Who is responsible for managing the professional competency and maintaining the appropriate credentials associated with being a licensed professional?

The same ethical and legal standards and practices applied in the dental clinical settings should be adhered to when utilizing social media. Confidentiality of patient information must be maintained and any breach of privacy could result in civil and criminal penalties.

Moral education programs seem to be most effective among which of the following members of society?

Dental office documentation includes which of the following in addition to written or electronic entries?

Which of the following individuals is regarded as the father of dental hygiene?

A dental hygienist can practice independently of a dentist in all states, because several states have adopted mechanisms to allow practice without the supervision of a dentist after gaining a special license or credential.

When was the inception of the profession of dental hygiene?

You are at a party and notice that a friend has consumed more alcohol than usual and appears inebriated. As you watch her weave to her car, you wrestle with intervening, and many questions go through your mind. You wonder if she will be angry and resent you if you try to stop her but fear that she will not make it home safely if you do not. You wrestle whether to grab her keys and call a cab or not. This is an example of which of the following types of ethics?

Which of the following types of ethical philosophies is based upon good patterns of perceiving, thinking, and acting rightly, and no as much on rightness or wrongness of a given act or whether it conforms to duty?

The process of ethical decision making is static, meaning that truth is immutable. Dental hygienists are confronted with many questions to consider, and they must filter out their own values and beliefs to eliminate bias in the decision.