Chapter 1: The professional Dental Hygienist & Dental Hygiene Process of
Care & Chapter 2: Evidence- Based Dental Hygiene Practice (CT Exam 1) |
Actual Questions and Answers Latest Updated 2024/2025 (Graded A+)
Dr. Fones - ✔✔known as the "Father of Dental Hygiene" because he founded the first school of Dental
Hygiene in his carriage house in September 1913, in Bridgeport, Conn.
Dental hygiene process of care - ✔✔an organized, systematic group of activities that provides the
framework of delivering quality dental hygiene care. Includes assessment, dental hygiene diagnosis,
planning, implementing, evaluation, and documentation.
Dental Hygiene Process of Care: Assessment - ✔✔First component of the dental hygiene process, this
phase provides a foundation for patient care by collecting both subjective and objective data
Dental Hygiene Process of Care: Diagnosis - ✔✔Second component of the DHP. Employ the use of
critical thinking to interpret assessment data, Identify the health & behaviors of each patient as well as
the actual or potential oral health problems, justify the treatment proposed to the patient
Dental Hygiene Process of Care: Planning - ✔✔Third component of the DHP: strategies and interventions
that meet the needs of the patient in attaining oral health
*to the dentist for integration with the comprehensive dental plan* *to the patient to develop
understanding of the interventions needed and obtain informed consent*
Dental Hygiene Process of Care: Implementation - ✔✔Fourth component of the DHP: activation of the
care plan, further the discussion of the concepts and procedures associated with implementation of
dental hygiene preventive and treatment
Dental Hygiene Process of Care: Evaluation - ✔✔Fifth Component of the DHP: this phase determines
whether the patient needs to be retreated, referred, or placed on a continuing care schedule
Dental Hygiene Process of Care: Documentation - ✔✔Component of the DHP: this phase details all
assessment data, diagnosis, care plan, treatments, patient education, and evaluation in a condensed
format. Represents a chronological history of the patients total care.
