Orientation to Dentistry Chapters 1-5

Question 1

CADA

Answer 1

College of Alberta Dental Assistants

Question 2

ADA&C

Answer 2

Alberta Dental Association and College

Question 3

CDAC

Answer 3

Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada

Question 4

CDAA

Answer 4

Canadian Dental Assisting Association (Largest National)

Question 5

NDAEB

Answer 5

National Dental Assisting Examination Board

Question 6

HPA

Answer 6

Health Professions Act

Question 7

DDS

Answer 7

Doctor of Dental Surgery

Question 8

DDM

Answer 8

Doctor of Dental Medicine

Question 9

DMD

Answer 9

Doctor of Medical Dentistry

Question 10

RDA

Answer 10

Registered Dental Assistant

Question 11

RDH

Answer 11

Registered Dental Hygienist

Question 12

CDA

Answer 12

The Canadian Dental Association

Question 13

Autonomy

Answer 13

Self determination, acting independently

Question 14

Non Maleficence

Answer 14

Of no harm to the patient

Question 15

Beneficence

Answer 15

Of benefit to the patient

Question 16

Veracity

Answer 16

To tell the Truth

Question 17

Types of criminal law

Answer 17

felony, misdemeanour, infraction

Question 18

criminal law definition

Answer 18

violations against the state or government

Question 19

Types of civil (statutory) law

Answer 19

Contract law, tort law, administrative law

Question 20

Civil (statutory) law definition

Answer 20

violations against an individual, corporation, organization

Question 21

Respondeat Superior

Answer 21

Legal doctrine that holds the employer liable for acts of employees

Question 22

act of omission

Answer 22

Failure to preform an act that a reasonable professional would preform (Omit=Did not)

Question 23

Act of Commission

Answer 23

Preforming an act that a reasonable professional would not preform, (Commit=Did it)(commit the crime)

Question 24

Indirect/general supervision

Answer 24

assistant preforms tasks to dentists instruction but he is not physical there

Question 25

Direct supervision

Answer 25

Dentist is physically present during procedure

Question 26

malpractice

Answer 26

professional negligence

Question 27

Res Gestae

Answer 27

statements made during an alleged negligent act

Question 28

abandonment

Answer 28

removal of a patient from current treatment, with no notice or cause

Question 29

implied consent

Answer 29

patients actions indicate consent for treatment

Question 30

informed consent

Answer 30

patient consents after knowing the details

Question 31

written consent

Answer 31

consent requiring written documentation of findings, treatment, and expectations

Question 32

types of consent

Answer 32

implied, written, and informed

Question 33

contributory negligence

Answer 33

when a patients actions or lack of action negatively impacts treatment

Question 34

who is the “Father of Medicine”

Answer 34

Hippocrates

Question 35

Who is the “Father of modern surgery”

Answer 35

Ambroise Pare

Question 36

the Hippocratic oath promises too…

Answer 36

Act ethically

Question 37

which artist first distinguished premolars and molars

Answer 37

Leonardo da vinci

Question 38

Who is the grand old man of dentistry

Answer 38

G. V. Black

Question 39

Horace wells first used what?

Answer 39

nitrous oxide

Question 40

1st edition modern dental assisting was published when

Answer 40

1973

Question 41

Dental ____ are not part of the team

Answer 41

supply / sales reps

Question 42

HIPAA

Answer 42

Health insurance portability and accountability act

Question 43

Voluntary standards are__

Answer 43

Codes of ethics

Question 44

Which law has regulations established by government agencies

Answer 44

Admin Law

Question 45

what are the two types of statutory law

Answer 45

Civil and Criminal