TEST BANK FOR COMMUNITY ORAL

HEALTH PRACTICE FOR THE

DENTALHYGIENIST 4TH EDITION

BY BEATTY

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Chapter 02: Careers in Public Health for the Dental Hygienist

Beatty: Community Oral Health Practice for the Dental Hygienist, 4th Edition

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which of the following is the number of years a dental hygiene curriculum has been in

existence?

a. 25

b. 50

c. 75

d. 100

ANS: D

Dr. Alfred Fones started the Fones School of Dental Hygiene in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in

1913. Dr. Fones developed a curriculum for dental hygienists who began work within the

Bridgeport Public School system.

DIF: Application REF: p. 18 OBJ: 1

TOP: PROVISION OF CLINICAL DENTAL HYGIENE SERVICES 7.0 Professional

Responsibility, 7.4 General

2. Which of the following represents the correct rank order, starting with the lowest advanced

degree that a dental hygienist working in public health may attain?

a. Master’s degree, Associate’s degree or certificate, Doctorate degree, Bachelor’s

degree

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c. Associate’s degree or certificate, Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, Doctorate

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d. Bachelor’s degree, Associate’s degree or certificate, Master’s degree, Doctorate

degree

ANS: C

In the public health field, some dental hygienists have an Associate’s degree or certificate, a

Bachelor’s degree, a Master’s degree, a Doctorate degree. Many dental hygienists with

advanced degrees working in public health began their public health careers with the

minimum level of education. They chose to continue their education as their interests

developed, their challenges expanded, and their desire grew to do more for the oral health of

their community.

DIF: Recall REF: p. 19 OBJ: 1

TOP: PROVISION OF CLINICAL DENTAL HYGIENE SERVICES 7.0 Professional

Responsibility, 7.4 General

3. In private practice, the individual patient is your focus; in public health, your patient is which

of the following?

a. Legislature

b. Community

c. Colleague

d. Department of Social Services

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ANS: B

The community is your patient. Your responsibilities will advance beyond individual clinical

care, although in many positions, individual care still remains a very important duty. Public

health takes you into the realm of program development, implementation, and evaluation and

offers an opportunity to work with various populations, other professionals, agencies,

financing mechanisms, and rules and regulations.

DIF: Recall REF: p. 19 OBJ: 2

TOP: COMMUNITY HEALTH/RESEARCH PRINCIPLES 2.0 Participating in Community

Programs, 2.1 Assessing Populations and Defining Objectives

4. According to a national report (Oral Health in America), the Surgeon General revealed which

of the following type of disparity among specific groups in oral health status and access to

dental care?

a. Negligible

b. Slight

c. Moderate

d. Profound

ANS: D

There are profound disparities among specific groups in oral health status and access to dental

care in the United States. Federal agencies and state governments are addressing these gaps in

access to oral health care through legislation and policy development.

DIF: Application REF: p. 19 OBJ: 2

TOP: COMMUNITY HEALTH/RESEARCH PRINCIPLES 2.0 Participating in Community

Programs, 2.1 Assessing PopulaNtionRs anId DGefiniBng.OCbjeMctives

5. At the 2009 Access to Dental Care Summit, the American Dental Association (ADA) listed

which of the following along with nationwide evaluation, standards, and regulations as a

long-term strategy for improving access to dental care for underserved populations?

a. Expansion and distribution of a well-trained workforce

b. Construction of a network of community centers similar to the VA’shospitals

c. Fluoridation of salt

d. Expansion in both the number and size of existing dental schools

ANS: A

The ADA listed an expansion and distribution of a well-trained workforce as a long-term

strategy in improving access to dental care for underserved populations. Under this heading,

midlevel providers in dentistry were discussed, and models are being developed and reviewed.

DIF: Recall REF: pp. 23-25|Table 2-3 OBJ: 2

TOP: COMMUNITY HEALTH/RESEARCH PRINCIPLES 1.0 Promoting Health and Preventing

Disease within Groups

6. One of the guiding principles for creating access to oral health care through legislation and

policy development is to encourage which of the following?

a. Restriction of funding for dental services

b. Increasing the scope of dental hygienists’ duties

c. Compliance with repayment of educational loans

d. Elimination of dental benefits through existing public insurance programs

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