Healthcare Team
provides supportive procedures for the dentist and patients
Dental Assistant
Father of Modern Medicine
Hippocrates
First woman to earn a dental degree in the United States
Lucy Hobbs
Voluntary standards of behavior established by a profession.
Code of Ethics
Encourages risk taking; Uses humor to relieve tension
Tension Reliever
Specialty associated with preventing, intercepting, and correcting malocclusion
Orthodontics
Anatomist who discovered the classification of teeth
Leonardo Da Vinci
Discovered the use of anesthesia in dentistry
Horace Wells
Minimum standards of behavior established by statutes for a population or profession
Laws
Open to new ideas; Asks questions
Information Seeker
Legally responsible for the patient's oral health
Dentist
Introduced dental fillings and identified causes of tooth decay
Pierre Fauchard
Discovered x-rays in dentistry
W.C. Roentgen
What does HIPAA stand for?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Is good at assigning tasks and delegating actions; Is very goal and performance oriented
Initiator
Specialty that focuses on diagnosis and tx of diseases of the supporting structures of the teeth
Periodontics
The first known dentist
Hesi-Re
First dentist to employee a dental assistant
C. Edmund Kells
Fair treatment of the patient
Justice
Serves as the group cheerleader
Harmonizer
Specialty that treats diseases of the pulp of teeth
Endodontist
First African American woman to earn a dental degree in the United States
Ida Gray Rollins
Founded the first school of dental hygiene in 1913
Alfred Fones
Self-determination.
Autonomy
Is very detailed oriented; Is always careful to state all the pertinent facts
Information Giver