Community Dental Health Review Questions
Course Introduction
Community Dental Health focuses on the principles and practices that promote oral health within populations through preventive, educational, and organized community-based measures. The course examines the epidemiology of oral diseases, strategies for assessing community dental needs, and the design and implementation of public health programs. Students learn about the role of dental professionals in health promotion, disease prevention, advocacy, and policy development. Emphasis is placed on understanding social determinants of health, evidence-based intervention strategies, and the ethical and cultural considerations in delivering dental care at the community level.
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Community Oral Health Practice for the Dental Hygienist 4th Edition by Christine French Beatty
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Chapter 1: People's Health: An Introduction
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Q1) The number of children affected by violence each year is which of the following?
A) More than 1 billion
B) Less than 1 billion
C) 750 million
D) One third of the child population
Answer: A
Q2) Which public health component is equivalent to diagnosis in private practice?
A) Survey
B) Analysis
C) Program planning
D) Program evaluation
Answer: B
Q3) Community water fluoridation:
A) reaches all people, regardless of socioeconomic status.
B) requires several years of application before positive effects can be measured.
C) proves to be more of a financial burden than restorative treatment.
D) only meets five of the seven characteristics considered to be an effective solution to the problem of dental decay.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Careers in Public Health for the Dental Hygienist
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of primary prevention?
A) An amalgam restoration
B) Dentures
C) Dental prophylaxis
D) Implants
Answer: C
Q2) 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
Answer: B
Q3) The midlevel provider created by the ADHA in 2004 is which of the following?
A) Dental technician
B) Advanced dental hygiene supervisor
C) Advanced dental hygiene practitioner
D) Dental therapist
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Assessment for Community Oral Health Program Planning
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Q1) Principal factors analyzed in epidemiology are which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
A) Time
B) Clinical proficiency
C) Distribution
D) Occurrences
E) Barriers to care
Answer: A, C, D
Q2) Epidemiology in public health has many uses EXCEPT which of the following?
A) Evaluate a community topical fluoride application program.
B) Dental fee increases by zip code.
C) Describe the use of chewing gum among American Indians.
D) Predict morbidity.
Answer: B
Q3) Which of the following is important in data collection?
A) Narrowing the focus so that time is not wasted in conducting a broad search.
B) Organizing an inventory of the information.
C) Carefully compiling information from primary sources.
D) Understanding the anticipated outcome.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Measuring Oral Health Status and Progress
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Q1) Healthy People 2020 has been designed to redirect attention from health care to which of the following?
A) Health marketing
B) Health costs
C) Health determinants
D) Health systems
Q2) Which of the following have been stressed by several agencies and national organizations as important to the routine collection of data on oral health outcomes, risk factors, and intervention strategies?
A) Private dental offices
B) Dental and dental hygiene schools
C) Oral health surveillance systems
D) Community health facilities
Q3) When the health of a community is assessed, oral health is found to be an important concern for (Select all that apply.)
A) Children
B) Adults
C) Elderly people
D) None of above
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Chapter 5: Population Health
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Q1) Private dental practices tend to be disproportionately concentrated in which of the following?
A) Cities
B) Suburban areas
C) Rural areas
D) Areas served by mass transit systems
Q2) The group most impacted by ACA is which of the following?
A) The very young (ages up to 2 years)
B) Teenagers (ages 13 to 19)
C) Young adults (ages 19 to 25)
D) The elderly (ages 70+)
Q3) Factors most impacting tooth loss were which of the following?
A) Age and education
B) Education and gender
C) Age and low income
D) Low income and education
Q4) Of the following, which has the lowest 5-year cancer survival rate?
A) Localized
B) Metastasized
C) Spread to regional lymph nodes
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Chapter 6: Oral Health Programs in the Community
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Q1) Approximately what percentage of the states have full-time dental directors who provide leadership and guidance in the planning, funding, and implementation of oral health promotion programs for the residents of the states they serve?
A) 50%
B) 66%
C) 88%
D) 95%
Q2) Which of the following helps define a best-practice approach to oral health programs?
A) Practices that seem to be true over time
B) Practices seen in clinical practice
C) Practices that are supported by evidence for impact and effectiveness
D) The consensus of what clinicians believe is true
Q3) Which of the following is the most cost-effective, most practical, and safest means of preventing tooth decay?
A) Dental sealants
B) Regular dental visits
C) Community water fluoridation
D) Fluoride varnish
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Chapter 7: Applied Research
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Q1) Which test allows for comparison among three or more sample means by analyzing interactions between and among the variances of the multiple groups?
A) Independent t-test
B) T-test for dependent samples
C) Nonparametric inferential statistics
D) Analysis of variance (ANOVA)
Q2) Interrater reliability refers to which of the following?
A) The extent that two or more raters obtain the same result when using the same instrument to measure a concept
B) The same rater making the same assessment on two or more occasions
C) Gathering data that were intended to be collected
D) a and c
Q3) Which of the following scales of measurement is the most powerful?
A) Nominal
B) Ordinal
C) Interval
D) Ratio
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Chapter 8: Health Promotion and Health Communication
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Q1) Behavior that leads to improved oral health can be affected at three levels-intrapersonal, interpersonal, and which of the following?
A) Community
B) Global
C) Universal
D) Relational
Q2) According to the social learning theory, what needs to be done to reinforce self-efficacy?
A) Provide information and training about action.
B) Point out strengths, use persuasion and encouragement, and approach behavioral change in small steps.
C) Point out others' experiences and physical changes and identify role models to emulate.
D) Involve the individual and relevant others and work to change the environment, if warranted.
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Chapter 9: Social Responsibility
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Q1) What percentage of the physical injuries from physical abuse involves the head, face, mouth, and neck?
A) 25%-35%
B) 40%-55%
C) 60%
D) 65%-75%
Q2) Social responsibility includes which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
A) A broad term meaning people and organizations are to behave ethically
B) A term applicable to corporate and government, but not to individuals
C) A government's responsibility to promote health and well-being to the public
D) A responsibility to impact the financial status of private practice
Q3) When a dental hygienist suspects that a child patient is a victim of abuse or neglect, which of the following principles applies?
A) The hygienist is bound by patient confidentiality and should not tell anyone.
B) The parent or caregiver should be confronted.
C) The dental professional is required by law to report any information to the appropriate authorities.
D) The hygienist is bound by a moral code but not by any law to report it.
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Chapter 10: Cultural Competence
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Q1) The greatest increase in population between the 2000 and 2010 Census is which of the following?
A) Black/African American
B) Hispanic/Latino
C) Asian American
D) Pacific Islander
Q2) Whole-person and comprehensive care is a principle of which of the following?
A) A health-literate organization
B) The ETHNIC model of cross-cultural communication
C) Patient- and family-centered oral care
D) Kleinman's explanatory model of illness
Q3) The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, understand, and communicate basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions is the definition of which of the following?
A) Patient-centered care
B) Cultural sensitivity
C) Health literacy
D) Quality of care
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Chapter 11: Service-Learning: Preparing Dental Hygienists
for Collaborative Practice
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Q1) Service-learning (SL) is a substitute for traditional classroom instruction; it assists in the learning pursuit.
A) Both statements are true.
B) Both statements are false.
C) The first statement is true; the second statement is false.
D) The first statement is false; the second statement is true.
Q2) Which of the following surveys identifies opportunities and constraints that could impact the future of an organization?
A) Basic screening survey
B) Environmental scan
C) BSS oral health survey
D) Public health survey
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a value necessary for effective interdisciplinary teamwork?
A) Honesty
B) Expertise
C) Humility
D) Curiosity
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