension32REF:32p.324 OBJ:32132TOP:327.032Professional32Responsibility32|327.432General




432|32P32a3
2 g32 e

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