Community Dentistry Exam 1
______ ________-concerned with the health care of all people. Focuses on the health
of a POPULATION AS A WHOLE rather than on the treatment of an individual -
answerPublic Health
Sometimes called Community Dental Health is the form of dental practice that serves
the community as a patient rather than the individual - answerDental Public Health
What is the science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting
dental health through organized community effort - answerDental Public Health
What focuses on oral health care and the education of a population with the emphasis
in the utilization of dental hygiene sciences - answerDental Public health
______-is a state of COMPLETE physical, mental and social well being and not merely
the absence of disease or infirmity - answerHealth
"Hale" meaning "Wholeness" being whole sound or well
_____ ______ as defined by the _____
the effort to PROMOTE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND TO PREVENT
DISEASE, INJURY AND DISABILITY - answerPublic Health defined by WHO
Who is the WHO's definition aime at? - answerEntire Population
____ ______ defined by _______
Public health is people's health
Concerned with health of a group, a community, a state or a nation - answerPublic
Health defined by KNUTSON
Public Health defined by KNUTSON:
A concern for and activity directed toward the ________ and _______ of a population
group or the aggregete. - answerImprovement and Protection
_______ ________- defined by ______-What we, as the society do, collectively to
assure the conditions in which the people can be healthy - answerPublic Health defined
by The Institute of Medicine
List the core functions defined by the INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
Core functions to be conducted by the government health agencies: -
answerASSESSMENT
POLICY DEVELOPMENT
ASSURANCE
,SERVING ALL FUNCTIONS
What are the goals of public health? - answerto promote and protect the health of the
public
List the three essential domains of public health? - answer1. Health Protection
2. Disease Prevention
3. Health Promotion
Disease Prevention
Enhances ______ _____ life
Helps ______ ______ or outbreaks
Is _______ effective - answerEnhances quality of life
Helps deter illness or outbreaks
Is Cost-effective
List the three LEVELS OF DISEASE PREVENTION? - answerPrimary Prevention
Secondary Prevention
Tertiary Prevention
_____ ________-employment of strategies and agents
used to prevent the onset of the disease - answerPrimary Prevention (SHOULD NOT
NEED TREATMENT YET)
What part of Primary Prevention arrests its process before treatment becomes
necessary used in children? - answerImmunization in Children
List Primary Prevention in dentistry? - answerFluoride for PREVENTION
Community Water Fluoridation
Sealants
Patient Education
Which level of Disease Prevention:
______ _______--employment of treatment method to terminate disease process -
answerSecondary Prevention
Which level of Disease Prevention:
used to restore tissues to as close to normal as possible - answerSecondary Prevention
What is another name for Secondary Prevention? - answerRestorative Care
Which level of disease prevention:
Setting broken arm so bone heals correctly - answerSecondary Prevention (Restorative
Care)
List Secondary Prevention used within dentistry? - answerDental restorations
, Perio Debridement
Fluoride for remineralization (lost minerals within tooth means this is a weak spot for
caries potential)
RCT
Which level of Disease Prevention:
employment of strategies to replace lost tissues - answerTertiary Prevention
List an example of Tertiary Prevention? - answerProsthetics to replace missing limbs
List some examples of Tertiary Prevention in dentistry? - answerDentures
Implants
Prosthetics
List the year: the first significant recording of public healthy measures in the US? -
answer1671
What was a result of the first significant recording of public health? - answerWater
prevention method to prevent diseases caused by water supplies
List the year: In England-Dr. Edward Jenner's discovery leads to immunization? -
answer1771
List the year?
In USA introduction of helath services to merchant seamen> - answer1798
List the year: In London did a ____ _____ lead to cholera outbreak? - answer1854
Polluted Water Well
1854 In London Polluted water well led to Cholera outbreak
Dr. ______ ______ used a logical, epidemiological approach to study the outbreak -
answerDr. John Snow
Who is the Father of Modern Day Epidemiology? - answerDr. John Snow
List the year:
_____-first public health lab opened in Staten Island New York - answer1887
In what year did Dr. Sara Bakers and a team of nurses teach mothers how to dress,
feed and bathe their babies in Hell's Kitchen in NY? - answer1900
What does this list represent?
Vaccination programs
Control of infectious diseases
Effective policies such as occupational safety
Improved family planning
______ ________-concerned with the health care of all people. Focuses on the health
of a POPULATION AS A WHOLE rather than on the treatment of an individual -
answerPublic Health
Sometimes called Community Dental Health is the form of dental practice that serves
the community as a patient rather than the individual - answerDental Public Health
What is the science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting
dental health through organized community effort - answerDental Public Health
What focuses on oral health care and the education of a population with the emphasis
in the utilization of dental hygiene sciences - answerDental Public health
______-is a state of COMPLETE physical, mental and social well being and not merely
the absence of disease or infirmity - answerHealth
"Hale" meaning "Wholeness" being whole sound or well
_____ ______ as defined by the _____
the effort to PROMOTE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND TO PREVENT
DISEASE, INJURY AND DISABILITY - answerPublic Health defined by WHO
Who is the WHO's definition aime at? - answerEntire Population
____ ______ defined by _______
Public health is people's health
Concerned with health of a group, a community, a state or a nation - answerPublic
Health defined by KNUTSON
Public Health defined by KNUTSON:
A concern for and activity directed toward the ________ and _______ of a population
group or the aggregete. - answerImprovement and Protection
_______ ________- defined by ______-What we, as the society do, collectively to
assure the conditions in which the people can be healthy - answerPublic Health defined
by The Institute of Medicine
List the core functions defined by the INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
Core functions to be conducted by the government health agencies: -
answerASSESSMENT
POLICY DEVELOPMENT
ASSURANCE
,SERVING ALL FUNCTIONS
What are the goals of public health? - answerto promote and protect the health of the
public
List the three essential domains of public health? - answer1. Health Protection
2. Disease Prevention
3. Health Promotion
Disease Prevention
Enhances ______ _____ life
Helps ______ ______ or outbreaks
Is _______ effective - answerEnhances quality of life
Helps deter illness or outbreaks
Is Cost-effective
List the three LEVELS OF DISEASE PREVENTION? - answerPrimary Prevention
Secondary Prevention
Tertiary Prevention
_____ ________-employment of strategies and agents
used to prevent the onset of the disease - answerPrimary Prevention (SHOULD NOT
NEED TREATMENT YET)
What part of Primary Prevention arrests its process before treatment becomes
necessary used in children? - answerImmunization in Children
List Primary Prevention in dentistry? - answerFluoride for PREVENTION
Community Water Fluoridation
Sealants
Patient Education
Which level of Disease Prevention:
______ _______--employment of treatment method to terminate disease process -
answerSecondary Prevention
Which level of Disease Prevention:
used to restore tissues to as close to normal as possible - answerSecondary Prevention
What is another name for Secondary Prevention? - answerRestorative Care
Which level of disease prevention:
Setting broken arm so bone heals correctly - answerSecondary Prevention (Restorative
Care)
List Secondary Prevention used within dentistry? - answerDental restorations
, Perio Debridement
Fluoride for remineralization (lost minerals within tooth means this is a weak spot for
caries potential)
RCT
Which level of Disease Prevention:
employment of strategies to replace lost tissues - answerTertiary Prevention
List an example of Tertiary Prevention? - answerProsthetics to replace missing limbs
List some examples of Tertiary Prevention in dentistry? - answerDentures
Implants
Prosthetics
List the year: the first significant recording of public healthy measures in the US? -
answer1671
What was a result of the first significant recording of public health? - answerWater
prevention method to prevent diseases caused by water supplies
List the year: In England-Dr. Edward Jenner's discovery leads to immunization? -
answer1771
List the year?
In USA introduction of helath services to merchant seamen> - answer1798
List the year: In London did a ____ _____ lead to cholera outbreak? - answer1854
Polluted Water Well
1854 In London Polluted water well led to Cholera outbreak
Dr. ______ ______ used a logical, epidemiological approach to study the outbreak -
answerDr. John Snow
Who is the Father of Modern Day Epidemiology? - answerDr. John Snow
List the year:
_____-first public health lab opened in Staten Island New York - answer1887
In what year did Dr. Sara Bakers and a team of nurses teach mothers how to dress,
feed and bathe their babies in Hell's Kitchen in NY? - answer1900
What does this list represent?
Vaccination programs
Control of infectious diseases
Effective policies such as occupational safety
Improved family planning
