Intro to dentistry exam 1

Dr. Meyer Rhein

Who advocated for the training of women in dentistry?

Dr. Alfred Fones

Who taught Irene Newman?

Connecticut

Where did the first dental hygiene program start?

Irene Newman

Who was the first woman to receive their dental hygiene license?

Connecticut dental hygienist association

What formed the same day that Irene Newman graduated

June 5, 1914

What day did Irene Newman graduate?

Cleveland, Ohio

Where was the first meeting of the ADHA?

Dental hygiene

What is one of the 30 fastest growing occupations?

Dental hygiene

What causes population growth and greater retention of teeth

Part-time work and flexible schedules

What is the schedule like for dental hygiene?

30 to 39 hours

What is the most popular number of hours per week worked in dental hygiene

65%

What percentage of dental hygienist have an associates degree?

29%

What percentage of dental hygienist have a bachelor degree?

6%

What percent of dental hygienist have a masters degree or higher?

California

Which state has the highest DH employment rate and highest hourly wage?

25 to 34

What is the most popular age of practicing dental hygienist?

-administrator/manager

-clinician

-Corporate

-educator

-entrepreneur

-public health

-Researcher

What are the seven roles of the dental hygienist

-apply organizational skills

-identify and manage resources

-communicate objectives

-Evaluate and modify programs of health, education, and healthcare

What are the 4 roles of the administrator in dental hygiene?

-assess, diagnose, plan, implement, evaluate, and document treatment for prevention, intervention, and control of oral disease (ADPIE)

-Collaborate with other health professionals

What are the two roles of the clinician in dental hygiene?

Corporate

What part of the dental hygiene role supports the oral health industry through sales of products and service

-teach and dental hygiene and dental school

-Continuing education programs

-educational materials

-educational consultants to dental companies

What four things can a dental dental hygienist do as an educator

Bachelors of science

What degree must a dental hygienist have to be a clinical instructor?

Bachelors of science or masters of science

What degree must a dental hygienist have to be a classroom instructor?

Entrepreneur

Which role of the dental hygienist uses imagination and creativity to initiate or finance new commercial enterprises?

-Health policy and program management and administration

-typically funded by government or nonprofit organizations

-Provide care of those who otherwise don't have access to dental care

What are the threes aspects of public health in dental hygiene?

-grant proposals

-Research methodology

-collect and analyze data

-Quantitative research involves surveys

-Qualitative research involves testing a new product or procedure

-Write articles and professional publications

What are the six aspects of the researcher in dental hygiene?

1923

When was the AHDA founded

-A better way for a dental hygienist to communicate and cooperate

-ensure access to quality oral health care

-Increase awareness of prevention

-Promote highest standards of dental hygiene, education, licensure, practice, and research

-Represent and promote the interests of dental hygienists

What are the five characteristics of the ADHA

-security

-Access to information

-Continuing education

-employment assistance

-professional contact

-insurance

-Leadership opportunities

-recognition

What are the benefits of the ADHA membership?

Pediatric dentistry

What is the type of dentistry that works with children?

Two years

How much specialty training does a pediatric dentist need?

No, it is preventative and therapeutic care

Is pediatric dentistry just for disease?

-private practice

-public health

-hospital

-academic dentistry

-Military

-Indian health service

What are the six practice settings of pediatric dentistry?

Private practice

What is the most common practice setting for pediatric dentistry?

12 months

By when does the AAPD recommend that all children establish a dental home?

Dental home

The ongoing relationship between the dentist and the patient; individualized; helps institute a lifetime of optimal, oral health

-not just a " little adult"

-early intervention = younger patients

-Three-way interaction with parent/caregiver

-Behavior management

-Medically compromised, special needs, disabled child

What are five things to consider for a pediatric patient?

Special needs patient

A child with any physical, developmental, mental, sensory, behavioral, cognitive or emotional impairment or limiting condition that requires medical management, healthcare intervention, and the use of specialized services or programs

-active chemotherapy

-pre-/post transplant

-bleeding disorders

What three things can a " sick" kid have

-down syndrome

-ectodermal dysplasia

-epidermolysis bullosa

- CHARGE syndrome

-cleidocranial dysplasia

-cleft Lip and palette

What is six things can " syndromic" kids have

Caries

What is a cleft lip higher risk for?

-trauma

-school nurse referrals

-Refugee (high risk populations)

-foster kids

-Transplant/chemotherapy clearance

- pre-bisphosphonate therapy

-pre-spinal surgery clearance

What are seven reasons for pediatric dentist referrals?

-supervise brushing

-What kind of toothpaste?

-How much toothpaste?

What are the three major responsibilities of the parent/caregiver?

Pea size

How much toothpaste should you use for children older than three?

Grain of rice

How much toothpaste should you use on children less than three?

They swallow it

Why should you not use a lot of toothpaste in children?

-3 sided toothbrush

-Toothbrush with custom grip

What are two modifications that special needs children could have for brushing

-first to introduce child to operatory

-Significant role in patient and parent education

-excellent motivator for compliance

-Use creativity and helping special care patients to accomplish oral hygiene

What are the four roles of the dental hygienist in pediatric dentistry?

-goal: quality care with optimum patient cooperation

-Known and unknown fears due to processes of learning, experiences, and condition

-Behavior modification

-Appropriate behavior is reinforced and immediately rewarded

What are the four aspects of behavior management in pediatric dentistry?

Behavior modification

The altering of behavior and emotion in a beneficial manner

-child life/preparatory play

-Tell show do

-Directive guidance

-guided imagery

-flooding (reassurance)

-Medical immobilization

What are six ways of nonpharmacologic behavior management

Protective stabilization

Any manual method, physical, or mechanical device, material, or any equipment that immobilizes or reduces the ability of a patient to move his or her arms, legs, body, or head freely

Emergencies and for special needs patients

When would you use protective stabilization in pediatric dentistry?

Euphemisms

Mild expressions or word substitutions in pediatric dentistry

Communication

What is key in pediatric dentistry?

-nitrous oxide

-other anxiolytic medications: valium, Ativan

-oral conscious sedation

-IV conscious sedation

-General anesthesia

What are five ways of pharmacologic behavior management?

Type two or three

What type of periodontal disease will you not see a lot of in pediatric dentistry

Calculus

What do G-tube fed patients build a lot of quickly?

-develop trust as you listen

-Project confidence

-Give adequate information

-praise child and parent

-Help explain treatment needs

-be friendly

What are the six characteristics to build a relationship between the child, parent, and you?

Operative dentistry

The branch of dentistry which deals with the prevention and treatment of disease of the enamel and dentin of natural teeth

Operative dentistry

Diagnosis, treatments, and prognosis of those defects of teeth, which do not require full coverage for correction

Operative dentistry

Restoration of proper tooth form, function, and esthetics

Whatever is in the mouth goes into the entire body; oral/systemic link

How does operative dentistry enhance the patient's general health and welfare?

Interception

What is the part of operative dentistry where you detect it before it happens

Plasty

Repair or restore to improve form or function, molding, or shaping through a surgical procedure

Sealant for fissured tooth

What is an example of prevention in operative dentistry

-dental caries

-wear

-Trauma

What are the three causes of tooth destruction in operative dentistry?

-abrasion

-Attrition

-abfraction

-erosion

What are the four types of wear in teeth?

Erosion

What can chewing lemons cause?

Macrotrauma (larger) and microtrauma (small)

What are the two types of tooth trauma?

-hereditary enamel, and dentinal disorders

-tetracycline stain

-fluorosis

-Other enamel hypoplasia

-endodontic treated teeth

What are five other factors that caused the need for operative dental care?

Pregnant mothers took the antibiotic tetracycline, and it caused the child's teeth to have staining overtime

What is tetracycline staining caused by?

Fluorosis

What is one type of enamel hypoplasia?

Fluorosis

What type of enamel hypoplasia is related to too much fluoride?

Anatomical classification and. GV Black's system (class I-V)

What are the two classifications of lesions?

-pit and fissure

-smooth surface

What are the two types of anatomical classifications?

Class I

Which class is pits and fissures of all teeth

Class II

Which class involves the proximal surfaces of posterior teeth

Class III

Which class involves the proximal surfaces of anterior teeth

Class IV

Which class involves the proximal surfaces of anterior teeth, which include the incisal angle

Class V

Which class involves the smooth surface carries in the gingival/cervical third of teeth on the facial and lingual surfaces

Class VI

Which class involves the incisal edges of anterior teeth, cusp tips of posterior teeth

Inlay

What type of gold cast does not cover the cusps?

Onlay

What type of gold cast covers the cusps?

Temporary restorations

Provisional restorations are the same as what

A thin metal or acrylic material

What are provisional restorations usually made out of?

-rubber dam isolation

-handpieces- rotary instruments

-Hand instruments

-Matrix- wedge

What are the four types of Armamentarium

Matrix and wedges

What can go in place for class two restoration

Overhang

What can matrix and wedges prevent?

Evaluation of health of gingiva and surrounding bone

What is the hygienist role in operative dentistry when identifying potential causes of irritation or inflammation

Removal of plaque and tartar

What is the hygienists role in operative dentistry when identifying plaque traps, overhangs, light or open contacts?

Polishing all exposed surfaces

What is the hygienist role in operative dentistry when identifying areas of roughness, need for dentist intervention?

-evaluation of health of gingiva and surrounding bone

-Removal of plaque and tartar

-Evaluation of quality of interproximal during flossing

-Polishing all exposed surfaces

What are the four rules of the dental hygienist in operative dentistry?

Prosthodontics

The dental specialty pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment, planning, rehabilitation and maintenance of the oral function, comfort, appearance and health of patients with clinical conditions associated with missing or deficient teeth and/or oral and maxillofacial tissues using biocompatible substitutes

Fixed and removable

What are the two types of prosthodontics?

Fixed prosthodontics

The branch of prosthodontics concerned with the replacement and/or restoration of teeth by artificial substitutes that are not readily removed from the mouth

Crowns and bridges

What are two examples of fixed prosthodontics?

Teeth preparation and provisionals/temporaries

What two things does fixed prosthodontics include before actual treatment

Removable prosthodontics

The branch of prosthodontics concerned with the replacement of teeth and contentious structure for edentulous or partially edentulous patient by artificial substitutes that are removable from the mouth

Maxillofacial Prosthetics

The branch of prosthodontics concerned with the restoration and/or replacement of the stomatognathic and associated facial structures with prostheses that may or may not be removed in a regular or elective basis