What is a dental hygienist?
-licensed primary healthcare professional
-oral health educator
-clinician who provides preventive, educational, and therapeutic services supporting total health for the control of oral diseases and the promotion of oral health.
Dental hygiene support oral health in a variety of settings such as:
-General and specialty dental practices,
-Public health programs
-Research centers
-Professional education institutions
-Hospital and residential care facilities
-Federal programs including armed services
-Corporate industries
Dental Hygienists are found serving in several interrelated roles, including:
-Clinicians
-Corporate
-Public Health
-Researcher
-Educator
-Administrator
-Entrepreneur
Dental Hygiene Practice Is:
-Within the wide span of dental hygiene practice areas, dental hygienists may serve in a variety of capacities.
-With the challenges brought about by the advances in scientific research and the changes in healthcare systems, the scope of practice has wide
General Supervision
The dentist has authorized the procedure for a pt of record but need not be present when the authorized procedure is carried out by a licensed dental hygienist. The procedure is carried out in accordance with the dentist's diagnosis and treatment plan.
Direct Supervision is:
The dentist has diagnosed and authorized the condition to be treated, remains on the premises while the procedure is preformed, and approves the work performed before dismissal of the pt
Direct Access Supervision is:
The dental hygienist can provide service as determined appropriate during assessment without specific authorization. This type of supervision is usually provided in specific public health settings.
Remote Supervision is:
The supervising dentist is not onsite. Communication between collaborating oral health practitioners is provided through use of current technologies. Sometimes referred to as teledentistry-assisted, affiliated dental hygiene practice.
Independent Practice is:
The dental hygienist can provide services within the scope of dental hygiene practice in any setting and without authorization or supervision by a dentist.
Dental hygiene care is used to indicate:
All integrated preventive, educational and treatment services administered to a patient by a dental hygienist
What term is parallel to the commonly used term dental care, which refers to the services provided by the dentist?
Dental hygiene care, which refers to the services provided by the hygienist.
What are preventive services?
The methods employed by the clinician and/or patient to promote and maintain oral health.
What are educational services?
The strategies developed for an individual or a group to elicit behaviors directed toward health.
What are therapeutic services?
Clinical treatments designed to arrest or control disease and maintain oral tissues in health.
Clinical dental hygiene services have a limited long-range probability of success if:
The patient does not understand the need for cooperation in daily procedures of personal care, diet and for regular appointments for professional care.
Educational and clinical services are:
Are mutually dependent and inseparable in the total dental hygiene care of the patient.
Who is considered "the father of dental hygiene"?
Dr. Alfred C. Fones
What is the greatest service the dental hygienist can perform?
The persistent education of the public in mouth hygiene and the allied branches of general hygiene.
Scientific information about the prevention of oral diseases has been:
Advancing steadily.
The clinical practice of the dental hygienist integrates:
Specific care with instructional services required by the individual patient.
Primary prevention:
Measures carried out so that disease does not occur and is truly prevented.
Secondary prevention:
Treatment of early disease to prevent further progress of potentially irreversible conditions that could lead to extensive rehabilitative treatment or even tooth loss.
Tertiary prevention:
Replace lost tissues and to rehabilitate the oral cavity to nearly normal function after secondary prevention has not been successful.
The greatest service a hygienist can perform is the:
Persistent education of the public in oral hygiene and the allied branches of general health.
Clinical treatments are:
Designed to arrest or control disease and maintain oral tissues in health.
Dental hygiene treatment services include:
-All integral parts of the total treatment procedures.
-All scaling and root debridement, along with the steps in post treatment care are parts of the therapeutic phase in the treatment of periodontal infections.
What are the different types of dental specialties?
-Dental Public Health
-Endodontics
-Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
-Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
-Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
-Pediatric Dentistry
-Periodontics
-Prosthodontics
-Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
-Dental Hygiene Specialties
What are the different types of dental hygiene specialties?
-Master degree or doctoral degree in
-Dental hygiene education
-Health behavior and education
-Public health and health policy
-Nutrition and dietetics
-Business and administration
-Law
What is an advanced practice of dental hygiene?
-Called Advanced Dental Hygiene Practitioner or Advanced Dental Therapist
-Mid-level provider, master's degree level
-Used for underserved areas and practice collaboratively under a dentist
-Clinical role - remove caries, placement of stainless steel crow
What are the objectives for you professional practice?
-Overall goals
-Personal Goals
-Clinical Practice Goals
-Use evidence based knowledge
-Recognize each is patient is an individual
-Practice safe and efficient
What are the six components of the dental hygiene process of care?
-Assessment
-Diagnosis
-Planning
-Implementation
-Evaluation
-Documentation
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