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Dental Public Health and Research, 4e (Nathe)
Chapter 1 Dental Public Health: An Overview
1) When fulfilling the administrator role, a dental public health hygienist .
A) Lobbies to change laws
B) Conducts research
C) Provides clinical care
D) Educates and promotes dental health
E) Develops and coordinates public health programs
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Answer: E
2) Dental public health is the science of providing oral health care and education to the public
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and emphasizes the science of .
A) Dentistry
B) Urgent health care
C) Prosthodontics
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D) Dental hygiene
E) None of the above
Answer: D
SE
3) Factors affecting dental care delivery include which of the following?
A) The development of the dental hygiene profession
B) Access issues
C) The decrease in periodontal diseases
D) Both A and B
D
E) None of the above
Answer: D
O
4) The patient's ability to sue a dental provider, if that provider fails to diagnose and treat
periodontal disease, is defined as .
A) Access issues
B) Dental insurance premiums
C
C) Socioeconomic status
D) Copayment issues
E) Malpractice
S
Answer: E
5) Dental public health is a component of .
A) Public Affairs
B) Public Relations
C) Public Health
D) Community Affairs
E) Both A and D
Answer: C
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6) Which of the following involves the monitoring of the health of communities?
A) Assessment
B) Policy Development
C) Assurance
D) Serving All Functions
E) None of the above
Answer: A
7) Which of the following is the process by which society makes decisions about problems?
A) Assessment
B) Policy Development
N
C) Assurance
D) Serving All Functions
E) None of the above
U
Answer: B
8) Which of the following involves making certain that all populations have access to appropriate
R
and cost-effective services to read agreed-upon public health goals?
A) Assessment
B) Policy Development
C) Assurance
SE
D) Serving All Functions
E) None of the above
Answer: C
9) Which of the following includes the research for new insights and innovative solutions to
health problems?
D
A) Assessment
B) Policy Development
C) Assurance
O
D) Serving All Functions
E) None of the above
Answer: D
C
10) Which of the following dictates services to ensure the promotion of health and prevention of
disease and injury?
A) Needs Assessment
S
B) Public Health Goals
C) Health Care Reform
D) Public Health Demands
E) Human Services Planning
Answer: B
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11) The identification of which of the following was the first major advancement in public
health?
A) Litter in the streets
B) Pesticides on produce
C) Polluted public water well
D) Drug paraphernalia
E) None of the above
Answer: C
12) Teaching mothers how to dress, feed, and bathe their babies is an early example of a
.
N
A) Treatment modality
B) Clinical initiative
C) Public health program
U
D) Drug prevention course
E) Both A and B
Answer: C
R
13) The dramatic increase in average life span during the 20th century is credited to a public
health program such as .
A) Community water fluoridation
SE
B) Dental insurance premiums
C) Vaccination
D) Malpractice
E) Both C and D
Answer: C
D
14) Which one of the following is listed as one of the 10 great public health measures adopted
during the 20th century?
A) Medical insurance
O
B) Medical insurance copayments
C) Community water fluoridation
D) Bottled water
E) None of the above
C
Answer: C
15) The science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting dental health
S
through community efforts is termed .
A) Surgeon General's Report
B) Secretary of Health and Human Services Report
C) Dental public health
D) Dental hygiene
E) None of the above
Answer: C
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16) Dental public health functions need to be secured and implemented across all areas to ensure
the same level of .
A) Coverage
B) Quality
C) Performance
D) All of the above
E) None of the above
Answer: D
17) The core public health function is .
A) Assessment
N
B) Synopsis
C) Analysis
D) Preface
U
E) None of the above
Answer: A
R
18) Dental infrastructure in the United States consists of government and private entities, and the
provision of dental care is provided primarily by the .
A) Community clinics
B) Primary care clinics
SE
C) Private practice offices
D) Emergency rooms
E) None of the above
Answer: C
19) From its inception, dental hygiene has had a strong foundation in managing .
D
A) Dental abscesses
B) Dental care delivery
C) Emergency room triage
O
D) Facial reconstruction
E) None of the above
Answer: B
C
20) Demographic information suggests a correlation between oral health status and .
A) Socioeconomic status
B) Oral health disparities
S
C) Community targets
D) Baseline data
E) None of the above
Answer: A
21) Community oral health has a similar meaning to dental public health.
Answer: TRUE
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ALL CHAPTERS
TEST BANK FOR
ALL ANSWERS
Dental Public Health and Research, 4e (Nathe)
Chapter 1 Dental Public Health: An Overview
1) When fulfilling the administrator role, a dental public health hygienist .
A) Lobbies to change laws
B) Conducts research
C) Provides clinical care
D) Educates and promotes dental health
E) Develops and coordinates public health programs
N
Answer: E
2) Dental public health is the science of providing oral health care and education to the public
U
and emphasizes the science of .
A) Dentistry
B) Urgent health care
C) Prosthodontics
R
D) Dental hygiene
E) None of the above
Answer: D
SE
3) Factors affecting dental care delivery include which of the following?
A) The development of the dental hygiene profession
B) Access issues
C) The decrease in periodontal diseases
D) Both A and B
D
E) None of the above
Answer: D
O
4) The patient's ability to sue a dental provider, if that provider fails to diagnose and treat
periodontal disease, is defined as .
A) Access issues
B) Dental insurance premiums
C
C) Socioeconomic status
D) Copayment issues
E) Malpractice
S
Answer: E
5) Dental public health is a component of .
A) Public Affairs
B) Public Relations
C) Public Health
D) Community Affairs
E) Both A and D
Answer: C
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6) Which of the following involves the monitoring of the health of communities?
A) Assessment
B) Policy Development
C) Assurance
D) Serving All Functions
E) None of the above
Answer: A
7) Which of the following is the process by which society makes decisions about problems?
A) Assessment
B) Policy Development
N
C) Assurance
D) Serving All Functions
E) None of the above
U
Answer: B
8) Which of the following involves making certain that all populations have access to appropriate
R
and cost-effective services to read agreed-upon public health goals?
A) Assessment
B) Policy Development
C) Assurance
SE
D) Serving All Functions
E) None of the above
Answer: C
9) Which of the following includes the research for new insights and innovative solutions to
health problems?
D
A) Assessment
B) Policy Development
C) Assurance
O
D) Serving All Functions
E) None of the above
Answer: D
C
10) Which of the following dictates services to ensure the promotion of health and prevention of
disease and injury?
A) Needs Assessment
S
B) Public Health Goals
C) Health Care Reform
D) Public Health Demands
E) Human Services Planning
Answer: B
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11) The identification of which of the following was the first major advancement in public
health?
A) Litter in the streets
B) Pesticides on produce
C) Polluted public water well
D) Drug paraphernalia
E) None of the above
Answer: C
12) Teaching mothers how to dress, feed, and bathe their babies is an early example of a
.
N
A) Treatment modality
B) Clinical initiative
C) Public health program
U
D) Drug prevention course
E) Both A and B
Answer: C
R
13) The dramatic increase in average life span during the 20th century is credited to a public
health program such as .
A) Community water fluoridation
SE
B) Dental insurance premiums
C) Vaccination
D) Malpractice
E) Both C and D
Answer: C
D
14) Which one of the following is listed as one of the 10 great public health measures adopted
during the 20th century?
A) Medical insurance
O
B) Medical insurance copayments
C) Community water fluoridation
D) Bottled water
E) None of the above
C
Answer: C
15) The science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting dental health
S
through community efforts is termed .
A) Surgeon General's Report
B) Secretary of Health and Human Services Report
C) Dental public health
D) Dental hygiene
E) None of the above
Answer: C
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16) Dental public health functions need to be secured and implemented across all areas to ensure
the same level of .
A) Coverage
B) Quality
C) Performance
D) All of the above
E) None of the above
Answer: D
17) The core public health function is .
A) Assessment
N
B) Synopsis
C) Analysis
D) Preface
U
E) None of the above
Answer: A
R
18) Dental infrastructure in the United States consists of government and private entities, and the
provision of dental care is provided primarily by the .
A) Community clinics
B) Primary care clinics
SE
C) Private practice offices
D) Emergency rooms
E) None of the above
Answer: C
19) From its inception, dental hygiene has had a strong foundation in managing .
D
A) Dental abscesses
B) Dental care delivery
C) Emergency room triage
O
D) Facial reconstruction
E) None of the above
Answer: B
C
20) Demographic information suggests a correlation between oral health status and .
A) Socioeconomic status
B) Oral health disparities
S
C) Community targets
D) Baseline data
E) None of the above
Answer: A
21) Community oral health has a similar meaning to dental public health.
Answer: TRUE
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