Vocabulary
The term for a oral health professional
What is a dental hygienist
Provide direct patient care in collaboration with other health professionals
What is a clinician
The process of collecting both subjective and objective data
What is assessment
This role represents the entire role for the profession to a patient
What is a dental hygienist
The first licensed DH, Irene Newman was licensed in this date range
What is 1910-1919
The term for prevention of oral diseases
What is dental hygiene care
Conduct studies to test new procedures, products, or theories for accuracy and effectiveness
What is a researcher
This represents the chronological history of a patient
What is documentation
The idea of keeping up with daily routine habits, health maintenance, and disease prevention behaviors
What is self-care
The year the first edition of clinical practice of the dental hygienist was published
What is 1959
The organization for the code of ethics
What is CDHA
Initiate or finance new oral health-related enterprises
What is an independent DH clinic?
To identify the health behaviors of each patient as well as actual or potential oral health problems
What is a dental hygiene diagnosis
The accountability for one's actions
What is responsibility
The date range that guidelines were established to become a registered dental hygienist
What is 1930-1950
Giving the client a chance to make a decision.
What is autonomy?
Employment example is product sales and research
What is corporate
The phase that determines whether a specific area needs to be treated again
What is an evaluation
The idea of acquiring and maintaining a high level of knowledge
What is competence
A dental hygienist that is able to do fillings.
What is a restorative dental hygienist?
Identification of an oral health problem
What is a dental hygiene diagnosis
Employment example is program director in clinical, educational, or corporate settings
What is an administrator
The activation of the care plan
What is implementation
The act for the benefit of the patients and public health, and approach those served with compassion
What is client-centered care?
The reason dental hygiene was created in the 20th century
What is prevention for perio and carries