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

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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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MULTIPLE CHOICE wk




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 ri
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nse twice a day, morning and night
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c. The study of preventive oral healthcare, including the management of behavio
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r 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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ANS: w k C
The study of teeth and their supporting structures. This answer is wrong because the disci
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pline of dental hygiene covers much more information than the study of teeth and suppo
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rting structures. Dental hygiene focuses on the preventive measures that the teeth and su
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pporting structures must receive, in addition to other oral healthcare steps that must be ta
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ken 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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day, morning and night. This answer is wrong because this statement describes only one
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procedure within the discipline of dental hygiene. Dental hygiene is a much larger and g
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eneral 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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oral disease and promote health. This answer is correct because this is the direct definiti
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on of dental hygiene. The definition can be broken down into smaller, specified divisions
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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 w
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rong because dental hygienists play many interrelated roles, such as clinician, educator, a
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dministrator or manager, advocate, and researcher. Although each of these roles is created
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to assist in dental hygiene, the discipline is not centered on the actions and procedures
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of the dental hygienist.
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REF: wkwk 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 wk


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 Accreditati
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on, accredited, dental school program
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d. A person who has graduated from a Commission on Dental Accreditati
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on, accredited, dental assisting program
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ANS: w k A

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A licensed preventive oral health professional who has graduated from a Commission on
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Dental Accreditation, accredited, entry level dental hygiene program. This answer is cor
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rect because to be eligible as a professional dental hygienist, the person must have gradu
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ated 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 can
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not learn on the job to become a professional. Rather, they must pass written examinatio
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ns and graduate from an accredited dental hygiene program.
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A dentist who has graduated from a Commission on Dental Accreditation, accredited, dent
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al school program. This answer is wrong because a dentist has a higher degree than a d
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ental hygienist and therefore, generally, works above a dental hygienist. It is not necessa
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ry 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, dent
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al assisting program. This answer is wrong because a person graduating from an accredit
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ed dental assisting program would only be licensed as a dental assistant.
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REF: wkwk 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. wk wk wk


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


d. Place and remove restorations. wk wk wk




ANS: w k D
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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kperiodontal 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 a
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nd promote health. Therefore, if the state of an individual’s oral health changes, the dent
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al hygienist (within the scope of the clinical setting) can provide some degree of interve
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ntion 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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kclinical setting allows for application of preventive and therapeutic agents related to dent
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al caries. Fluoride varnish treatments prolong fluoride exposure on the tooth surface for s
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afe 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 plac
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e restorations, while many others do not. Also, the removal of restorations is not a given
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action of a dental hygienist in the clinical setting.
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REF: wkwk Clinician | 3 wk wk




4. Which of the following is a key behavior within the dental hygiene process of care?
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a. Observation
b. Diagnosis
c. Communication skills wk

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d. Client care wk




ANS: w k B
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 for
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establishing goals in the dental hygiene care plan. The client’s dental hygiene needs are
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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 hy
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giene care. However, proper client care is the goal being achieved through the key beha
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viors.

REF: w k 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 takes
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wk into account in the Human Needs Model?
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a. Age
b. Attitudes
c. Lifestyles
d. Weight
ANS: w k D
Age. This answer is an environmental factor that must be taken into account because age
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plays 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 because
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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 becaus
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e 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 indi
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vidual does not. wk wk




REF: w k 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
b. Public Health wk


c. Interpreter
d. Researcher
ANS: w k C
The seven roles of a dental hygienist are clinician, public health, researcher, educator, adminis
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trator, and entrepreneur.wk wk




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


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