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Continuing Professional Development CPD
Questions Indicate which of the alternatives is correct
1 In the Coalition Agreement, the Government made a specifi c
commitment to introduce a new NHS dentistry contract that would:
a) Focus on achieving good health
b) Focus on increasing access to NHS dentistry
c) Focus on achieving value for money in NHS dentistry
d) Focus on achieving good health and increasing access to NHS dentistry
2 According to Steele advanced restorative care should be provided:
a) At the patients’ request
b) Only when there is a stable oral environment
c) If it is clinically necessary
d) On a private not NHS basis
3 The purpose of the oral health assessment currently being piloted
a) Is to capture the oral health status and individual risk factors of the
patient
b) It’s a fancy name for a dental check-up
c) Is the charting of restorations, caries and periodontal condition
d) Is to record medical history, condition of teeth, periodontal health and
soft tissues
4 The RAG status of a patient
a) Is another bureaucratic requirement
b) Helps dentists decide on what treatment should be available
c) Helps patients understand their oral health status
d) Is a shorthand way of telling patients how good or bad their teeth are
5 The clinical effectiveness outcomes of the DQOF consist of:
a) The quality of fi t of crown margins
b) The patient having fewer carious lesions at their annual review
c) Showing improvement in oral hygiene
d) Improvement or maintenance of number of carious teeth and BPE
scores
6 In respect of the dental team the new contract pilots
a) Are an opportunity to implement guidance on how DCPs can be
employed in practice
b) Are a way of replacing dentists with DCPs
c) Allow for direct access to DCPs by patients
d) Restrict the duties that DCPs can carry out
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