COMMUNITY DENTISTRY Flashcards
Percussion test is an example of ______?
a. Primordial
b. Primary
c. Secondary
d. Tertiary
c. Secondary
To what sub-system of the country’s health care system PRC mainly belongs to.
a. Maintenance
b. Adaptive
c. Managerial
d. Production
a. Maintenance
The principle of organization where expectations of the end result is expected to a person.
a. Parity of authority and responsibility
b. Delegation
c. Efficiency
d. Absoluteness of responsibility
b. Delegation
It is where the strength and weakness of an Antigen Test is calibrated _____.
a. Pre pathogenesis
b. Primordial
c. Pathogenesis
d. Incubation
d. Incubation
It is considered to be the backbone of health planning
a. Situational Analysis
b. Goals and Objectives
c. Needs Assessment
d. Priority Determination
a. Situational Analysis
Early Childhood Caries Prevention ‘s BEST PRACTICE
a. FLUORIDIZATION
b. BREAST FEEDING
c. COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING
d. VITAMIN Supplementation
b. BREAST FEEDING
Which content of a dentrifice can cause discoloration of the tooth?
a. Silver
b. Tin
c. Lead
d. Fluoride
b. Tin
This type of GIC is best be used for ART
a. 3
b. 2
c. 7
d. 4
b. 2
Which of the following are demograhic data?
a. Social status, education, occupation
b. Family income, community resources
c. Age, sex, race ethnicity
d. Health, beliefs, customs
c. Age, sex, race ethnicity
Which type of Resource allocation is intended for marginalized and depressed groups?
a. Value
b. Personal
c. Efficiency
d. Shared
a. Value
WHO guidelines states that a community has a Good Oral Health Status if the mean dmft is?
a. 3.5
b. 4
c. 4.5
d. 8
a. 3.5
What is the salivary antibacterial agent that catalysis the oxidation of salivary thiocyanate by hydrogen
peroxide to the toxic molecule hypothiocyanite which inactivates bacterial enzyme.
a. Lysozyme
b. Histamine
c. Lactoferrin
d. Lactoperoxidase
d. Lactoperoxidase
What is the lethal dose of fluoride for a 70 kg adult?
a. 8-9g/kg of body weight
b. 6-10 g/kg of body weight
c. 5-10 g/kg of body weight
d. 3-7 g/kg of body weight
c. 5-10 g/kg of body weight
Maternal Mortality can be best represented as _______.
a. Rate and Ratio
b. Ratio and Proportion
c. Rate and Proportion
d. None of the above
b. Ratio and Proportion
THE ROLE OF THE Local government unit in an ORAL HEALTH PROGRAM
a. FINANCES
b. POLICIES
c. ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION
d. MANAGEMENT
c. ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION
A phenomenon whose value remains the same from person to person from time to time and from place to
place is called _______.
a. Ratio
b. Proportion
c. Constant
d. Qualitative
c. Constant
What is the ratio of public health dentist to patients in Rural areas
a. 1;20,000
b. 1:40,000
c. 1:10,000
d. 1:5000
a. 1;20,000
This measure is the same as Standard Deviation but mathematically greater
a. Variance
b. Variation
c. Standard of Error
d. Test significance
a. Variance
The following is/ are desirable characteristic/s of effective planning.
- There must be a wide base of participation
- It is futuristic in nature
- Has rapidly changing orientation
a. 3
b. 1
c. 1,2
d. 1,2,3
A mathematical model that deals with the treatment of data and their analysis __________.
a. Statistics
b. Data
c. Research Study
d. Design
a. Statistics
What is a sampling method where a subset of the population is selected in a way that each population
member has an equal chance of being selected using a predetermined scale?
a. Multi stage
b. Cluster
c. Systematic
d. Simple Random
c. Systematic
A table which shows the frequency of occurrence of different values of the variable or the frequency of
values following within arbitrarily defined ranges of the variable is ________
a. 2-way table
b. Different distribution table
c. Dummy table
d. Frequency distribution table
d. Frequency distribution table
Who proposed CPITN?
a. Cuttress and Ainamo
b. Podshadley and Haley
c. Cheyne and Dwyer
d. Klein and Palmer
a. Cuttress and Ainamo
In a health education forum, a group of 10 residents was tasked to present their case to their immediate
consultant. Which of the following educational approach is BEST suited?
a. Workshop
b. Panel discussion
c. Symposium
d. Group discussion
b. Panel discussion
Developing an intention is a form of educational principle called_____
a. Reasoned Action
b. Contemporary
c. Health Belief
d. Social Cognitive
a. Reasoned Action
When is the best time for a child to visit or see the dentist?
a. At 1-2 years of age
b. When all the permanent teeth are completed
c. At 6yrs of age
d. When all the deciduous teeth have erupted
a. At 1-2 years of age
Ideal for small scale arrangement of numbers
a. Range
b. Mean
c. Average
d. Array
When the hypothesis is null the sample mean is______
a. More than the population mean
b. More than the actual mean
c. Equal to the population mean
d. Less than the actual mean
Which of the following is NOT a caries susceptibility test?
a. Salivary ph test
b. Snyder’s test
c. Lactobacillus test
d. Disclosing dye test
d. Disclosing dye test
The association between two variables are BEST depicted by ______.
a. Scatter diagram
b. Histogram
c. Line diagram
d. Bar diagram
a. Scatter diagram
Research Institute of Tropical Medicine is an example of ______.
a. Maintenance and Self Help
b. Self Help and Managerial
c. Managerial and Production
d. Production and Maintenance
d. Production and Maintenance
Square root of pq/n indicate standard error of proportion where n represents the?
a. Median
b. Mode
c. Proportion
d. Sample
d. Sample
As the sample size increases, variation ______?
a. Decreases
b. Remains the same
c. May increase or decrease
d. Increase
a. Decreases
Mode or modal is the _______
a. Greater value
b. Insignificant value
c. Lesser value
d. Frequent value
d. Frequent value
Type of need that is based on national standard
a. Normative
b. Felt
c. Expressed
d. Comparative
a. Normative
Which dictates the curve of distribution?
a. Mean
b. Mode
c. Variation
d. Range
c. Variation
What is likely the explanation for a screening test which was used in the same way in two similar
populations but the proportion of false positive results in population A is lower than in population B?
a. The specificity of the test is lower in population A
b. The prevalence of the disease is lower in population A
c. The prevalence of the disease is higher in population A
d. The specificity of the disease is higher in population A
d. The specificity of the disease is higher in population A
Ranking the students starting from the individual with highest grade point average to the individual with
the lowest grade point average is an example of a/an
a. Interval scale
b. Ratio scale
c. Nominal scale
d. Ordinal scale
d. Ordinal scale
The trend in the use of fluoride for addictive effects is _______
a. Mouth rinsing
b. School water fluoridation
c. Multiple utilization
d. Commercial water fluoridation
A jolly patient with 4 permanent molar, 6 deciduous molars with central pit catch and 3 permanent, 2
permanent anteriors accidentally avulsed and 1 lower anterior extracted in civic actions Upon initial examination
most of the teeth has plaque with no restorations observed except a fixed space maintainer and 2 SSC crown on 85
and 65 cemented.
What is DM count of the patient?
a. 5
B. 2
C. 4
D. 6
A jolly patient with 4 permanent molar, 6 deciduous molars with central pit catch and 3 permanent, 2
permanent anteriors accidentally avulsed and 1 lower anterior extracted in civic actions Upon initial examination
most of the teeth has plaque with no restorations observed except a fixed space maintainer and 2 SSC crown on 85
and 65 cemented.
What is the DF count of the patient
a. 5
B. 2
C. 4
D. 3
A jolly patient with 4 permanent molar, 6 deciduous molars with central pit catch and 3 permanent, 2
permanent anteriors accidentally avulsed and 1 lower anterior extracted in civic actions Upon initial examination
most of the teeth has plaque with no restorations observed except a fixed space maintainer and 2 SSC crown on 85
and 65 cemented.
What is the df count of the patient?
a. 5
B. 2
C. 6
D. 8
A jolly patient with 4 permanent molar, 6 deciduous molars with central pit catch and 3 permanent, 2
permanent anteriors accidentally avulsed and 1 lower anterior extracted in civic actions Upon initial examination
most of the teeth has plaque with no restorations observed except a fixed space maintainer and 2 SSC crown on 85
and 65 cemented.
What is the dm rate of the patient?
a. 5
B. 2
C. 4
D. 6
THE FIRST FLUORIDATION ACT in the Philippines was signed under whose ADMINISTRATION
a. MAGSAYSAY
b. GARCIA
c. ARROYO
d. MACAPAGAL
Which of the following is considered to be the BEST PRACTICE among pre-school age children
a. School sealant program
b. Preventive Resin Restorations
c. Fluoride mouth rinsing program
d. Pit and fissure sealant application
Which gland would contain most of the antibacterial agent?
a. Parotid Gland
b. Glossopalatine Gland
c. Submandibular Gland
d. Sublingual Gland
The effective fluoride concentration of APF (Acidulated Phosphate Fluoride) if professionally applied is
a. 2.0%
b. 1.23%
c. 1.50%
d. 8.0%
This type of sampling involves randomly selecting based on gender.
a. Sample random
b. Systematic
c. Quota
d. Cluster
Which content in the saliva has the anti solubility effect
a. Bicarbonates
b. Enzymes
c. Calcium
d. Urea
Which content in the saliva facilitates plaque metabolism
a. Enzymes
b. Calcium
c. Protein
d. Magnesium
RA 7305 is called
a. Fluoridation Act
b. Rural Health Act
c. Universal Health Act
d. Magna Carta for HCW
Reassiagnment of PHW is only possible EXCEPT
a. Done 2 months before election
b. Done in the interest of public health
c. Done in full disclosure of the necessities of transfer
d. Done with optimum compensation in all parties
What is the global monitoring age for dental caries?
a. 35-44
b. 65-74
c. 5
d. 12
How much is total PhilHealth dental Coverage per annum per beneficiary
a. 1000
b. 2000
c. 3000
d. 4000
Dengue Cases in the Quezon City 2025
a. Pandemic
b. Endemic
c. Epidemic
d. Sporadic
Rinderpest is considered to be
a. Eliminated
b. Eradicated
c. Monitored
d. Surveillance
For what reason is epidemiology useful
a. It determines policy decisions
b. It establishes carriers of disease
c. It establishes income pattern
d. It determines population trends
This refers to summarizing a set of data by numbers.
a. Arithmetical trial
b. Descriptive statistics
c. Evaluation
d. Analysis
The concept of health viewing it as a dynamic equilibrium between man and its normal setting?
a. Ecological concept
b. Biomedical concept
c. Psychosocial concept
d. Holistic concept
Which of the following diagram is used to show the percentage breakdown for qualitative data
a. Cartogram
b. Bar diagram
c. Histogram
d. Pie diagram
A statistical test which indicates the chance or probability of an observe difference between two means
occurring by chance is _______.
a. Mean
b. Normalcy
c. Test significance
d. Ratio
Gaussian distribution depends on the _______.
a. Mean and standard deviation
b. Mean and median
c. Mean and sample size
d. Range and sample size
What is a histogram?
a. Frequency polygon
b. Line diagram
c. Pie diagram
d. Bar diagram
An 8-year-old child lives in a community with a temperature climate where in the drinking water has a
fluoride concentration of 3 ppm, what are the teeth that are affected?
a. All the permanent teeth present except the 3rd molars
b. Only the molars
c. All the primary teeth present.
d. Incisors, canines, premolars and the 3rd molars
What sampling method can be used to study “ Isla Cullion”?
a. Purposive
b. Snowball
c. Accidental
d. Quota
Incidence of Caries is a form of ____
a. Rate
b. Ratio
c. Proportion
d. Range
Which of the following is NOT a preventive service provided by a dentist
a. Plaque control measures
b. Tooth extraction
c. Dental caries activity test
d. Diet counselling
What is the best diagram that will represent the correlation between the age and weight of a child?
a. Line diagram
b. Bar diagram
c. Scatter diagram
d. Histogram
The No. of BHWs nationwide must not be less than _____ of the population
a. 1 %
b. 2%
c. 3 %
d. 4%
Observational studies designed specifically to examine the hypothesis developed as a result of descriptive
studies is___.
a. Retrospective studies
b. Prevalence studies
c. Clinical studies
d. Analytical studies
A behavior that is learned by an individual and not merely transmitted by one person to another
a. Self-care motivational
b. Cognitive domain
c. Contemporary community health
d. Behavioral
58 y/o patient with evident gingival inflammation seek dental consult and treatment. Upon examination
6mm of pocket depths was observed on 6 teeth from two quadrants. What is the Code?
a. 1
b. 4
c. 3
d. 2
In the absence of the representative teeth in the sextant which among can take its place in CPITN
a. Bicuspid
b. Cuspid
c. 2nd Molar
d. 3rd Molar
Who should man the “BOTIKA sa BARANGAY” per Health center
a. Pharmacist
b. Nurses
c. BHWs
d. Dental Aide
Before and after test of single variable is best evaluated by?
a. Chi-Square Test
b. Dependent T-test
c. One-way
d. Spearman
The technique sensitivity of the three generations adhesives are best presented by?
a. One-way Anova
b. Two-way Anova
c. Pearson Correlation
d. Student T Test
The Chernoby Incident is said to be the most notable nuclear leakage to date. Which Epidemiological
study can best represent the case?
a. Case-Control
b. Ecology
c. Cohort
d. Cross-sectionall
A study well suited on cases where assigning the amount of exposure is not a problem
a. Case-control
b. Single Blinded Study
c. Cohort
d. Ecology
Third molars are oftenly coded in ICDAS as
a. 96
b. 97
c. 98
d. 99
Which is the most oftenly neglected pit in sealant application?
a. Distal
b. Mesial
c. Buccal
d. Lingual
SWOT analysis is best used in ________?
a. Implementation
b. Biostatistics
c. Planning
d. Epidemiology
Which is best used to detect tactually caries/cavity formation
a. Shepherd’s Hook of the explorer
b. L End of the explorer
c. Spoon shaped end of the excavator
d. Blunt end probe
Telescopic Dentures
a. Primordial Prevention
b. Primary Prevention
c. Secondary Prevention
d. Tertiary Prevention
Which type of Vector is Aedes Aegypty
a. Biologic
b. Mechanical
c. Chemical
d. Physical
How much is covered by the Philhealth Dental Package on Dental Extractions
a. 300
b. 400
c. 500
d. 600
