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DARBY & WALSH DENTAL HY GIENE: THEORY AND
PRACTICE 6TH EDITION - TEST BANK
BY JENNIFER A PIEREN RDH BSAS MS (EDITOR), CYNTHIA GADBURY-AMYOT
MSDH ED.D (EDITOR)

,TABLE OF CONTENTS


SECTION I CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS
1. THE DENTAL HY GIENE PROFESSION
2. DENTAL HY GIENE METAPARADI GM CONCEPTS AND CONCEPTUAL MODELS
APPLIED TO PRACTICE
3. EVIDENCE-BASED DECISION MAKIN G
4. COMMUNITY HEALTH
5. SUSTAINABLE HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHAN GE
6. INCLUSIVE PRACTICES IN HEALTHCARE
7. LE GAL AND ETHICAL DECISION MAKIN G
8. PROFESSIONAL E-PORTFOLIOS

SECTION II PREPARATION FOR THE APPOINTMENT
9. DENTAL HY GIENE PATIENT CARE SETTIN GS
10. INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
11. PREVENTIN G AND MANA GIN G MEDICAL EMER GENCIES
12. ER GONOMICS AND WORK-RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

SECTION III ASSESSMENTS
13. PERSONAL, DENTAL, AND HEALTH HISTORIES
14. VITAL SI GNS
15. PHARMACOLO GIC HISTORY
16. ASSESSMENT OF HEAD AND NECK EXAMINATION
17. HARD TISSUE ASSESSMENT AND DENTAL CHARTIN G
18. ASSESSMENT OF DENTAL DEPOSITS AND STAIN
19. DENTAL CARIES MANA GEMENT BY RISK ASSESSMENT
20. PERIODONTAL ASSESSMENT AND CHARTIN G
21. ORAL-SYSTEMIC HEALTH CONNECTION

SECTION IV CRITICAL THINKIN G IN DENTAL HY GIENE PRACTICE
22. DENTAL HY GIENE DIA GNOSIS
23. DENTAL HY GIENE CARE PLAN, EVALUATION, AND DOCUMENTATION

SECTION V IMPLEMENTATION, EVALUATION, AND DOCUMENTATION
24. TOOTHBRUSHIN G
25. INTERDENTAL AND SUPPLEMENTAL ORAL SELF-CARE DEVICES
26. DENTIFRICES
27. ANTIMICROBIAL A GENTS FOR CONTROL OF PERIODONTAL DISEASE
28. HAND-ACTIVATED INSTRUMENTATION
29. ULTRASONIC INSTRUMENTATION
30. ROOT MORPHOLO GY AND INSTRUMENTATION IMPLICATIONS
31. DENTAL IMPLANTS AND PERI-IMPLANT CARE
32. TOOTH POLISHIN G AND WHITENIN G

,33. DECISION MAKIN G RELATED TO NONSUR GICAL PERIODONTAL THERAPY
34. ACUTE GIN GIVAL AND PERIODONTAL CONDITIONS
35. PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS
36. NUTRITIONAL COUNSELIN G
37. TOBACCO CESSATION
38. IMPRESSIONS FOR STUDY CASTS AND CUSTOM-MADE ORAL APPLIANCES
39. RESTORATIVE THERAPY
40. ORTHODONTIC CARE
41. FIXED AND REMOVABLE DENTAL PROSTHESES

SECTION VI PAIN AND ANXIETY CONTROL
42. DENTINAL HYPERSENSITIVITY
43. LOCAL ANESTHESIA
44. NITROUS OXIDE–OXY GEN SEDATION

SECTION VII LIFE STA GES AND POPULATIONS
45. CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
46. PRE GNANCY AND ORAL HEALTH
47. THE OLDER ADULT

SECTION VIII DENTAL HY GIENE CARE FOR THE MEDICALLY COMPROMISED
48. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
49. DIABETES
50. CANCER
51. HIV AND ORAL HEALTH
52. PALLIATIVE DENTAL HY GIENE ORAL CARE
53. AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
54. OR GAN TRANSPLANTATION AND RENAL DISEASE
55. RESPIRATORY DISEASES
56. SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
57. EATIN G DISORDERS
58. CHILD ABUSE AND NE GLECT AND FAMILY VIOLENCE

SECTION IX DENTAL HY GIENE CARE FOR DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS
59. DISABILITY AND HEALTHCARE
60. INTELLECTUALLY AND DEVELOPMENTALLY CHALLEN GED
61. OROFACIAL CLEFTS
62. NEUROLO GIC DISABILITIES

SECTION X PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PRACTICE MANA GEMENT
63. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND JOB SEARCHIN G
64. PRACTICE MANA GEMENT
65. TELEHEALTH
66. MENTAL HEALTH AND SELF CARE

, DARBY AND WALSH DENTAL HY GIENE: THEORY
AND PRACTICE 6TH EDITION

CHAPTER 01: THE DENTAL HY GIENE PROFESSION




MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. WHAT IS THE DISCIPLINE OF DENTAL HY GIENE?

A. THE STUDY OF TEETH AND THEIR SUPPORTIN G STRUCTURES

B. BRUSHIN G AND FLOSSIN G ONE’S TEETH AND RINSIN G WITH AN ANTIMICROBIAL MOUTH
RINSE TWICE A DAY, MORNIN G AND NI GHT

C. THE STUDY OF PREVENTIVE ORAL HEALTHCARE, INCLUDIN G THE MANA GEMENT OF BEHAVIOR
TO PREVENT ORAL DISEASE AND PROMOTE HEALTH

D. THE STUDY OF THOSE PROCEDURES THAT DENTAL HY GIENISTS PROVIDE TO CLIENTS

ANSWER;C

THE STUDY OF TEETH AND THEIR SUPPORTIN G STRUCTURES. THIS ANSWER IS WRON G BECAUSE THE
DISCIPLINE OF DENTAL HY GIENE COVERS MUCH MORE INFORMATION THAN THE STUDY OF TEETH AND
SUPPORTIN G STRUCTURES. DENTAL HY GIENE FOCUSES ON THE PREVENTIVE MEASURES THAT THE
TEETH AND SUPPORTIN G STRUCTURES MUST RECEIVE, IN ADDITION TO OTHER ORAL HEALTHCARE
STEPS THAT MUST BE TAKEN TO PROMOTE ONE’S HEALTH.

BRUSHIN G AND FLOSSIN G ONE’S TEETH AND RINSIN G WITH AN ANTIMICROBIAL MOUTH RINSE TWICE
A DAY, MORNIN G AND NI GHT. THIS ANSWER IS WRON G BECAUSE THIS STATEMENT DESCRIBES ONLY
ONE PROCEDURE WITHIN THE DISCIPLINE OF DENTAL HY GIENE. DENTAL HY GIENE IS A MUCH LAR GER
AND GENERAL FIELD OF STUDY THAN THIS SIMPLE PREVENTIVE ACTION.

THE STUDY OF PREVENTIVE ORAL HEALTHCARE INCLUDIN G THE MANA GEMENT OF BEHAVIOR TO
PREVENT ORAL DISEASE AND PROMOTE HEALTH. THIS ANSWER IS CORRECT BECAUSE THIS IS THE
DIRECT DEFINITION OF DENTAL HY GIENE. THE DEFINITION CAN BE BROKEN DOWN INTO SMALLER,
SPECIFIED DIVISIONS TO FURTHER DEVELOP THE DISCIPLINE OF DENTAL HY GIENE.

THE STUDY OF THOSE PROCEDURES THAT DENTAL HY GIENISTS PROVIDE TO CLIENTS. THIS ANSWER IS
WRON G BECAUSE DENTAL HY GIENISTS PLAY MANY INTERRELATED ROLES, SUCH AS CLINICIAN,
EDUCATOR, ADMINISTRATOR OR MANA GER, ADVOCATE, AND RESEARCHER. ALTHOU GH EACH OF
THESE ROLES IS CREATED TO ASSIST IN DENTAL HY GIENE, THE DISCIPLINE IS NOT CENTERED ON THE
ACTIONS AND PROCEDURES OF THE DENTAL HY GIENIST.

REF: WHAT IS DENTAL HY GIENE? | 1

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