Dental Home and Infant Oral Health Care

Question 1

_______ is an age-defined specialty that provides both primary and comprehensive preventative and therapeutic oral health care for infants and children through adolescence, including those with special health care needs

Answer 1

Pediatric dentistry

Question 2

What is the minimum number of months needed to fulfill a pediatric residency?

Answer 2

24 months

Question 3

The ______ is the ongoing
relationship between the dentist and the
patient, inclusive of all aspects of oral
health care delivered in a comprehensive,
continuously accessible, coordinated, and
family-centered way. Establishment of a
dental home begins no later than 12
months of age and includes referral to
dental specialists when appropriate

Answer 3

dental home

Question 4

The ____ is an organization that puts out clinical guidelines and principles
for the proper delivery of oral health care
to all children, with special emphasis on
the infant/age one patients.

Answer 4

AAPD

Question 5

•Helps dental professional assist children and their
parents/care givers in the securing optimum oral health
care, beginning with the age one visit for successful
preventive care and treatment
•The age one visit should be part of an overall oral health
care program.

Answer 5

Dental home

Question 6

•Is endorsed by the both the American Dental
Association, the Academy of General Dentistry and
the American Academy of Pediatrics.
•These groups support oral health care initiatives to
help ongoing public awareness of the importance of
infant/age one oral health care.
•Organized dentistry realizes the importance of being
united in promoting early oral care for children.

Answer 6

Dental home

Question 7

Are there enough pediatric dentists to see all children without any general dentists seeing kids?

Answer 7

No

Question 8

Does early dental care for children prevent complicated issues and save money?

Answer 8

Yes

Question 9

The______ Provides…
a. Comprehensive oral health care including acute care and preventive services in accordance with AAPD periodicity schedules.
b. Comprehensive assessment for oral
diseases and conditions.
c. Individualized preventive dental health
program based upon a caries-risk assessment and a periodontal disease risk assessment.
d. Anticipatory guidance about growth and development issues, (ie, teething, digit or pacifier habits).
e. Plan for acute dental trauma.
f. Information about proper care of the child’s teeth and gingivae. Including
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of
disease of the supporting and
surrounding tissues and the
maintenance of health, function, and
esthetics of those structures and tissues.
g. Dietary counseling.
h. Referrals to dental specialists when care cannot directly be provided within the
dental home.
i. Education regarding future care

Answer 9

Dental Home

Question 10

The AAPD recommends the child’s first visit
to be no later than age ____, but
preferably when the first tooth erupts.

Answer 10

one

Question 11

A program taught by the dental professionals in an office to care givers and is
tailored to each specific child.
It is a time-intensive procedure that includes, but is not limited to examinations,
prophylaxis, diet analysis, home care instructions, supplemental fluoride, both
topical and systemic, and general feeding instructions.

Answer 11

Anticipatory guidance

Question 12

What are the 6 aspects of anticipatory guidance?

Answer 12

Oral Development
Fluoride Adequacy
Oral Hygiene
Diet and Nutrition
Habits
Injury Prevention

Question 13

If a child does to sleep with a beverage, what should it be?

Answer 13

Water only

Question 14

is a psychopedagogic
tool developed in recent 
decades with the primary 
objective of providing 
patients with intrinsic 
motivation to achieve and 
retain behavioral changes 
Person-Centered
Communication (OARS)
Open-ended questions
Affirmations
Reflective listening

Answer 14

Motivational interviewing

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