Test Bank For Darby & Walsh Dental Hygiene: Theory and Practice 6th Edition By, Jennifer A Pieren |Latest Edition 2025

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Chapter 01: The Dental Hygiene Profession
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1. What is the discipline of dental hygiene?
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a. The study of teeth and their supporting structures
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b. Brushing and flossing one’s teeth and rinsing with an antimicrobial mouth r
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inse twice a day, morning and night
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c. The study of preventive oral healthcare, including the management of behavi
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or to prevent oral disease and promote health
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d. The study of those procedures that dental hygienists provide to clients
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The study of teeth and their supporting structures. This answer is wrong because the disc
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ipline of dental hygiene covers much more information than the study of teeth and supp
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orting structures. Dental hygiene focuses on the preventive measures that the teeth and s
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upporting structures must receive, in addition to other oral healthcare steps that must be
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mtaken to promote one’s health.
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Brushing and flossing one’s teeth and rinsing with an antimicrobial mouth rinse twice a
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mday, morning and night. This answer is wrong because this statement describes only one
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kmprocedure within the discipline of dental hygiene. Dental hygiene is a much larger and
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mgeneral field of study than this simple preventive action.
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The study of preventive oral healthcare including the management of behavior to prevent
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moral disease and promote health. This answer is correct because this is the direct defini
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tion of dental hygiene. The definition can be broken down into smaller, specified divisio
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ns to further develop the discipline of dental hygiene.
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The study of those procedures that dental hygienists provide to clients. This answer is
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wrong because dental hygienists play many interrelated roles, such as clinician, educator
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, administrator or manager, advocate, and researcher. Although each of these roles is crea
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ted to assist in dental hygiene, the discipline is not centered on the actions and procedu
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res of the dental hygienist.
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REF: kmkm What is Dental Hygiene? | 1
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2. Who is the professional dental hygienist?
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a. A licensed preventive oral health professional who has graduated from
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a Commission on Dental Accreditation, accredited, entry level dental hy
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giene program km


b. A licensed person who has learned on the job via a preceptorship program, su
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ch as the Alabama Dental Hygienists Program
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c. A dentist who has graduated from a Commission on Dental Accreditat
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ion, accredited, dental school program
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d. A person who has graduated from a Commission on Dental Accreditat
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ion, accredited, dental assisting program
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A licensed preventive oral health professional who has graduated from a Commission on
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kmDental Accreditation, accredited, entry level dental hygiene program. This answer is co
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rrect because to be eligible as a professional dental hygienist, the person must have grad
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uated from an accredited dental hygiene program.
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A licensed person who has learned on the job via a preceptorship program, such as the
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Alabama Dental Hygienists Program. This answer is wrong because a dental hygienist ca
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nnot learn on the job to become a professional. Rather, they must pass written examinat
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ions and graduate from an accredited dental hygiene program.
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A dentist who has graduated from a Commission on Dental Accreditation, accredited, den
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tal school program. This answer is wrong because a dentist has a higher degree than a
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dental hygienist and therefore, generally, works above a dental hygienist. It is not neces
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sary for a dental hygienist to receive an education from a dental school.
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A person who has graduated from a Commission on Dental Accreditation, accredited, den
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tal assisting program. This answer is wrong because a person graduating from an accred
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ited dental assisting program would only be licensed as a dental assistant.
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REF: kmkm Who Is the Dental Hygienist? | 1
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3. All of these services are provided by the majority of dental hygienists in the clinical setting
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except one. Which one is the exception?
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a. Perform periodontal maintenance care. km km km


b. Implement interventions to direct a person back to oral wellness.
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c. Provide fluoride varnish treatment. km km km


d. Place and remove restorations. km km km




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Perform periodontal maintenance care. This is a service provided in the clinical setting.
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The clinical setting allows for application of preventive and therapeutic agents related to
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periodontal disease. For example: subgingival sustained-
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release delivery systems containing chlorhexidine.
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Implement interventions to direct a person back to oral wellness. This is a service provid
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ed in the clinical setting. The main goal of a dental hygienist is to prevent oral disease
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and promote health. Therefore, if the state of an individual’s oral health changes, the de
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ntal hygienist (within the scope of the clinical setting) can provide some degree of inter
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vention to direct the individual back to oral wellness.
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Provide fluoride varnish treatment. This is a service provided in the clinical setting. The
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clinical setting allows for application of preventive and therapeutic agents related to de
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ntal caries. Fluoride varnish treatments prolong fluoride exposure on the tooth surface for
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safe and effective caries control.
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Place and remove restorations. This service is not provided by the majority of dental hy
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gienists in the clinical setting. Only a few dental hygienists have the certification to pla
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ce restorations, while many others do not. Also, the removal of restorations is not a give
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n action of a dental hygienist in the clinical setting.
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REF: kmkm Clinician | 3 km km




4. Which of the following is a key behavior within the dental hygiene process of care?
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a. Observation
b. Diagnosis
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d. Client care km




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Observation. This answer is wrong because dental hygienists must go further than simply
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observing the client. The hygienist must assess the client by thoroughly collecting data.
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Diagnosis. This answer is correct because identifying the diagnosis is the focal point f
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or establishing goals in the dental hygiene care plan. The client’s dental hygiene needs
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are determined so that specific interventions can be implemented.
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Communication skills. This answer is wrong because the communication skills are not a key
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behavior and are not necessary to complete the dental hygiene process.
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Client care. This answer is wrong because client care is not one of the steps in dental h
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ygiene care. However, proper client care is the goal being achieved through the key beh
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aviors.

REF: k m What Is the Dental Hygiene Process of Care? | 1
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5. Which of the following is not an environmental factor that the dental hygienist take
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s into account in the Human Needs Model?
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a. Age
b. Attitudes
c. Lifestyles
d. Weight
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Age. This answer is an environmental factor that must be taken into account because age
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mplays a large role in the development of an individual’s oral health.
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Attitudes. This answer is an environmental factor that must be taken into account becaus
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e it can have an effect on the dental hygiene process.
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Lifestyles. This answer is an environmental factor that must be taken into account because an
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individual’s oral health can be affected by lifestyle choices.
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Weight. This answer is not an environmental factor that must be taken into account becau
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se an individual’s weight does not affect their oral health. The diet choices that go along
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with a person’s particular weight may affect oral health, but the overall weight of an in
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dividual does not. km km




REF: k m What Is the Dental Hygiene Process of Care? | 1
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6. Which of the following is not one of the seven roles of a dental hygienist?
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a. Clinician
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c. Interpreter
d. Researcher
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The seven roles of a dental hygienist are clinician, public health, researcher, educator, admini
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strator, and entrepreneur. km km




REF: k m Chapter One, Table 1-1 Seven Roles of the Dental Hygienist | 4
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7. What is a paradigm? km km km


a. A widely accepted worldview of a discipline that shapes the knowledge
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of its practitioners, educators, administrators, and researchers
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