Week 1 Flashcards
Who is the founder of dental hygiene and preventive dentistry
Dr Alfred C. Fones
Research has linked periodontal diseases to systemic diseases such as (5)
Cardiovascular disease
Respiratory disease
Diabtetes
Cancer
Pre mature and low birth weight babies
What is the WHO definition of health
A state of complete physical, mental and social well being
The health wellness scale defines a continuum from a
State of health to a state of illness and death with areas in between for quality of life indicators
What are quality of life indicators
Illness
Injury
Conditions
Diseases
What is included in the five dimensional health model relating to the individual
Physical
Mental
Social
Spiritual
Emotional
Primary practice care emphasizes what 2 things
Therapeutic modalities
Diagnostic modalities
Preventive dentistry offers the greatest benefit to the client who thinks of
Long term overall health
Lack of prevention results in
Further progression in disease
Increased restorations
Perio treatment
Extractions
Surgery
Dentures
What does prioritizing prevention require
Active leadership and health promotion by dental professional, public health, consumer advocates
Primary prevention employs strategies and agents for what 3 things
Preventing onset of disease
Reverse the progress of disease
Arrest the disease process
Client involvement in control of plaque self care includes
Brushing
Flossing and other preventative products
Secondary prevention employs routine treatment methods to
Terminate the disease process and it to restore tissue to as near normal as possible
Secondary prevention interventions include what kind of things
Endodontics
Restorations
Desensitizing agents for hypersensitivity
Tertiary prevention employs measures necessary to
Replace lost tissues and rehabilitate clients
Tertiary prevention could include
Reconstructive care
Prosthodontics
Implants
Oromaxillofacial surgery
What are the 6 roles of the dental hygienist
Clinician
Exicatir
Manager/administrator
Corporate dental hygienist
Public health
Researcher
Entrepreneur
Preventive refers to
Methods of preventing oral disease and promote health
Therapeutic responsibilities refer to
Methods to arrest or control the oral disease process (scaling and root planing)
Human needs conceptual model defines the paradigm concepts of
Client, environment, health and oral heath and dental hygiene actions in terms of human needs theory
Primary concerns of the human needs conceptual model are for the
Whole person who either has oral disease or may develop it rather than the disease itself
Dental hygiene process of care involves 6 key behaviours / steps
Assesment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Documentation
Assessment involves the collection of data to
Identify oral and general heavy status based on client problems, needs and strengths
Diagnosis involves the use of critical decision making skills to
Reach conclusion about the clients DH needs based on the assessment
