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What is Dental Hygiene? |
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 a dental hygienist? |
Oral healthcare preventive specialist |
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What are the four requirements of licensure for a dental hygienist? |
-Graduation from an accredited school -National board exam -Clinical exam -California law and ethics exam |
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What is the Dental Practice Act and what does it define? |
State defined that outlines duties of all dental professionals. Different scopes Define what DH can do and under what supervision. |
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What are the two supervision levels of dental hygiene, define them. |
General Supervision-Dentist gives instructions, but doesn't need to be in the facility. Direct Supervision- 1. Local Anesthesia 2. Administer Nitrous Oxide 3. Soft tissue curettage |
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What duties can a RDH perform under general supervision? |
-Preventive and therapeutic interventions, including oral prophylaxis, scaling, root planing. -Application of topical, therapeutic, and subgingival agents used for caries and periodontal disease. -Take impressions for bleaching trays and application and activation of agents with nonlaser light curing devices. -The taking of impression of bleach trays and placement in office, tooth whitening devices. |
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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, name them. |
Preventive- -Primary: measures carried out so that disease does not occur and it is truly prevented. -Secondary: Invovles the treatment of early disease to prevent further progress of potentially irreversible conditions. -Teritary: Uses methods to replace lost tissues and to rehabilitate the oral cavity. Educational: Behavioral changes directed toward health practices. Therapeutic: Clinical treatment to arrest or control disease. Therapeutic |
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How often must 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 |
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What is our professional organization? |
American Dental Hygienists' Association |
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What is a code of ethics? |
Provide the standards of right and wrong that guide the behavior of its members. |
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What are the two classifications of instruments? |
Assessment or Examination Treatment of Therapeutic |
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What are the three main parts of instruments? |
Handle, functional shank, working end |
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What are the classifications of the functional shank and where are they best used? |
Simple- Anteriors Complex- Posteriors |
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Instruments can be classified by the working end? |
A. Single Ended B. Double Ended -Paired Ended -Unpaired Ended |
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What are the 4 critical times to wash your hands in the clinic? |
-when you enter clinic -before you patient glove -after you remove patient gloves -anytime before leaving the op |
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How long do you hand wash for? |
30 sec. morning, lunch and pm washes 15 sec. in between patients |
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Do you wash after taking your patient gloves off? |
yes |
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Do you wash before putting your patient gloves on? |
yes |
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How long do you purge waterlines in the beginning of of the day? |
2 minutes |
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How long do you purge all waterlines in between patients? |
20 to 30 seconds |
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Can patients close their lips around the suction? |
no |
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Do you put your glasses and mask on after you put your patient care gloves on? |
no |
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What is the pink bucket for? |
Flushing the suction lines |
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Can students leave their operatory with patient care gloves on? |
no |
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what does hair restricted mean? |
up and off the shoulders. no braids or pony tails |
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can lab gowns be worn outside the clinic? |
no |
