Preclinical Dental Hygiene Study
Guide Exam Questions and Actual
Answers.
clinician, licensed professional, oral health educator, co-therapist - Answer Name 4 things DH
can be
co-therapist - Answer If the patient does not perceive you as a _______-_______, they will
probably not take your information as seriously as you would like them to.
preventive, educational, therapeutic - Answer Name the 3 types of services DH provide.
primary, secondary, tertiary - Answer Name the 3 preventive services DH provide.
primary - Answer Which preventive service is administered before disease begins?
administering fluoride to prevent decay - Answer Give an example of a primary preventive
service.
secondary - Answer Which preventive service is any type of service administered after disease
has begun?
removal of hard deposit from tooth or root surface to treat gum disease - Answer Give an
example of a secondary preventive service.
tertiary - Answer Which preventive service is the replacement or oral structures/rehab of the
oral cavity to restore function?
fixed partial denture/implant - Answer Give an example of a tertiary preventive service.
educational - Answer Which service provided by DH is oral hygiene instruction sessions with
your patient/audience designed to motivate or promote for better oral health?
, legal, ethical, personal/professional - Answer Name 3 factors that influence clinical practice of
hygienists.
legal - Answer Which factor that influences DH clinical practice is described by hygienists are
limited in scope in where we can practice and also what we can do while practicing?
California and Colorado - Answer Which 2 states in the US allow hygienists to own their own
practice?
general supervision - Answer What type of supervision is implemented in TN for hygienists?
ethical - Answer Which factor that influences DH clinical practice is described by your basic
ethical principals/morals will be what you build upon in your professional life?
motivation - Answer How you build your ethical standards depends upon your _______ and
what you expect out of the field of hygiene.
patient centered - Answer Good dental hygiene care is _______ _______.
1800's - Answer It wasn't until the late _______ that a profession of dental hygiene was
seriously considered by dental practitioners.
5th - Answer Current polls have placed dentistry as the _______ most trusted profession in
the United States.
female and assistant - Answer A lady of standing could not be alone in a room with a man (not
family/friend), so the dental assistant was usually a _______. It didn't take long to realize that
this _______ could be trained to do more.
preventive and restorative and extractions - Answer In the late 1800's, the shift toward
_______ dentistry emerged. Up until this time dentistry was mainly _______ or _______.
Philadelphia and dental prophylaxis - Answer Some dentists such as D. D. Smith (1894) of
_______ developed a definitive system of _______ _______.
Guide Exam Questions and Actual
Answers.
clinician, licensed professional, oral health educator, co-therapist - Answer Name 4 things DH
can be
co-therapist - Answer If the patient does not perceive you as a _______-_______, they will
probably not take your information as seriously as you would like them to.
preventive, educational, therapeutic - Answer Name the 3 types of services DH provide.
primary, secondary, tertiary - Answer Name the 3 preventive services DH provide.
primary - Answer Which preventive service is administered before disease begins?
administering fluoride to prevent decay - Answer Give an example of a primary preventive
service.
secondary - Answer Which preventive service is any type of service administered after disease
has begun?
removal of hard deposit from tooth or root surface to treat gum disease - Answer Give an
example of a secondary preventive service.
tertiary - Answer Which preventive service is the replacement or oral structures/rehab of the
oral cavity to restore function?
fixed partial denture/implant - Answer Give an example of a tertiary preventive service.
educational - Answer Which service provided by DH is oral hygiene instruction sessions with
your patient/audience designed to motivate or promote for better oral health?
, legal, ethical, personal/professional - Answer Name 3 factors that influence clinical practice of
hygienists.
legal - Answer Which factor that influences DH clinical practice is described by hygienists are
limited in scope in where we can practice and also what we can do while practicing?
California and Colorado - Answer Which 2 states in the US allow hygienists to own their own
practice?
general supervision - Answer What type of supervision is implemented in TN for hygienists?
ethical - Answer Which factor that influences DH clinical practice is described by your basic
ethical principals/morals will be what you build upon in your professional life?
motivation - Answer How you build your ethical standards depends upon your _______ and
what you expect out of the field of hygiene.
patient centered - Answer Good dental hygiene care is _______ _______.
1800's - Answer It wasn't until the late _______ that a profession of dental hygiene was
seriously considered by dental practitioners.
5th - Answer Current polls have placed dentistry as the _______ most trusted profession in
the United States.
female and assistant - Answer A lady of standing could not be alone in a room with a man (not
family/friend), so the dental assistant was usually a _______. It didn't take long to realize that
this _______ could be trained to do more.
preventive and restorative and extractions - Answer In the late 1800's, the shift toward
_______ dentistry emerged. Up until this time dentistry was mainly _______ or _______.
Philadelphia and dental prophylaxis - Answer Some dentists such as D. D. Smith (1894) of
_______ developed a definitive system of _______ _______.
