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| What is the definition of an RDH? |
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Definition
| A licensed primary health care professional, oral health educator, and clinician, who provides preventative, educational, and theraputic services, supporting total health for the control of oral diseases, and the promotion or oral health. |
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| Who determines the long range success of dental hygiene care services? |
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Definition
| Patients, and how well they understand. |
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| Who is the father of dental hygiene? |
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| What did Dr. Fones emphasize? |
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Definition
| the importance of the role of education. |
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Term
| What is preventative treatment? |
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Definition
| primary, secondary, and theraputic treatments. |
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Term
| What is primary preventative treatment? |
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Definition
| measures taken so disease does not occue. |
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| what is secondary preventative treatment? |
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Definition
| treatment of early disease to prevent disease progress. |
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Term
| what is tertiary preventative treatment? |
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Definition
| The replacement of lost tissue and rehibilitate the oral cavity. |
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Term
| What are the steps that are taken in the dental hygiene care process |
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Definition
| Assess, evaluate, diagnose, evaluate, plan, evaluate, implement, evaluate. |
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Term
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| the ability to act on your won. |
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| obligation to provide service in a manner that prevents harm. |
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Term
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| promotion of well being of both people in the public by engaging in prevention of disease and health promotion. |
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| conforming to truth or facts. |
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Term
| what is the different to comply verses andherance. |
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Definition
| compliance is when a patient follows that advice of a the health care professional, and patient behavior reflects the recomenadions. Adherence is shown by a patients independent, intelligent, and autonomous action to attain health goals. |
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Term
| Identify the risk factors for poor dental health. |
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Definition
| behaviorl, environment, innate, and systemic. |
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Term
| Identify the risk factors for poor dental health. |
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Definition
| behaviorl, environment, innate, and systemic. |
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Term
| list examples of each risk factor for poor dental health. |
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Definition
| behavioral: habits and fear, environment: where they live, food available, innate: genetics, systemic: illness |
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Term
| why is documentation important? |
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Definition
| It is a permanent record of all activities and conversation in the patient chart. |
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