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NBDHE (National Board Dental Hygiene
Examination) Pharmacology Newest 2025
section with accurate and verified questions
covering drug classifications, mechanisms of
action, adverse effects, contraindications, and
their implications in dental hygiene c
Purpose of the DH Code of Ethics - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
To achieve high levels of ethical consciousness, decision
making, and practice by members of a profession.
DH core values include: - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Veracity
Autonomy
Beneficence
Justice
Non-maleficence
Confidentiality
Societal trust
Veracity - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Truthfulness
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Autonomy - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -Deals with the
PATIENT, not the practitioner.
-Right to privacy; freedom of choice
The patients have rights to informed consent, full
disclosure, privacy, freedom of choice, etc.
Beneficence - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -Do what benefits
the patient (promotes their well-being)
-Example: Doing dental screening
Justice - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Fairness
Non-Maleficence - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Do no harm.
Deals with the PRACTITIONER.
Example- providing protective eyewear to the patient
Confidentiality - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ The act of
holding information in confidence, not to be released to
unauthorized individuals
Societal Trust - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Value patient trust.
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Based on our actions and behavior.
Civil offense - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -A crime against an
INDIVIDUAL but not against society.
-Satisfaction is sought (usually money)
-Most dental cases fall under this category.
-Common lawsuits are dental injections, adverse drug
reactions related to contraindications to medical history,
or failure to diagnose
-Best way to avoid lawsuits is through documentation,
charting, and communication
What is the best way to avoid lawsuits - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Best way to avoid lawsuits is through
documentation, charting, and communication
Civil Law: Contract Law - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -2 main
types: implied and expressed
-Involves the practitioner and patient
-Can involve termination of patients and abandonment
of patients
Implied contract - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ An agreement
made through inference by signs, inaction or silence
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Expressed contract - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ A written or
oral agreement in which all terms are explicitly stated
Abandonment in contracts - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Dismissal of a patient without ample and proper notice
Civil Law: Tort Law - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Wrongs
against a person or property: damages can be sought
by injured party.
Intentional Torts (civil law: torts) includes: - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ -Assault
-Battery
-Deceit/Misrepresentation
-Defamation
-Breach of confidentiality
-Invasion of property (patients body is the property)
Assault - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -A type of intentional tort
-Intention to cause bodily harm WITHOUT actually doing
it (threatening)
NBDHE (National Board Dental Hygiene
Examination) Pharmacology Newest 2025
section with accurate and verified questions
covering drug classifications, mechanisms of
action, adverse effects, contraindications, and
their implications in dental hygiene c
Purpose of the DH Code of Ethics - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
To achieve high levels of ethical consciousness, decision
making, and practice by members of a profession.
DH core values include: - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Veracity
Autonomy
Beneficence
Justice
Non-maleficence
Confidentiality
Societal trust
Veracity - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Truthfulness
,2|Page
Autonomy - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -Deals with the
PATIENT, not the practitioner.
-Right to privacy; freedom of choice
The patients have rights to informed consent, full
disclosure, privacy, freedom of choice, etc.
Beneficence - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -Do what benefits
the patient (promotes their well-being)
-Example: Doing dental screening
Justice - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Fairness
Non-Maleficence - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Do no harm.
Deals with the PRACTITIONER.
Example- providing protective eyewear to the patient
Confidentiality - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ The act of
holding information in confidence, not to be released to
unauthorized individuals
Societal Trust - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Value patient trust.
,3|Page
Based on our actions and behavior.
Civil offense - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -A crime against an
INDIVIDUAL but not against society.
-Satisfaction is sought (usually money)
-Most dental cases fall under this category.
-Common lawsuits are dental injections, adverse drug
reactions related to contraindications to medical history,
or failure to diagnose
-Best way to avoid lawsuits is through documentation,
charting, and communication
What is the best way to avoid lawsuits - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Best way to avoid lawsuits is through
documentation, charting, and communication
Civil Law: Contract Law - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -2 main
types: implied and expressed
-Involves the practitioner and patient
-Can involve termination of patients and abandonment
of patients
Implied contract - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ An agreement
made through inference by signs, inaction or silence
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Expressed contract - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ A written or
oral agreement in which all terms are explicitly stated
Abandonment in contracts - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Dismissal of a patient without ample and proper notice
Civil Law: Tort Law - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Wrongs
against a person or property: damages can be sought
by injured party.
Intentional Torts (civil law: torts) includes: - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ -Assault
-Battery
-Deceit/Misrepresentation
-Defamation
-Breach of confidentiality
-Invasion of property (patients body is the property)
Assault - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ -A type of intentional tort
-Intention to cause bodily harm WITHOUT actually doing
it (threatening)
