If your patient possesses an Internal Locus of Control,  they might believe that they will lose their teeth at an early age because their mom lost her teeth early in her life, therefore it isn’t important to brush and floss regularly.

“What do you like the least about the idea of using an electric toothbrush?” is an example of which strategy.

In regards to cultural competence, all of the following are good strategies to use during a confrontation to not “explain away” a microaggression, EXCEPT:

The ‘past efforts’ strategy is used to explore the level of importance a patient places on a making a behavior change. It recommends viewing past failures as a tool to plan more successful attempts in the future.

You’ve just had a really successful appointment with your patient John. John knew he had a cavity under his crown, understood he could lose the tooth if it worsened (and he believed it could), and understood that a new crown would benefit his issue. Using open-ended questions, you were able to find out the reason John was not making the behavior change was that he could not afford the crown. You were able to set John with a payment plan offered by your office, and now he has scheduled the appointment for next week. In this appointment, you were able to overcome John’s _______________ based on the Health Belief Model.

Inadequacies in which category of the social determinants of health is considered to be the most detrimental to the well-being of children?

An open treatment room (opened doors for example) would be considered which type of obstacle to good communication.

Culture is a pattern of behavior that includes (select all that apply):

Human Hepatitis Viruses A – E have varying infectious pathways. Explain how you can catch each (A-E). (4 points)

What are the two main things that Katrina Van Tassel is known for?