Questions and Answers in Oral Health Education

Chloe Foxhall, Anna Lown

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2021
• ISBN:
  9781119647300
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Dentistry

Ideal study aid for the NEBDN Certificate in Oral Health Education

Questions and Answers in Oral Health Education comprehensively and efficiently prepares students for the National Examining Board for Dental Nurses (NEBDN) Certificate in Oral Health. Written by a dental tutor and course administrator, as well as a certified NEBDN examiner, this revision guide includes tips and techniques to help students with the test. It also includes examples of mock examination questions along with answers and explanations to further students' understanding of the material contained within.

Presented in question-and-answer format to aid with retention and learning, Questions and Answers in Oral Health Education contains the most up-to-date regulations, policies, and oral health guidance.

Full of useful information to better cater to each student's unique style of learning, it features:

• An introduction to the exam process and exam structure, including the style of questions a test-taker is likely to see
• A discussion of legislation and General Dental Council standards and guidance
• A summary of the material contained within the book along with website links for further, supplementary study
• Treatments of a wide variety of topics, including plaque, sugars, erosion, fluoride, and more

Questions and Answers in Oral Health Education is perfect for qualified dental nurses seeking to extend their duties with a post-registration qualification like the NEBDN Certificate in Oral Health Education.

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Oral Health Messages

1. A nursing mother has attended the dental practice for oral hygiene advice; which of the following pieces of advice would you not recommend?
   1. Clean teeth and gums twice daily with a fluoride toothpaste
   2. Don’t give a baby sugary drinks
   3. For the baby to use a dummy, dip the dummy in jam
   4. Start cleaning the baby’s teeth as soon as they erupt
   5. Use sugar‐free medicines
2. The four key oral health messages were put in place for dental health education. When seeing a patient for an educational session, you should provide information from one message per session. Today, you are focusing on the message ‘reduce the consumption of sugar and the frequency of intake of food and drink containing sugar’. Which of the following pieces of information is not included in either of the four oral health messages?
   1. Raw vegetables are a good alternative to sugary snacks
   2. Remove all plaque
   3. Sugar should only be consumed three times a day, ideally at mealtimes
   4. The prescription and timings of the dental radiographs
   5. The appropriate use of fluoride
3. Oral health messages are provided by many people; it should be imperative that the messages given are all the same to stop confusion. Who out of the following would not provide and support oral health messages?
   1. Dentists
   2. Doctors
   3. Midwife
   4. Pharmacists
   5. Police
4. What are the four main oral health messages?
   1. Reduce the consumption of sugar and especially the frequency that food and drinks containing sugar are consumed; clean the teeth and gums thoroughly every day with fluoride toothpaste; fluoride; and dental radiographs
   2. Reduce the consumption of sugar and especially the frequency that food and drinks containing sugar are consumed; clean the teeth and gums thoroughly every day with fluoride toothpaste; regular dental attendance; and fluoride
   3. Reduce the consumption of sugar and especially the frequency that food and drinks containing sugar are consumed; clean the teeth and gums thoroughly every day with fluoride toothpaste; regular dental attendance; and emergency dental intervention and specialist care
   4. Reduce the consumption of sugar and especially the frequency that food and drinks containing sugar are consumed; clean the teeth at least once a day and use mouthwash; regular dental attendance; and fluoride
5. Studies from Tannahill cover three main areas, what are these?
   1. Prevention, health assessment, and health education
   2. Prevention, health promotion, and health education
   3. Prevention, health promotion, and healthcare
   4. Prevention, health promotion, and sharing ideas with others
   5. Seek advice from a dentist, health promotion, and health education
6. What does BSPD stand for?
   1. British Society of Paediatric Dental Assistance
   2. British Society of Paediatric Dentists
   3. British Society of Paediatric Dentistry
   4. Britain’s Society of Periodontal Dentistry
   5. Basic State of Periodontal Dentistry
7. In a study on how the public learns, Tones K suggests the success of health education is dependent on persuasion. What does this theory ignore?
   1. Diet advice
   2. Healthier options
   3. Oral health education
   4. Persuasion skills
   5. Social background of ill health
8. Many studies have been carried out on how the public learn theories of health. What theory were Prochaska and DiClemente responsible for?
   1. Study of persuasion to change to healthier options
   2. Study of procrastination with young adults
   3. Study of prevention, health protection, and health education
   4. Study of the process of change
   5. Study of voluntary actions to promote oral health education

Extended Matching Questions

For each of the following questions, select the most appropriate answer from the list below. The answers might be used once, more than once, or not at all.

Topic: Oral Health Messages

1. Brushing 2 × daily with fluoride toothpaste
2. Diet sheet
3. Fruit and vegetable snacks
4. Fluoride treatment
5. High caries risk
6. Interdental brushes
7. Questionnaire
8. Regular dental attendance

1. You have a 12‐year‐old male patient booked in for his second oral health education session regarding his fixed orthodontic appliance. The dentist would like you to focus on the oral health message ‘clean the teeth and gums thoroughly every day with fluoride toothpaste’. You reinforce your advice from the first session which included toothbrushing twice a day with a fluoride toothpaste. From the list above select one other oral hygiene aid you can suggest to help improve his plaque control?
2. You have a 32‐year‐old female booked in for an oral health education session regarding her high caries risk. She has not seen a dentist regularly for the past 18 years. She admits she has an extremely poor diet of high sugary snacks and fruit juice. Which of the answers from the list would be the most appropriate step in your first appointment together to create a plan for the patient’s sessions?
3. You have an 8‐year‐old female patient booked in for an oral health education session regarding brushing techniques. The mother and father show little knowledge of dental hygiene. You are making your lesson plan the night before. Which of the answers from the list would be the most appropriate piece of information to provide this patient during the first session?

Answers

1. A nursing mother has attended the dental practice for oral hygiene advice; which of the following pieces of advice would you not recommend?
   Correct Answer: c) For the baby to use a dummy, dip the dummy in jam
   This would not be recommended for any child or baby. Jam is a high‐sugar food which can contribute to caries.
2. The four key oral health messages were put in place for dental health education. When seeing a patient for an educational session you should provide information from one message per session. Today, you are focusing on the message ‘reduce the consumptions of sugar the frequency of intake of food and drink containing sugar’. Which of the following pieces of information is not included in either of the four oral health messages?
   Correct Answer: d) The prescription and timings of the dental radiographs
   The four oral health messages cover diet, toothbrushing instructions, dental attendance, and fluoride. They do not cover prescriptions and timings of dental radiographs, recall intervals leading to ongoing treatments, and emergency dental interventions between episodes of specialist care.
3. Oral health messages are provided by many people; it should be imperative that the messages given are all the same to stop confusion. Who out of the following would not provide and support oral health messages?
   Correct Answer: e) Police
   The police would not provid...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Acknowledgements
• About the Authors
• Introduction
• How to use Question and Answers in Oral Health Education
• About the Companion Website
• Roles and Responsibilities
• General Dental Council
• Revision
• 1 Oral Health Messages
• 2 Eruption
• 3 Anatomy and the Oral Mucosa
• 4 Saliva
• 5 Periodontal Disease and Plaque
• 6 Caries
• 7 Sugar
• 8 Tooth Surface Loss
• 9 Visual Aids
• 10 Aims and Objectives
• 11 Lesson Preparation and Communication
• 12 Socio‐Economic Classification, Class, and Socialisation
• 13 Fluoride and Fissure Sealants
• 14 Oral Conditions and Oral Cancers
• 15 Legislation and GDC Standards
• 16 Screening, Surveys, Indices, Epidemiology, Prevalence, and Incidence
• 17 General Health
• 18 Medical Emergencies
• End User License Agreement