Chapter 25

Question 1

Definition of behavior.

Answer 1

Manner in which an individual acts or performs

Question 2

Definition of behavior modification.

Answer 2

Approach to correct undesirable behavior through systematic manipulation of environmental and behavioral variables; treatment procedure for certain mental and physical disorders

Question 3

Definition of communication

Answer 3

Verbal or nonverbal interaction of interchange; nonverbal, without spoken words, may be accomplished through pictures, gestures, facial expressions, or posture

Question 4

Definition of compliance

Answer 4

Extent to which a person’s health behaviors coincide with dental/medical health advice; also called adherence

Question 5

Definition of dental health education

Answer 5

provision of oral health information to people in such a way that they can apply it in everyday living

Question 6

Definition of dysphagia

Answer 6

difficulty swallowing

Question 7

Definition of evaluation

Answer 7

appraisal of changes in a patient’s behavior or oral health status that have resulted from interventions by the professional healthcare professional

Question 8

Definition of halitophobia

Answer 8

Imaginary halotosis; constant fear of having bad breath; sometimes related to an underlying psychiatric condition

Question 9

Definition of health promotion

Answer 9

Planned combination of educational, economic, organizational, or environmental support for actions conducive to health of individuals or groups

Question 10

Definition of learning

Answer 10

Acquiring knowledge or skills through study, instruction, or experience; true learning means that knowledge acquired is applied in everyday living

Question 11

Definition of affective domain.

Answer 11

Domain of learning concerned with attitudes, interest, and appreciations

Question 12

Definition of cognitive domain

Answer 12

Domain of learning concerned with knowledge outcomes and intellectual abilities

Question 13

Definition of psychomotor domain

Answer 13

Domain of learning concerned with levels of motor skills

Question 14

Definition of marketing

Answer 14

Task of establishing, maintaining, and enhancing patient relationships so that the goals of the patient, the group, or the community can be achieved

Question 15

Definition of motivation

Answer 15

Inner driving force that prompts an individual to act to satisfy a need or desire or to accomplish a particular goal

Question 16

Definition of noncompliance

Answer 16

Failure to carry out a prescribed healthcare plan, for example, failure to take mediations as prescribed

Question 17

Definition of organoleptic

Answer 17

stimulating any of the organs of sensation; susceptible to a sensory stimulus

Question 18

Definition of preventive dental hygiene

Answer 18

sum total of the efforts to promote, restore, and maintain the oral health of the individual

Question 19

Definition of putrefaction

Answer 19

enzymatic decomposition, especially of proteins, with the production of foul-smelling compounds, such as hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, and mercaptans

Question 20

Definition of volatile sulfur compounds

Answer 20

hydrogen sulfide; methyl mercaptan; lesser extent: dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl disulfide produced by microbial metabolism and which create oral malodor

Question 21

Definition of xerogenic

Answer 21

producing or causing dry mouth