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Public Health and Dental Hygiene Quiz
Test your knowledge on public health and dental hygiene with our comprehensive quiz! This 50-question assessment covers a wide range of topics, ensuring that you are well-informed about key issues affecting dental public health.
Whether you're a student, educator, or enthusiast, this quiz is designed to challenge your understanding and provide valuable insights.
- Engaging multiple-choice questions
- Covers dental public health topics
- Perfect for students and professionals alike
Which of the following includes the research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems?
Assessment
Policy Development
Assurance
Serving All Functions
None of these
Dental public health is a component of ________.
Public Affairs
Public Relations
Public Health
Community Affairs
Both Public Affairs and Community Affairs
Certain populations face barriers to dental care in the United States.
True
False
Many individuals present to emergency rooms for care when experiencing dental-related pain and infection.
True
False
Dental public health functions need to be secured and implemented across all areas to ensure the same level of ________.
Coverage
Quality
Performance
All of these
None of these
Fones believed that the dental hygienist could best serve society by practicing ________.
In the dental hygiene school
In the private sector
Restorative dentistry in school clinics
Outside the dental practice, in non-dental settings
None of these
The only valid opposition ever utilized in relation to fluoridating public water supplies was ________.
A Communist plot
An abuse of police power
The cause of AIDS
Forced medicine
A violation of personal freedom
Dental hygiene is the only health care profession based exclusively on which type of care?
Restoration
Rehabilitation
Prevention
Urgent
Emergency
Dental hygienists should work with which target population when aiming community promotional activities at the importance of a healthy diet in oral health?
Dentists
Physicians
Nurses
Dieticians
Teachers
Dental hygienists have the ability to improve total health by ________.
Applying laminates
Restoring teeth
Preventing dental diseases
Managing health care
None of these
Which federal department oversees the dental care of the military?
Justice
Veterans' Affairs
Defense
Federal Investigations
None of these
The federal entity that is charged with providing a system of health surveillance to monitor and prevent outbreaks of disease is the ________.
National Institutes of Health
Institute of Medicine
National Institutes of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Food and Drug Administration
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The agency responsible for the Early Head Start and Head Start programs is the ________.
Children's Health Insurance Programs
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Administration for Children and Families
Administration on Aging
None of these
Landmark reports suggest that the current dental care system in the United States ________.
Does not ensure oral health for all
Is superior to other countries
Focuses too much on prevention
Both Does not ensure oral health for all and Is superior to other countries
All of these
Which position is responsible for the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps?
Surgeon General
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Admiral of Health
Secretary of Defense
None of these
In some countries, dental hygienists are not allowed to practice dental hygiene ________.
Without the presence of a doctor
Within a hospital
Without the presence of a dentist
Within the military
None of these
The International Federation of Dental Hygienists is composed of how many countries?
26
13
10
20
None of these
Dental hygienists worldwide are becoming more educated with longer training requirements.
True
False
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a self-governing, multilateral entity that developed the ________.
International Federation of Dental Hygienists
Shepherd's Hook Explorer
Global Oral Data Bank
Federation Dentaire International
None of these
A formally trained and registered dental hygiene provider is more likely to receive public confidence.
True
False
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?
Transtheoretical model
Healthy belief model
Five-dimensional model
Quality-of-life model
None of these
Maslow's hierarchy of needs is arranged in ________.
Lower to higher level needs
Alphabetical order
Multidimensional fields
Psychological steps
None of these
When using the five-dimensional health model, a patient's trust in a dental hygienist would be a positive input to which dimension?
Mental
Physical
Psychological
Spiritual
Emotional
The teaching of health behaviors that bring an individual to a state of health awareness is termed health ________.
Instruction
Assessment
Education
Promotion
None of these
The creation of a dental hygiene operatory section in the city's children's museum by the local dental hygiene association would be which type of activity?
Health promotion
Health education
Health instruction
Health assessment
None of these
Development of broad goals for the presentation occurs during which stage?
Evaluation
Planning
Dental hygiene diagnosis
Assessment
Both Evaluation and Dental hygiene diagnosis
A verb from the affective domain is ________.
Persuade
Appreciate
Realize
Have faith
None of these
An appropriate objective for a presentation given to the physician's assistants on dental disease etiology is: Following the presentation, the physician's assistants will be able to describe the dental caries process in compliance with the presented information.
True
False
Which learning level implies that knowledge is gained?
Problem solving
Application
Psychomotor
Knowledge
None of these
Which teaching method uses problem-based learning skills?
Discussion
Inquiry
Case reviews
Lecture
None of these
The activity of professionals who work with individuals/communities to enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning is referred to as ________.
Cultural diversity
Social work
Dental hygiene
Nursing
None of these
A presentation provided to pregnant women should include information on early childhood caries.
True
False
What is a group of individuals with some similarities?
Cohort
Study group
Target population
Needs assessment
None of these
What group of disease damages a person's joints?
Arthritis
Crohn's disease
Asthma
Depression
All of these
What age group is interested in obtaining knowledge and continuing to strive for independence?
Infants
Pregnant women
Older adults
Elementary school-age children
None of these
A term used to describe an individual assimilating to another culture by assuming its practices and beliefs is ________.
Ethnocentric
Acculturate
Cross-cultural
Cultural diversity
Ll of these
What is the belief that because the patient looks like the health care provider, there are no cultural differences?
Ethnocentric
Ethnocultural
Blind spot
All of these
None of these
The difference between a child's actual level of development shown by unassisted performance and his or her potential level as indicated by assisted performance is termed ________.
Social-cognitive space
Stages of space
Proximal theory
Stages of development
None of these
Minority populations are still underrepresented in the health professions.
Truwe
False
Communication can be accomplished ________.
Orally
In writing
By body language
Both In writing and By body language
All of these
During which stage are the goals/objectives measured?
Assessment
Implementation
Evaluation
Dental hygiene diagnosis
Planning
The planning and implementation flowchart does not leave room to identify alternative strategies.
True
False
During which stage does the dental hygienist develop a blueprint?
Planning
Dental hygiene diagnosis
Implementation
Evaluation
Assessment
LA VOY A BUSCAR Y LA ESTUDIAMOS APARTE
During which stage does the dental hygienist consider the population's needs, facilities, resources, and funding?
Planning
Dental hygiene diagnosis
Assessment
Implementation
Evaluation
The Treatment Priority Index assesses ________.
Malocclusion
Restorative marginations
Gingival marginations
Both Malocclusion and Restorative marginations
None of these
What is the numerical value describing the status of a given population?
Dental category
Dental screening
Dental exam
Dental index
Both Dental category and Dental exam
When studying decreases in dental caries experiences, Healthy People 2010 measures the percentage of persons with at least three teeth extracted due to caries.
True
False
Which is (are) included as (an) area(s) of oral health evaluation?
Tooth loss
Dental caries
Access to care
Both Dental caries and Access to care
All of these
The focus on evaluation should occur during which stage of the program?
Evaluation
Assessment
Implementation
Planning
All of these
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