DH224 Dental Public Health Final exam

Which sectors are included in the dental care delivery system in the United States?

A) Private sector

B) Federal government

C) State government

D) All of the above

E) None of the above

all of the above

State dental divisions work at solving dental issues within the state by _____________________.

Serving as dental consultants to government and private sector entities

The federal agency that is composed of community health centers, migrant workers' health centers, and primary care programs is called the ________________.

HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration)

Which program is the largest effort to provide health insurance for children since Medicaid?

CHIP (Childrens Health Insurance Program)

Which government entitlement program generally covers dental care for individuals with low incomes?

Medicaid

The government's medical research organization is called ___________________.

NIH (National Institute of Health)

The agency that is in charge of ensuring that medicine is safe and efficacious in the United States is the __________________.

FDA

The federal entity that is charged with providing a system of health surveillance to monitor and prevent outbreaks of disease is the ____________________.

CDC

The most common dental-hygienist to dental-employment ratio:

1:2

Which federal department oversees the dental care of the military?

Dept of Defense

Students are eligible for the COSTEP program during their dental hygiene education. The COSTEP program is part of the US Department of Defense health care system.

First statement is true, second is false

Untreated dental disease is more prevalent in which target population?

Lower SES

Individuals with special needs

Minority groups

A state dental director works on state dental issues as a(n) ________.

A) Consultant

B) Examiner

C) Researcher

D) Clinician

E) None of the above

Consultant

T/F: The advanced dental hygiene practitioner has been proposed as a solution to access to care issues.

True

Professional judgment as to the amount and kind of health care services required is a __________.

Need

Particular frequency of dental care within a population is a _________.

Demand

The number of dental care services actually utilized is the definition of _________.

Utilization

Number of available dental care providers is refered to as ______________.

Supply

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a self-governing, multilateral entity that developed the _______________.

Global Oral Data Bank

In some countries, dental hygienists are not allowed to practice dental hygiene _________________________.

without the presence of a dentist

Which common standard is required by all dental hygiene schools?

Over 18 years of age

Which countries have a known lobbying group promoting oral health issues?

Germany, New Zealand, and Switzerland

Which dental organization is recognized as one of the oldest health organizations?

Federation Dentaire Internationale

When was the International Federation of Dental Hygienists officially formed?

1986

A dental therapist in New Zealand is allowed to __________________.

A) Restore teeth

B) Fabricate dentures

C) Provided prophylaxis

D) Both A and C

E) All of the above

Both A and C

Which of the following objectives of the International Federation of Dental Hygienists?

A) To promote and coordinate the exchange of knowledge and information about the profession and its education and practice

B) To promote access to quality preventive oral health services to all people

C) To represent and advance the profession of dental hygiene on a nongovernmental, worldwide basis

D) Both A and B

E) All of the above

All of the above

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

e. Develops and coordinates public health programs

Dental public health is the science of providing oral health care and education to the public and emphasizes the science of ______.

a. Dentistry

b. Urgent health care

c. Prothodontics

d. Dental Hygiene

e. None of these

d. Dental Hygiene

Dental public health is a component of ______.

a. Public affairs

b. Public relations

c. Public Health

d. Community affairs

e. Both Public Affairs and Community Affairs

public health

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 these

assessment

Which of the following includes the research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems?

a. Assessment

b. Policy Development

c. Assurance

d. Serving All Functions

e. None of these

Serving all functions

Demographic information suggests a correlation between oral health status and _______.

a. Socioeconomic status

b. Oral health disparities

c. Community targets

d. Baseline data

e. None of these

socioeconomic status

The core public health function is ______.

a. Assessment

b. Synopsis

c. Analysis

d. Preface

e. None of these

assessment

Which of the following involves making certain that all populations have access to appropriate and cost-effective services to read agreed-upon health goals?

a. Assessment

b. Policy Development

c. Assurance

d. Serving All Functions

e. None of these

Assurance

Which of the following is listed as one of the 10 great public health measures adopted during the 20th century?

a. Medical insurance

b. Medical insurance copayments

c. Community water fluoridation

d. Bottled water

e. None of these

community water fluoridation

The science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting health 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 these

Dental public Health

Fones believed that the dental hygienist could best serve society by practicing ________.

a. In the dental hygiene school

b. In the private sector

c. Restorative dentistry in school clinics

d. Outside the dental practice, in non-dental settings

e. None of these

d. Outside the dental practice, in non-dental settings

The first constituent dental hygiene association was started in ______.

a. Connecticut

b. Cleveland

c. Hartford

d. New Mexico

e. Massachusetts

Connecticut

In 1917, dental hygiene students at Fones School provided dental hygiene care to which unique target population?

a. Schoolteachers

b. Dental students

c. School nurses

d. Military soldiers

e. None of these

military soliders

From its inception, dental hygiene has had a strong foundation in managing ________.

a. Dental abscesses

b. Dental care delivery

c. Emergency room triage

d. Facial reconstruction

e. None of these

dental care delivery

Dental hygienists have the ability to improve total health by ______.

a. Applying laminates

b. Restoring teeth

c. Preventing dental diseases

d. Managing health care

e. None of these

preventing dental diseases

Which of the following is the process by which society makes decisions about problems?

a. Assessment

b. Policy Development

c. Assurance

d. Serving All Functions

e. None of these

policy development

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a self-governing, multilateral entity that developed the ________.

a. International Federation of Dental Hygienists

b. Shepherd's Hook Explorer

c. Global Oral Data Bank

d. Federation Dentaire International

e. None of these

Global Oral Data Bank

In some countries, dental hygienists are not allowed to practice dental hygiene ________.

a. Without the presence of a doctor

b. Within a hospital

c. Without the presence of a dentist

d. Within the military

e. None of these

without the presence of a dentist

In Europe, there is a trend to adapt degree program curricula via which system?

a. European Community College System

b. European Credit Transfer System

c. Union Credit System

d. Technical College Transfer System

e. None of these

European credit transfer system

Even in industrialized countries, where the prevalence of caries is low, what disease is prevalent in inner cities and among ethnic minorities?

a. Oral anomalies

b. Bruxism

c. Dental caries

d. Oral cancer

e. None of these

dental caries

International trends in dental hygiene suggest an increase in ________.

a. Supervision

b. Prerequisites

c. Fees

d. Autonomy

e. None of these

autonomy

A formally trained and registered dental hygiene provider is more likely to receive public confidence.

True

False

True

Dental hygienists worldwide are becoming more educated with longer training requirements.

True

False

True

The integration of the patient's socioethnocultural background into the dental hygiene process is ________.

a. Cross-cultural dental hygiene

b. Target assessments

c. Cultural diversity

d. Cultural barriers

e. All of these

Cross-cultural dental hygiene

Americans are viewed as ________.

a. A melting pot

b. A salad bowl

c. Jello with fruit

d. Apples and oranges

e. None of these

a salad bowl

The International Federation of Dental Hygienists is composed of how many countries?

26

For an individual with poor oral care, what must be changed in order for him or her to adopt a healthy behavior such as daily brushing?

a. Life force

b. Instinct

c. Behavior

d. Value

e. None of these

Value

Informing and motivating people to adopt healthy behaviors is termed ________.

a. Health promotion

b. Health assessment

c. Health instruction

d. Health education

e. None of these

Health promotion

forms used to file a claim or request authorization for a procedure

dental claim form

Delivery systems are affected by which of the following?

A. politics

B. culture

C. SES factors

D. all of the above

all of the above

In industrialized nations, where do dental hygienists mainly practice?

A. public health clinics

B. educational institutions

C. government positions

D. private dental clinics

private dental clinics

Even in industrialized countries, where the prevalence of caries is low, what disease is prevalent in inner cities and among ethnic minorities?

A) Oral anomalies

B) Bruxism

C) Dental caries

D) Oral cancer

E) None of the above

dental caries

What is the amount that the insurance entity will pay for covered dental services?

Benefit

Provider fee review

Deductible

Prepaid group entitlement

None of these

benefit

Which payment method is a fee scale per service developed for each service rendered?

a. Capitation

b. Encounter

c. Barter

d. Fee for service

fee for service

Medicaid, not Medicare, generally funds dental care for the indigent population.

T/ F

true

A federal insurance program to pay for medical bills of all people over age 65 is called ________.

Medicare

Medicaid

CHIPs

UCR

None of these

medicare

Which branch of government carries out the enacted laws?

Executive

Administrative

Legislative

Judicial

None of these

Executive

Which type of law are dental hygiene practice acts considered to be?

Common

Constitutional

Utilization

Statutory

None of these

Statutory

Laws pertaining to dental hygiene are generally found in the state dental hygiene ________.

Consulting act

Clinical act

Practice act

Administrative act

None of these

Practice Act

A bill can become a(n) ________.

Order

Law

Rule

Regulation

law

An individual who causes social, cultural, or behavioral change is called a(n) ________.

a. Change agent

b. Propel agent

c. External agent

d. Internal agent

e. Both Change agent and Propel agent

Change agent

Propelling people to take action or make a change is termed ________.

a. Collaboration

b. Cooperation

c. Empowerment

d. Enlightenment

Empowerment

The process of working together toward a common goal is called ________

a. Ethics

b. Procedures

c. Collaboration

d. Cooperation

e. All of these

Collaboration

The key to successful change is to understand others and resolve to work with them regardless of whether goals or interests are shared.

The first statement is true, the second statement is false

The first statement is false, the second statement is true

Both statements are true

Both statements are false

Both statements are true

The attempt to influence or sway others toward a desired position or action is called ________.

Ethics

Collaboration

Lobbying

Stimulating

None of these

lobbying

The five-dimensional health model includes all of the following except ________.

a. Emotional

b. Mental

c. Psychological

d. Spiritual

e. Physical

psychological

The teaching of health behaviors that bring an individual to a state of health awareness is termed health ________.

a. Instruction

b. Assessment

c. Education

d. Promotion

e. None of these

education

The changes an individual must make in order to attain health—which include precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, maintenance, and action—are the foundation of which theory?

a. Transtheoretical model

b. Healthy belief model

c. Five-dimensional model

d. Quality-of-life model

e. None of these

transtheoretical model

The will of an individual to act is a ________.

a. Behavior habit

b. Promotion

c. Behavior change

d. Motivation

e. None of these

motivation

Which of the following theories reinforces the belief that social pressure is significant in influencing behavior?

a. Transtheoretical

b. Social-cognitive

c. Maslow's hierarchy

d. Theory of reasoned action

e. None of these

social cognitive

A person's behavior intent is a combination of knowledge, values, and attitudes, which is emphasized in which theory?

a. Self-efficacy

b. Maslow's hierarchy

c. Social-cognitive

d. Reasoned action

e. None of these

reasoned action

The theory of reasoned action focuses on the belief that people make rational decisions based on intent.

True

False

true

The social-cognitive theory postulates that an individual needs to be made aware of a health issue before he/she can act on it.

True

False

False

The last step in the learning ladder is the involvement step.

True

False

False

A broad statement that reflects the final outcome is a(n) ________.

a. Analysis

b. Assessment

c. Goal

d. Needs assessment

e. None of these

goal

Which learning level implies that knowledge is gained?

a. Problem solving

b. Application

c. Psychomotor

d. Knowledge

e. None of these

knowledge

Development of broad goals for the presentation occurs during which stage?

a. Evaluation

b. Planning

c. Dental hygiene diagnosis

d. Assessment

e. Both Evaluation and Dental hygiene diagnosis

planning

The first step in planning a lesson is to write the objectives.

True

False

false

The teaching method of demonstration involves the use of specific case studies.

True

False

false

What is a group of individuals with some similarities?

a. Cohort

b. Study group

c. Target population

d. Needs assessment

e. None of these

target population

Barriers to dental hygiene care can be defined as ________.

a. Issues pertaining to the individual's needs

b. Needs assessment

c. Treatment planning

d. A limitation to receiving dental hygiene services

e. None of these

A limitation to receiving dental hygiene services

When treating a school-aged child it is important to direct the question to the child first so that the child realizes that he/she is your patient.

a. The first statement is true, the second statement is false.

b. The first statement is false, the second statement is true.

c. Both statements are true.

d. Both statements are false.

e. None of these

Both statements are true

A two-year-old child with severe stages of early childhood caries who has Medicaid insurance may face which barriers to care?

a. Severity of the dental disease

b. Age

c. Lack of qualified practitioners accepting Medicaid insurance

d. None of these

e. All of these

all of these

What age group is interested in obtaining knowledge and continuing to strive for independence?

a. Infants

b. Pregnant women

c. Older adults

d. Elementary school-age children

e. None of these

elementary school aged children

What group of workers includes professionals working together to make terminal illness more tolerable and comfortable for patients and their families?

a. Dental hygienists

b. Social workers

c. Hospice workers

d. All of these

e. None of these

hospice workers

The fact that not a lot of ethnic minorities work in dentistry is a barrier to care. Dental workforce is the least ethnically diverse.

a. Both statements are true

b. both statements are false

c. first is true, second is false

d. first is false second is true

Both statements are true

Which teeth are included in the "Ramfjord teeth"?

a.#1

b.#3

c.#12

d.Both #3 and #12

e.All of these

Both #3 and #12

Which type of evaluation method uses face-to-face interviews?

a.Analysis

b.Clinical

c.Nonclinical

d.Assessment

e.None of these

nonclinical

T/F:The BSS is the Basic Screening Survey developed by the American Dental Hygienists' Association.

False

Culture encompasses which of the following?

A) Attitudes

B) Values

C) Beliefs

D) Both A and B

E) All of the above

all of the above

Who leads the US Public Health Service?

The US Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy.

The only valid opposition ever utilized in relation to fluoridating public water supplies was ________.

A violation of personal freedom

Providers of dental care in the United States may include ________.

Dentists

Dental hygienists

Denturists

Dental therapists

**all of these

all of these

The Sulcus Bleeding Index (SBI) is an index used when studying which type of oral hygiene intervention?

Floss