DENT 1040 Chapter 25

Question 1

Behavior

Answer 1

manner in which an individual acts or performs

Question 2

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

Communication

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Compliance

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Dental health education

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Dysphasia

Answer 6

difficulty swallowing

Question 7

Evaluation

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Halitophobia

Answer 8

imaginary halitosis; constant fear of having bad breath; sometimes related to an underlying psychiatric condition

Question 9

Health promotion

Answer 9

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

Question 9

Health education

Answer 9

combination of learning opportunities planned to facilitate and reinforce voluntary behavior conducive to the health of the individual or group

Question 10

Learning

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Affective domain

Answer 11

The domain of learning concerned with attitudes, interests, and appreciations.

Question 12

Cognitive domain

Answer 12

The domain of learning concerned with knowledge outcomes and intellectual abilities

Question 13

Psychomotor domain

Answer 13

The domain of learning concerned with levels of motor skills

Question 14

Marketing

Answer 14

The 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

Motivation

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Noncompliance

Answer 16

Failure to carry out the prescribed health care plan, for example, failure to take medications as prescribed.

Question 17

Organoleptic

Answer 17

Stimulating any of the organs of sensation; susceptible to the sensory stimulus.

Question 18

Preventive dental hygiene

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Putrefaction

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs)

Answer 20

Hydrogen sulfide; methyl mercaptan; and, to a lesser extent, dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl disulfide produced by microbial metabolism and which create oral malodor

Question 21

Zero genie

Answer 21

Producing or causing dry mouth