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Clinic Lecture 1-A
Dental Hygiene Diagnosis
Question | Answer |
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Diagnosis | a statement that identifies the existence of a condition from its signs and symptoms within our area of expertise. |
DHDx | "formal" statement of the RDH's decision regarding the actual or potential problems of a patient that is amendable to treatment through the dental hygiene process of care. |
DDx | identifies a specific illness |
DHDx identifes | an actural or potential response to the illness |
Steps in processing the data | Use of critical thinking skills Classifying data into categories Interpreting Validating |
During assessment what are we as dental hygienist doing? | identify certain characteristics or findings as being perhaps representative of a disease state |
What is the two-step process? | development of diagnostic statements analyses or synthesize of data |
How do we formulate the DHDx? | “condition/problem” “related to” “etiologic or contributing factor” |
What are the guidelines for writing the DHDx? | diagnosis dental hygiene diagnosis Consists of 2 part statement “related to” contributing factor Write in legally advisable terms Write without value judgments Avoid reversing statements Contributing factors that can be changed by dental hygiene |
What does the dental hygiene diagnosis guide? | planning and implementation that is the bridge between assessment and our actual treatment. |