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1. Dental phobia:
A. Is a lay term coined by the media.
B. Is classified as a specific phobia within the Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders.
C. Can be related to a history of negative experiences during dental care
or being victims of violence or sexual abuse in childhood.
D. Both B and C.

6. How many principles of sensitive practice form The Umbrella of Safety?
A. Four.
B. Six.
C. Seven.
D. Nine.

2. A history of being abused could lead to which of the following:
A. Anxiety and depression.
B. Low self-esteem and feeling unworthy of proper health care.
C. An aversion to being touched.
D. All of the above.

7. Respect, the first principle of sensitive practice, means:
A. Acknowledging the inherent value of each individual and suspending
critical judgment.
B. Always addressing the patient formally.
C. The patient must defer to the clinician.
D. Respecting the clinician's right to enter the patient's personal space
as they see fit.

3. Individuals in a dissociative state:
A. Experience altered perception, sensation and sense of time to detach
themselves from stressful situations.
B. Experience hypersensitivity and feel pain more acutely than normal.
C. Have learned to ignore or dissociate from pain or symptoms
of disease.
D. Both A and C.

8. Sharing control does not mean:
A. Allowing patients to hold the instruments.
B. Asking patients what they can tolerate and obtaining informed
consent before a procedure.
C. Reaffirming consent at different stages of the appointment.
D. Allowing patients to indicate if they're not comfortable, via previously
agreed hand signals.

4. Which of these statements is erroneous?
A. A 2003 study found that 14.2 percent of men and 32.3 percent of
women reported sexual abuse in childhood.
B. 21 percent of adults who reported histories of childhood sexual abuse
also experienced other physical maltreatment.
C. Male children feel less violated by sexual abuse if the abuser is a
female.
D. Incidence of sexual abuse is not limited by demographic or socioeconomic status.

9. Nonlinear healing is:
A. The circle of healing.
B. Patients might experience good days, feeling improvement or bad
days, so their ability to tolerate treatment might vary from one visit
to the next.
C. When a patient's symptoms improve rapidly.
D. The triangle of healing

5. Distorted sense of self could lead to failure to care for oneself and poor
hygiene
A. True.
B. False.

10. Motivational interviewing is:
A. Interviewing patients to correct deficiencies in their knowledge of
oral care.
B. The clinician motivating the patient by describing the dire
consequences of noncompliance.
C. Is motivation by embarrassing patients who have poor oral hygiene.
D. A collaborative, nonjudgmental technique that fosters patient
autonomy.

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