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16 Cards in this Set
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What is Dental Hygiene?
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The study of preventive oral healthcare, including the management of behaviors to prevent oral disease and to promote health
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What is another name for dental hygienists?
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Oral health preventive specialist
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What are the 4 requirements of licensure for a dental hygienist????? |
1) National Board exam > 75% 2) State Clinical Board exam >75% 3) Jurisprudence Examination 4) CA Law and Ethics Exam |
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What is the Dental Practice Act? What does is define? |
It is a Statutory Laws set by Legislation of California. It defines the duties or space of practice that are allowed for dentist, dental hygienist and dental auxiliaries |
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What are the two supervision levels of dental hygiene? Define them? |
1) General supervision: procedures on instructions given by a licensed dentist who is NOT physically required to be present; 2) Direct supervision: Licensed dentist is REQUIRED to be present in the facility; |
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What are duties that RDH perform under general supervision? |
1) Preventive and therapeutic interventions ( prophylaxis,scaling and root planing) 2) Application of topical, therapeutic, and sub gingival agents used for the control of caries and periodontal disease 3) Impressions for bleaching trays, activation agents with NONlaser, light-curing devices 4)Impressions for bleaching trays and placements of in-office tooth whitening devices |
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What duties can a RDH perform under direct supervision? |
1) Soft tissue curettage 2) Administration of Local anesthesia 3)Administration of nitrous oxide and Oxygen |
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Dental Hygiene care denotes all integrated preventive and treatment services administered to a patient. They can be subdivided into 3 services: |
1) Preventive Services: -Primary: measures taken so disease does not occur ( disease does not exist yet) -Secondary: treatment of early disease ( disease still reversible) -Tertiary: treatment to replace lost tissue and rehabilitate the oral health 2) Educational Services: behavioral changes directed toward health practices 3)Therapeutic services: clinical treatment to arrest or control disease. |
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How often a RDH renew their license? |
Every 2 years |
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How many continuing education units must one take? |
25 units |
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What is our regulatory board? |
Dental Hygiene Committee of California (DHCC): only CA has it |
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What is our professional organization? |
American Dental Hygienists' Association |
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What are the 2 classification of instruments? |
1) Assessment ( examination) instruments 2) Therapeutic ( treatment) instruments |
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What are the 3 main parts of an instrument? |
1) Handle (has different sizes) 2) Shank ( functional and terminal) -Rigid: curet and sickle -flexible: explorer 3) Working end |
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What are the classification of the functional shank and where are they best used? |
1) Simple shank ( straighter): for use on anterior teeth 2) Complex shank ( with bents): for use on posterior teeth |
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Instruments can be classified by the working end????? |
1)Sickles/ Scalers 2)Curets 3)Periodontal Files 4)Explorer/ Periodontal Probe ??? |
