Dental Hygiene National Board Community Oral Health and Indices Exam
with Complete Answers.
What is the fundamentals of community health practice? - Correct Answer survey and needs
assessment, data analysis, program planning, program operation, funding, and appraisal or
evaluation
What is the fundamentals of private dental practice? - Correct Answer Health history and
examination (assessment), diagnosis, treatment planning, treatment, payment, and
evaluation
What is the difference between the community oral health and private practice oral health? -
Correct Answer community assesses a whole community and private practice assess an
individual's needs
What are the 4 government levels of community dental health? - Correct Answer
International, Federal, State, and local
What is a prime example of International community dental health? - Correct Answer WHO-
World Health Organization
Who published Healthy People of 2010? - Correct Answer DHHS- Department of Health and
Human Services
What level of governement coordinates programs for underdeveloped nations and gathers
epidemiological data for comparison across nations? - Correct Answer The international
What would be a good index to use for international populations utilizing minimal
equipment? - Correct Answer Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN)
What level of government acts on oral health problems of national significance primarily
within the jurisdiction of the Department of Health and Human Services? - Correct Answer
Federal
What are some example of federal agencies involved with community oral health issues? -
Correct Answer CDC-Center of Disease Control and Prevention, Health Resources and
Service Administration (HRSA), and National Institute of Health NIH)
, What level of government provides consultation services to local health departments? -
Correct Answer State
What level of government directly administers county and city programs and initiates dental
health legislative measures like fluoridation? - Correct Answer Local
What is the study of Health and Disease in populations? - Correct Answer Epidemiology
How does Epidemiologic studies usually report finding? - Correct Answer in terms of
prevalence or incidence of disease
What term refers to the estimated population of people who are managing a disease at any
given time? - Correct Answer Prevalence
What term refers to the annual diagnosis rate or the number of new cases of a particular
disease diagnosed each year? - Correct Answer Incidence
What are some uses of epidemiology? - Correct Answer collecting data to describe normal
biological processes, understanding the natural history of a disease process, measuring the
distribution of a disease in a given population, identifying determinants of a disease, testing
hypothesis for prevention and control of a disease through studies, and planning evaluating
health care services
What term describes an unexpectedly large number of cases of disease in a particular
population at a particular place and time? - Correct Answer epidemic
What is an example of an epidemic? - Correct Answer meningitis outbreak among senior
high school students during fall quarter 2010
What term describes a disease that occurs regularly in a population as a matter of course? -
Correct Answer Endemic
What is an example of an endemic? - Correct Answer hay fever during spring
What is the term that describes an outbreak of disease over a wide geographical area; often
worldwide? - Correct Answer Pandemic
What is an example of a pandemic? - Correct Answer Worldwide swine flu scare
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