Exam 2: The Prevention Movement

Mass education products developed by dental supply companies should be critiqued by the dental hygienist before distributing to ensure ________.

Tobacco cessation programs emphasize which step(s) of intervention?

The first constituent dental hygiene association was started in ________.

Diet plays a major role in the etiology of dental caries.

Fones believed that the dental hygienist could best serve society by practicing ________.

Dental hygienists initially practiced in which setting(s)?

Community water fluoridation is especially beneficial for which target population?

Community water fluoridation works both systemically and topically.

One mission of the American Dental Hygienists' Association is to ________.

Dental hygienists provide diagnostic and therapeutic services aimed at attaining and maintaining oral health.

Dental hygienists should work with which target population when aiming community promotional activities at the importance of a healthy diet in oral health?

The only valid opposition ever utilized in relation to fluoridating public water supplies was ________.

The fundamental requirement for all health information pamphlets provided to consumers is that they must be ________.

Dental hygiene was historically founded as which type of profession?

Which state allows for the reduced educational preparation of the dental hygienist?

Dental hygiene is the only health care profession based exclusively on which type of care?

If dental sealants remain on an occlusal surface, they should be 100% effective in reducing occlusal decay.

Many state dental associations initially were opposed to the dental hygiene profession because ________.

Some theories suggest that xylitol decreases dental decay ________.

Although the U.S. Surgeon General's Report was published in 2000, Fones started dental hygiene in the early 1900s based on the premise that dental health affects ________.