Title: Chapter 24: Test Generator Questions
Course: DEH 2821 Medically-Compromised Patient

Q: Which of the following is the primary objective of the dental hygiene plan for periodontal therapy?
- Restore and maintain health of the periodontal tissues
- Reduce the patient's risk for dental caries
- Remineralize the patient's teeth
- Reduce the patient's overall accumulation of biofilm
A: Restore and maintain health of the periodontal tissues

Q: Which one of the following steps should be first in developing a care plan?
- Teach proper use of oral hygiene aids
- Determine goals based upon patient needs
- Decide maintenance interval
- Obtain consent for periodontal treatment
A: Determine goals based upon patient needs

Q: Your patient Mrs. Sanchez is in for her first prophylaxis appointment in 15 years. English is not her first language and no one in the office speaks her language, so she has brought her 8-year-old son along to help translate. Mrs. Sanchez has several periodontally involved teeth and will need root planing and several appointments. Her son translates to Mrs. Sanchez that she will need to come in again. What type of consent has occurred?
- Informed consent
- Implied consent
- Informed refusal
- Expressed consent
A: Implied consent

Q: An example of a dental hygiene diagnostic statement is:
- caries present require restorations
- gingival bleeding related to plaque accumulation
- white keratotic lesion is leukoplakia
- blood pressure of 160/95 mmHg is hypertension
A: gingival bleeding related to plaque accumulation

Q: Informed consent carries which characteristic?
- Covers only procedures to be performed on that visit
- Addresses risks of doing or not doing procedures
- Must be written before treatment and cannot be oral
- Addresses only those procedures provided by the dental hygienist
A: Addresses risks of doing or not doing procedures

Q: Informed refusal:
- is not legally binding
- means patient cannot refuse treatment once seated
- is documented in patient record
- applies only to radiographs
A: is documented in patient record

Q: Your patient Jimmy Smith, age 16, is in for his 6-month recare appointment. At Jimmy's last visit he had six areas of decay and very poor oral hygiene. Mrs. Smith has refused radiographs or fluoride for Jimmy because she thinks that they are not necessary. What must you have Mrs. Smith do?
- Sign the informed consent
- Sign the informed refusal
- See another dentist, because you refuse to treat Jimmy
- Ask Jimmy to sign the informed consent
A: Sign the informed refusal

Q: The dental hygiene care plan includes all of the following except:
- periodontal/gingival health plan
- economic considerations for services
- interventions to reduce caries
- plans for prevention
A: economic considerations for services

Q: Dental hygiene care plan is part of which phase of the total dental treatment plan?
- Phase II surgical
- Phase I therapy
- Phase IV maintenance
- Both B and C
A: Both B and C

Q: Explaining the plan to the patient serves which function?
- Allows for consent of planned treatment
- Lists sequence of treatment to be rendered
- Informs patient of length of treatment
- All of the above
A: All of the above

Q: The procedure to present the care plan to the patient includes:
- proper terminology for patient understanding
- face-to-face interaction
- prepayment for services to be rendered
- Both A and B
A: Both A and B

Q: The care plan for a 50-year-old smoker of 1.5 packs of cigarettes/day with a white patch on lateral border of tongue would include which service(s)?
- Smoking cessation information
- Self-examination
- Periodontal disease information
- Oral cancer risks
- All of the above
A: All of the above

Q: Which one of the following is not a component of the demographic data in the care plan?
- Notation of the patient's chief complaint
- Patient's name
- Patient's date of birth
- None of the above
A: None of the above

Q: The patient's periodontal diagnosis is formulated by:
- the dental hygienist
- the dentist
- the periodontist
- Both A and C
A: the dentist

Q: Which one of the following does not require antibiotic premedication?
- Exploring
- Probing
- Checking for mobility
- None of the above
A: None of the above