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Dental Hygienist Exam: Component A Practice Test
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Dental hygienists assist dentists in conducting cleanings and advising patients on proper oral hygiene and care. The NBDHE Dental Hygienist exam has 350 questions and has two components ( with many subsections): Discipline Based and Dental Hygiene Patient Cases.  Component A: The first component covers these main exam sections: Scientific Basis for Dental Hygiene Practice; Provision of Clinical Dental Hygiene Services and Principles of Community Health and Research.  Component B: The second component of patient cases contains at least one each of geriatric, periodontal, pediatric, special... Show more
Dental Hygienist Exam: Component A Practice Test
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1. What is the name given to very thin shells of porcelain that are bonded to facial and incisal surfaces?
2. What is one problem associated with panoramic radiographs?
3. Which gingival fiber group anchors teeth?
4. The application of statistics to a wide range of topics in biology is
5. A new patient comes into your practice for a routine checkup. She has not had a checkup in 6 months. The patient is a young woman of about 25. The patient notes that she is allergic to shellfish and has asthma. She regularly takes medication for her asthma and allergies. She also takes birth-control pills. After performing the periodontal evaluation, you note that the patient has a periodontal reporting and screening (PRS) score of 0.
Which of the following would be a normal heart rate for this patient?
6. People with low rates of caries are an example of a target group for a diet counseling community program BECAUSE they most likely do not eat sensibly or have good dietary habits.
7. Meckel’s cartilage contributes to both the formation of the middle ear and the
8. A patient complains of sensitive teeth during his office visit. You recommend using desensitizing toothpaste. On his next visit, he again complains of sensitive teeth despite using desensitizing toothpaste for 6 months. What should you suggest?
9. Dental office bleaching kits typically contain
10. Epidemiology is the study of
11. Each of the following is an advantage of digital radiography EXCEPT one. Which one is the EXCEPTION?
12. Antibiotics should be administered into pockets
13. What is the most important aspect of a good community dental program?
14. Debridement procedures are done on patients to
15. A six-year veteran dental hygienist has volunteered to present an educational program to six classes of first graders at Cool Spring Elementary School. She has two children of her own, ages 8 and 10. One of the objectives of the program is, “After a demonstration of different tooth-brushing methods, students will be able to verbally describe one method of tooth brushing to a friend.” During the presentation, the dental hygienist will relay experiences involving other young children about cavities and the results poor dental hygiene practices have had on their overall dental health.
Which part of a program presentation includes presenting major points and relating specific information to the audience’s personal experiences?
16. Each of the following is a step in the planning process for educating patients EXCEPT one. Which one is the EXCEPTION?
17. You have planned and implemented a treatment plan for a middle-aged woman who suffers from severe dental caries. Which of these should you do after implementing the plan?
18. How long does it take for an alginate hydrocolloid impression to set?
19. The mesiobuccal surface and distolingual surface converge at a(an)
20. Each of the following is considered Gram-negative bacteria that inhabits the oral cavity EXCEPT one. Which one is the EXCEPTION?
21. What is jurisprudence?
22. You are caring for a young female patient. The patient’s mother asks you to apply sealants to the child’s teeth. Her daughter is in her final year of preschool. What is the first thing you should do?
23. How do chemotherapeutic agents help treat periodontal diseases?
24. A new patient comes into your practice for a routine checkup. She has not had a checkup in 6 months. The patient is a young woman of about 25. The patient notes that she is allergic to shellfish and has asthma. She regularly takes medication for her asthma and allergies. She also takes birth-control pills. After performing the periodontal evaluation, you note that the patient has a periodontal reporting and screening (PRS) score of 0.
Which piece of information in the patient’s medical history indicates that the patient may be at risk for a latex allergy?
25. Which of the following is also referred to as a reactive airway disease?

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