ODP EXAM 1 – Objectives Exam
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Define a Dental Hygienist: - is a licensed professional oral health
educator and clinical operator who, as an auxiliary to the dentist, uses
preventive, therapeutic, and educational methods for the control of oral
diseases to aid...
Define a Dental Hygienist: - ✔✔is a licensed professional oral health
educator and clinical operator who, as an auxiliary to the dentist, uses
preventive, therapeutic, and educational methods for the control of oral
diseases to aid individuals and groups in attaining and maintaining
optimum oral health.
Summarize the development of the dental hygiene Profession: - ✔✔a.
1800s: earliest accounts of prophy angle/pastes by Dr. Alfred C. Fones
(father of dental prophylaxis)
b. 1879: first publication of article advocating polishing of teeth by G.A.
Mills (no directions for procedures included)
c. 1898: spoke before the Washington City Dental Society & Northeastern
Dental Society about the effects of prophylaxes on disease prevention.
d. 1900: Dr. Smith offered 2 exhibits of his patients in his office
e. 1906: Dr. Fones trained his dental assistant (niece) to scale and polish
teeth
, f. 1907: Irene Newman (niece) performed the first prophylaxis
g. 1913: Dr. Fones started a school for dental hygienists (Forsyth Institute)
h. 1915: 27 women graduated in the first class.
i. 1960: dramatic increase in numbers of 2 year programs
Seven roles that ADHA defines for the dental hygienist & give examples: -
✔✔a. Education: schools, hospitals and long term care facilities, private
dental practices and community-based clinics
b. Assessment: in the practice
c. Diagnosis: in the practice
d. Prevention: in the practice
e. Therapy: in the practice
f. Research: universities, corporations, government agencies
g. Administration: program director in clinical, educational or corporate
settings
Discuss the role of the dental hygienist within the dental team: - ✔✔a. Data
collection including vital signs, medical/dental history, intra and extra-oral
exams, plaque scores, nutritional counseling.
b. Data organization: record keeping, charting
c. Prioritization of treatment: sequencing, contributes to case presentations
d. Dental hygiene therapy: services may vary according to practice
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