A dental hygienist employed by a dental clinic at a federal prison would like to implement a program to reduce plaque for the female prisoners. She has worked at the prison for three years and has noticed a very high prevalence of gingivitis and periodontal disease in the prisoners. The warden has given her permission to conduct a pilot program with funding for additional supplies and increased working hours. One of the first steps the dental hygienist performed was to distribute a survey to the 75 female prisoners in the pilot program. The survey data indicated that 65% brush daily, 10% floss on a regular basis, and 80% of dental emergencies are due to toothaches. Use this information to answer questions 16-20 To further ascertain the dental needs of the prisoners, which of the following quantitative data collection methods should be utilized?

A dental hygienist employed by a children’s hospital dental clinic is responsible for coordinating programs to serve medically compromised children in the service area.  The population consists of a mix of diverse SES and ethnic groups.  The dental hygienist’s responsibilities include managing the clinic that provides dental and dental hygiene treatment for the children, training hospital staff in the daily oral care of hospitalized children,  serving as a resource to the hospital staff, conducting oral hygiene educational programs for clinic patients and their parents, and supervising the distribution of self-care fluoride products.  The effectiveness of the educational programs is evaluated by comparing pre-test and post-test scores of knowledge and oral health behavior of the clinic patients.    Answer questions #28-32 Which of the following are the three characteristics that compose epidemiologic factors of disease? Select the three answers that apply  

A high school class of ten physically challenged students, 14-19 years of age, shows a need for improved oral hygiene. The high school nurse has asked the districts dental hygienist to assess their needs and to work with the nurse to implement a dental public health program for these students. The dental hygienist plans to set up a portable dental unit to orally screen the students and to implement an evaluative tool to understand the dental health knowledge of the group. Additionally, the hygienist plans to provide oral hygiene instruction each month during the remainder of the school year and the nurse will follow up with the instructions once a week.  The O’Learys plaque score at the initial assessment of the class was:  25%, 25%, 50%, 50%, 60%, 60%, 60%, 75%, 75%, and 100% The mean score for OHI-S score of the ten students was 4.8 Use this information to answer questions 22 – 27. Which of the following represents the mean of the O’Learys plaque score?

A dental hygienist, new to the community, learns from friends and clients of the popularity of sports teams for children from ages 3 through 12. Noticing the apparent lack of preventive measures to protect against oral and head injuries, she becomes particularly concerned about the child and adolescent population within this community. As a first step toward developing a community-based plan to prevent sports injuries for all participants in this target group, the dental hygienist consults with the high school athletic coach. While researching community resources she learns of a school-based nutrition program but also discovers that no funding for oral health exists. Use this information for #66-67The high school athletic coach invites the dental hygienist to make a presentation on “Preventing Health Problems in the Oral Cavity.” Based on the target group, all of the following may be appropriate topics to cover EXCEPT one. Which one is the EXCEPTION?

A group of students was interested in conducting an outreach program at their nearest long term facility with elderly patients. They were interested in caries risk, so they asked for 25 volunteers one evening during a health fair event and conducted open mouth exams using explorers, mirrors, and the lights from their loupes. They used a caries index and a dry mouth index to assess caries experience and xerostomia then conducted a 6-month program and a study. They had one half of the group using Biotene and Xylitol products daily and gave the other half of the group fluoride varnish applications every 3 months. At the midpoint and at the end they evaluated their patients in the program. Use this information to answers questions #1-5.    What caries index would be appropriate for this population group?

A high school class of ten physically challenged students, 14-19 years of age, shows a need for improved oral hygiene. The high school nurse has asked the districts dental hygienist to assess their needs and to work with the nurse to implement a dental public health program for these students. The dental hygienist plans to set up a portable dental unit to orally screen the students and to implement an evaluative tool to understand the dental health knowledge of the group. Additionally, the hygienist plans to provide oral hygiene instruction each month during the remainder of the school year and the nurse will follow up with the instructions once a week.  The O’Learys plaque score at the initial assessment of the class was:  25%, 25%, 50%, 50%, 60%, 60%, 60%, 75%, 75%, and 100% The mean score for OHI-S score of the ten students was 4.8 Use this information to answer questions 22 – 27. Based on the severity of the physical disabilities, the dental hygienist may need to make accommodations for all of the following EXCEPT one. Which one is the EXCEPTION?

A high school class of ten physically challenged students, 14-19 years of age, shows a need for improved oral hygiene. The high school nurse has asked the districts dental hygienist to assess their needs and to work with the nurse to implement a dental public health program for these students. The dental hygienist plans to set up a portable dental unit to orally screen the students and to implement an evaluative tool to understand the dental health knowledge of the group. Additionally, the hygienist plans to provide oral hygiene instruction each month during the remainder of the school year and the nurse will follow up with the instructions once a week.  The O’Learys plaque score at the initial assessment of the class was:  25%, 25%, 50%, 50%, 60%, 60%, 60%, 75%, 75%, and 100% The mean score for OHI-S score of the ten students was 4.8 Use this information to answer questions 22 – 27. Which of the following represents the mode for the O’Learys plaque score?

A dental hygienist employed by a children’s hospital dental clinic is responsible for coordinating programs to serve medically compromised children in the service area.  The population consists of a mix of diverse SES and ethnic groups.  The dental hygienist’s responsibilities include managing the clinic that provides dental and dental hygiene treatment for the children, training hospital staff in the daily oral care of hospitalized children,  serving as a resource to the hospital staff, conducting oral hygiene educational programs for clinic patients and their parents, and supervising the distribution of self-care fluoride products.  The effectiveness of the educational programs is evaluated by comparing pre-test and post-test scores of knowledge and oral health behavior of the clinic patients.   Answer questions #28-31 The primary role of the public health dental hygienist in this scenario is to provide direct patient treatment.  The dental hygienist’s role in this program is primarily coordination, training, and serving as a resource that fulfills the role of the public health hygienist. 

22) ________ differ from one another in their number of neutrons and atomic mass.          A) Electrolytes B) Cations C) Anions D) Isotopes

30) ________ is the substrate of ________.A) Galactose; lactoseB) Sucrase; sucroseC) Lactase; glucoseD) Glucose; lactoseE) Lactose; lactase