DHD
These 5 words make up the dental hygiene process of care, or ADPIE.
What is assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate?
Definition of a systematic determination of worth, value, or significance.
What is Evaluation?
During the patient's continuing care, the patient is considered this.
What is a co-therapist?
These are two different uses of dental terminology that are the same as scaling and root planing.
What are nonsurgical periodontal therapy and debridement?
Calculus is incrementally shattered from the tooth surface when using this specialized debridement instrument.
What is an ultrasonic scaler?
This is the unmet human need when a patient has defective restorations.
What is biologically sound and functional dentition?
Recognizing one's own skills as an essential component of evaluating clinical practice is considered this.
What is self-assessment?
The recolonization of periodontal pathogens in a pocket can occur in this average time frame.
What is 42 days?
This is the first aim/expected outcome of periodontal therapy.
What is interrupt or arrest the progress of disease?
When a patient returns for re-evaluation of periodontal therapy, these are 4 of the 9 desired clinical endpoints.
What is eliminated BOP, reduced probing depths, same/improved attachment levels, resolved inflammation, reduced size/improved color of gingival tissue, less subgingival microflora, biofilm control, smooth tooth surfaces, patient freedom from pain?
The evidence-based prediction of the patient's continued health and wellness.
What is the dental hygiene prognosis?
These are the four most common types of evaluation design.
What is formative, process, outcome, and impact?
Periodontal disease classifications such as necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, class III/IV furcations, or periodontitis is one of the criteria for this.
What is a referral to a periodontist?
These pathogenic microorganisms exist in biofilm and can be removed with scaling.
What are endotoxins?
This type of instrument technique is necessary for removal of calculus deposits.
What is lateral pressure?
The dental hygiene diagnosis provides the basis for this.
What is the dental hygiene care plan?
Evaluation of clinical (treatment) outcomes includes these 3 examinations.
What are visual, periodontal, and tactile examinations?
The continuing care system is essential for managing the oral health of patients. These are the 2 methods for administration of continuing care.
What are prebooking/prescheduling and monthly reminder methods?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
For patients that are not responding to periodontal therapy, systemic delivery of antibiotics can be helpful. Antibiotics systemically reach the pathogenic organisms in the pocket in this manner.
What are the antibiotic travels from the intestine to be absorbed into the circulation, then to the body tissues, enters the periodontal tissue, and enters the pocket by way of the gingival crevicular fluid?
This part of the endoscope is used to provide irrigation to the working field.
What is a peristaltic pump?
"Decreased salivary flow or xerostomia is related to the side effect of a medication" is an example of this.
What is a dental hygiene diagnostic statement?
The requirements for legal dispute in determining the minimal quality of care or Standard of Care include these 3 sources.
What are opinions of expert witnesses, journals/guidelines/published documents from recognized sources, and federal/state regulations?
These are 4 of the 8 therapeutic goals of periodontal maintenance.
What are resolve inflammation, eliminate BOP, preserve clinical attachment levels, arrest disease progression, provide patient comfort, encourage patient oral self-care, control periodontal reinfection, and patient motivation & reinstruction?
The periodontium gives the support needed to maintain the functionality of the tooth. Periodontal disease is characterized by these three features.
What is inflammation within the supporting structures of the tooth, progressive destruction of the periodontal ligament, and loss of supporting alveolar bone?
This developmental anomaly leads to an abnormal fusion of the tooth root to the alveolar bone, preventing the exfoliation of primary teeth and the eruption of permanent teeth. It can also result in localized periodontal defects due to the lack of normal periodontal ligament space.
What is dental ankylosis?