Dental Hygiene Exam/ Questions with 100% Verified Solutions/ Already Grade A+/ Latest Version

Dental Hygiene Exam/ Questions with 100%
Verified Solutions/ Already Grade A+/ Latest
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Dental Hygiene Process of Care - Answer ✔✔Assessment
Diagnosis (prognosis)
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Documentation



public health dentist - Answer ✔✔Works on cause and prevention of common dental
disease.



objective symptoms - Answer ✔✔Symptoms that can be seen by anyone



subjective symptoms - Answer ✔✔symptoms that can be felt, such as itching, burning, or
pain



odontalgia - Answer ✔✔toothache



Etiology - Answer ✔✔cause of disease



acute - Answer ✔✔New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic



exogenous - Answer ✔✔Produced outside the body
ex hypothermia caused by cold



Endogenous - Answer ✔✔Produced within the body
ex: tumors

, degenerative - Answer ✔✔breaking down



Nosocomial - Answer ✔✔hospital acquired infection



Aerobic - Answer ✔✔bacteria that require oxygen to live and grow



faculative aerobe - Answer ✔✔bacteria that can live in oxygen but don't need oxygen



Anaerobic - Answer ✔✔bacteria that can live without oxygen



facultative anaerobes - Answer ✔✔bacteria that do best without oxygen, but can live with it



spore - Answer ✔✔A reproductive cell with a hard, protective coating



Endospore - Answer ✔✔A small, rounded, thick-walled, resting cell that forms inside a
bacterial cell



Viruses - Answer ✔✔tiny parasitic organisms that cause disease



Rickettsia - Answer ✔✔a small bacterium that lives in lice, fleas, ticks, and mites



Vector - Answer ✔✔carrier (of disease, for example lice, fleas, ticks)



protozoa - Answer ✔✔small animal parasites or organisms. Cause malaria, dysentery, &
encephalitis



Saprophytes (decomposers) - Answer ✔✔feed on dead or decaying organisms