Clinical Practice Of The Dental Hygienist Box 1.1

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American Dental Hygienists Associaton

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ADHA

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Canadian Dental Hygienists Association

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CDHA

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continuing education unit; 1 unit commonly refers to 1 clock hour of instruction

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CEU

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the skills, understanding, and professional values of an individual ready for beginning dental hygiene practice

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Competency

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postlicensure short-term edu experiences for refresher, updating, and renewal; continuing education units may be required for relicensure.

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Continuing Education

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term used to describe the relationships between patient, dentist, and dental hygienist when coordinating the efforts to attain and maintain the oral health of the patient

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Cotherapist

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the science and practice of the prevention of oral diseases; the integrated preventive and treatment services administered for a patient by a dental hygienist.

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Dental Hygiene care

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the services within the framework of the total treatment plan to be carried out by the dental hygienist

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Dental hygiene care plan

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identification of an existing or potential oral health problem that a dental hygienist is qualified and licensed to treat.

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Dental hygiene diagnosis

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an organized systematic group of activities that provides the framework for delivering quality dental hygiene care

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Dental hygiene process of care

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dental health specialist whose primary concern is the maintenance of oral health and the prevention of oral disease

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Dental hygienist

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the evaluation, diagnosis, prevention, and or treatment of diseases, disorders, and or conditions of the oral cavity, maxillofacial area, and the adjacent and associated structures and their impact on the human body, provided by a dentist, within the scope of his or her education, training and experience in accordance with the ethics of profession and applicable law (American Dental Asso)

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Dentistry

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state of physical , mental, and social well being not only the absence of disease

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health

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the process of enabling people to increase control and improve their health through self-care mutual aid, and the creation of healthy environments

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health promotion

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the science of health and its preservation; a conditon or practice such as cleanliness, that is conductive to the preservation of health

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Hygiene

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International Federation of Dental Hygienists

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IFDH

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procedures for preservation of health of the oral cavity; personal maintenance of cleanliness and other measures recommended by dental professionals

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oral hygiene

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an action taken by a dental hygienist to maintain or restore a patients optimal oral health

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Intervention

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acceptance for licensure by a regulatory body (state, province) on the evidence from a license obtained in another state where equivalent standards and requirements are required; also called reciprocity, a mutual or cooperative exchange

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License by credential

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employs the techniques and agents to abort the onset of disease , to reverse the progress of the initial stages of disease, or to arrest the disease process before treatment becomes necessary

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primary healthcare

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occupation or calling that requires specialized knowledge, methods, and skills, as well as preparation from an institution of higher learning, in the scholarly, scientific, and historic principles underlying such methods and skills; a profession continuously enlarges its body of knowledge, functions autonomously in formulation of policy, and maintains high standards of achievement and conduct; members of a profession are to continuing study, place service above personal gain, and are committed to providing practical services vital to human and social welfare.

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profession

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a forecast of the probable course and outcome of the treatment of a condition or disease.

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Prognosis

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term applied to a legal relationship between dentist and dental team members in practice. Each practice act defines the type of supervision required.

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Supervision

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the science of the prevention and treatment of oral disease through the provison of educational, assessment, preventive, clinical, and other therapeutic services in a collaborative working relationship with a consulting dentist, but without general supervision.

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Collaborative Practice of Dental Hygiene

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The dentis has diagnosed and authorized the condition to be treated, remains on the premises while the procedure is performed, and approves the work performed before dismissal of the patient

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Direct supervision

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the dentist has authorized the procedure for a patient of recrod but need not be present when the authorized procedure is carried out by a licensed dental hygienist. The procedure is carried out in accordance with the dentists diagnosis and treatment plan

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General Supervision

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while the dentist is personally treating a patient, the dental hygienist is authorized to aid in the treatment by concurrently performing a supportive procedure

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Personal supervision