DPH – Practice Questions & Study Guide
When fulfilling the administrator role, a dental public health hygienist ________.
a. Develops and coordinates public health programs
b. Conducts Research
c. Lobbies to Change Laws
d. Educates and Promoted dental health - correct answer ✔✔a. Develops and coordinates
public health programs
The patient's ability to sue a dental provider, if that provider fails to diagnose and treat
periodontal disease, is defined as ________.
a. Copayment
b. Socieoeconomic Status
c. Malpractice
d. Access issues - correct answer ✔✔c. Malpractice
Which of the following is the process by which society makes decisions about problems
a. Assurance
b. Policy Development
c. Serving all functions
d. None apply - correct answer ✔✔b. Policy Development
Which of the following involves making certain that all populations have access to appropriate
and cost-effective services to reach agreed-upon public health goals?
,a. Serving all functions
b. Policy Devolopoment
c. Assessment
d. Assurance - correct answer ✔✔d. Assurance
Which of the following includes the research for new insights and innovative solutions to health
problems
a. Serving all Functions
b. Policy Devolopment
c. Assurance
d. Assessment - correct answer ✔✔a. Serving all Functions
Which one of the following is listed as one of the 10 great public health measures adopted
during the 20th century
a. Community water fluoridation
b. Medical Insurance
c. Copayment
d. Barter - correct answer ✔✔a. Community water fluoridation
Demographic information suggests a correlation between oral health status and _______.
a. None of the above
b. Socioeconomic Status
c. Target Populations
, d. Baseline data - correct answer ✔✔b. Socioeconomic Status
The first constituent dental hygiene association was started in ________.
a. California
b. Ohio
c. Oregon
d. Connecticut - correct answer ✔✔d. Connecticut
Community water fluoridation is especially beneficial for which target population?
a. Low Socieoeconomic Status
b. Inmates
c. Elderly
d. Military - correct answer ✔✔a. Low Socieoeconomic Status
Some theories suggest that xylitol decreases dental decay by
a. Strengthening of dentin
b. Strengthening of the enamel
c. Bacteria Killer
d. Because bacteria do not absorb well on the tooth surface - correct answer ✔✔d. Because
bacteria do not absorb well on the tooth surface
Dental hygiene was historically founded as which type of profession
When fulfilling the administrator role, a dental public health hygienist ________.
a. Develops and coordinates public health programs
b. Conducts Research
c. Lobbies to Change Laws
d. Educates and Promoted dental health - correct answer ✔✔a. Develops and coordinates
public health programs
The patient's ability to sue a dental provider, if that provider fails to diagnose and treat
periodontal disease, is defined as ________.
a. Copayment
b. Socieoeconomic Status
c. Malpractice
d. Access issues - correct answer ✔✔c. Malpractice
Which of the following is the process by which society makes decisions about problems
a. Assurance
b. Policy Development
c. Serving all functions
d. None apply - correct answer ✔✔b. Policy Development
Which of the following involves making certain that all populations have access to appropriate
and cost-effective services to reach agreed-upon public health goals?
,a. Serving all functions
b. Policy Devolopoment
c. Assessment
d. Assurance - correct answer ✔✔d. Assurance
Which of the following includes the research for new insights and innovative solutions to health
problems
a. Serving all Functions
b. Policy Devolopment
c. Assurance
d. Assessment - correct answer ✔✔a. Serving all Functions
Which one of the following is listed as one of the 10 great public health measures adopted
during the 20th century
a. Community water fluoridation
b. Medical Insurance
c. Copayment
d. Barter - correct answer ✔✔a. Community water fluoridation
Demographic information suggests a correlation between oral health status and _______.
a. None of the above
b. Socioeconomic Status
c. Target Populations
, d. Baseline data - correct answer ✔✔b. Socioeconomic Status
The first constituent dental hygiene association was started in ________.
a. California
b. Ohio
c. Oregon
d. Connecticut - correct answer ✔✔d. Connecticut
Community water fluoridation is especially beneficial for which target population?
a. Low Socieoeconomic Status
b. Inmates
c. Elderly
d. Military - correct answer ✔✔a. Low Socieoeconomic Status
Some theories suggest that xylitol decreases dental decay by
a. Strengthening of dentin
b. Strengthening of the enamel
c. Bacteria Killer
d. Because bacteria do not absorb well on the tooth surface - correct answer ✔✔d. Because
bacteria do not absorb well on the tooth surface
Dental hygiene was historically founded as which type of profession
