Ch 1: applied
pharmacology for the
dental hygienist Exam
Questions and Answers
100% Pass
Pharmacology - Correct Answer: Any chemical compound used on or administered to humans or animals
as an aid in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease or other abnormal condition, for the relief
of pain or suffering, or to control or improve any physiologic or pathologic condition
Drug - Correct Answer: A substance or chemical agent that has a physiological effect on biological or
living system(s) most are synthetic, but can be biologic (naturally produced in the human/animal body)
Pharmacokinetics - Correct Answer: How the body affects the drugs, including the following
subcategories (we abbreviate these ADME)
Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion - Correct Answer: What are the 4 subcategories of pharmacokinetics (ADME)
Pharmacodynamics - Correct Answer: The action a drug has on the body
Two - Correct Answer: All drugs have at least ___ names
, Generic; trade - Correct Answer: Each drug has only one ______ (nonproprietary, official and preferred,
typically lowercase) name but may have several ______ (proprietary) names-typically uppercase
Trade name - Correct Answer: Xylocaine/Octocaine
Generic name - Correct Answer: lidocaine
Trade name - Correct Answer: Valium
Generic name - Correct Answer: diazepam
Generic ibuprofen - Correct Answer: Motrin, Nuprin, Advil
Generic acetaminophen - Correct Answer: Tylenol
Generic - Correct Answer: Is the trade or generic name preferred?
True - Correct Answer: T/F - for dental drugs, generic substitution can give equivalent therapeutic results
at a cost savings
True - Correct Answer: T/F - the FDA requires that the active ingredient of the generic product enter the
bloodstream at the same rate as the trade name product
True - Correct Answer: T/F - before a generic drug is marketed it must demonstrate it is biologically
equivalent which would make it therapeutically equivalent
Chemically equivalent - Correct Answer: Two formulations of a drug meet the chemical and physical
standards established by the regulatory agencies (form of med)
Biologically equivalent - Correct Answer: Two formulations produce similar concentrations of the drug in
the blood and tissues (within the body)
pharmacology for the
dental hygienist Exam
Questions and Answers
100% Pass
Pharmacology - Correct Answer: Any chemical compound used on or administered to humans or animals
as an aid in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease or other abnormal condition, for the relief
of pain or suffering, or to control or improve any physiologic or pathologic condition
Drug - Correct Answer: A substance or chemical agent that has a physiological effect on biological or
living system(s) most are synthetic, but can be biologic (naturally produced in the human/animal body)
Pharmacokinetics - Correct Answer: How the body affects the drugs, including the following
subcategories (we abbreviate these ADME)
Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion - Correct Answer: What are the 4 subcategories of pharmacokinetics (ADME)
Pharmacodynamics - Correct Answer: The action a drug has on the body
Two - Correct Answer: All drugs have at least ___ names
, Generic; trade - Correct Answer: Each drug has only one ______ (nonproprietary, official and preferred,
typically lowercase) name but may have several ______ (proprietary) names-typically uppercase
Trade name - Correct Answer: Xylocaine/Octocaine
Generic name - Correct Answer: lidocaine
Trade name - Correct Answer: Valium
Generic name - Correct Answer: diazepam
Generic ibuprofen - Correct Answer: Motrin, Nuprin, Advil
Generic acetaminophen - Correct Answer: Tylenol
Generic - Correct Answer: Is the trade or generic name preferred?
True - Correct Answer: T/F - for dental drugs, generic substitution can give equivalent therapeutic results
at a cost savings
True - Correct Answer: T/F - the FDA requires that the active ingredient of the generic product enter the
bloodstream at the same rate as the trade name product
True - Correct Answer: T/F - before a generic drug is marketed it must demonstrate it is biologically
equivalent which would make it therapeutically equivalent
Chemically equivalent - Correct Answer: Two formulations of a drug meet the chemical and physical
standards established by the regulatory agencies (form of med)
Biologically equivalent - Correct Answer: Two formulations produce similar concentrations of the drug in
the blood and tissues (within the body)
