Chapter 01: Information Sources, Regulatory Agencies, Drug Legislation, and Prescription Wr
Haveles: Applied Pharmacology for the Dental Hygienist, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Knowledge of pharmacology aids the dental professional in
a. obtaining a patient’s health history.
b. administering drugs in the office.
c. handling emergency situations.
d. selection of a nonprescription medication.
e. All of the above
ANS: E
All of the choices are true. Because many of our patients are being treated with drugs, knowledge of ph
understanding and interpreting patients’ responses to health history questions. Knowledge of the therap
medications obviously helps in their proper administration in the office. Emergency situations may be
drugs; thus, knowledge of pharmacology is of great help, especially because a rapid response is someti
understanding of the concepts of drug action, drug handling by the body, and drug interactions will allo
make proper judgments and grasp the concepts relevant to new drug therapies on the market.
DIF: Application REF: Role of the Dental Hygienist | p. 2 & 3
OBJ: 1 TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
2. Which of the following statements is true regarding planning appointments?
a. Whether or not patients are taking medication for systemic diseases is of little
consequence in the dental office.
b. Asthmatic patients should have dental appointments in the morning.
c. Diabetic patients usually have fewer problems with a morning appointment
compared with afternoon appointments.
d. Both B and C are true.
ANS: D
Asthmatic patients who experience dental anxiety should schedule their appointments when they are no
early in the morning. Diabetic patients usually have relatively fewer problems with a morning appointm
medication for systemic diseases may require special handling in the dental office.
DIF: Comprehension
REF: Role of the Dental Hygienist (Appointment Scheduling) | p. 3
OBJ: 1 TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
3. Nutritional or herbal supplements
a. carry the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for disease states.
b. are not drugs.
c. can cause adverse effects.
d. will not interact with other drugs the patient may be taking.
ANS: C
Nutritional or herbal supplements are quite capable of causing adverse effects. The majority of nutritio
not carry FDA approval for treating disease states. These supplements are drugs and can cause adverse
different drugs.
DIF: Comprehension
REF: Role of the Dental Hygienist (Nutritional or Herbal Supplements) | p. 3
OBJ: 1 TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
4. Which type of drug name usually begins with a lowercase letter?
a. Brand name
b. Code name
c. Generic name
, 5. A drug’s generic name is selected by the
a. pharmaceutical company manufacturing it.
b. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
c. U.S. Adopted Name Council.
d. Federal Patent Office.
ANS: C
Each drug is assigned only one generic name (e.g., ibuprofen). It is selected by the U.S. Adopted Name
is not selected by the FDA or the Federal Patent Office. The pharmaceutical company manufacturing th
influence on the generic name given its drug, but the final decision is not the company’s.
DIF: Recall REF: Drug Names | p. 4 OBJ: 3
TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
6. Which of the following is true concerning generic and trade names of drugs?
a. A drug may only have one generic name and one trade name.
b. A drug may only have one generic name, but it may have several trade names.
c. A drug may have several generic names, but it may only have one trade name.
d. A drug may have several generic names and several trade names.
ANS: B
Each drug has only one generic name but may have several trade names. For each drug, there is only o
capitalized, and it becomes the “official” name of the drug. The pharmaceutical company discovering t
trade name. The trade name is protected by the Federal Patent Law for 20 years from the earliest claim
term extensions. Although the brand name is technically the name of the company marketing the produ
interchangeably with the trade name.
DIF: Comprehension REF: Drug Names | p. 4
OBJ: 3 TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
7. Two drugs that are found to be chemically equivalent, but not biologically equivalent or therapeutically
in
a. potency.
b. efficacy.
c. bioavailability.
d. therapeutic index.
ANS: C
A preparation can be chemically equivalent yet not biologically or therapeutically equivalent. These pr
their bioavailability. The potency of a drug is a function of the amount of drug required to produce an e
maximum intensity of effect or response that can be produced by a drug. The therapeutic index is the ra
50% of the experimental animals divided by the effective dose for 50% of the experimental animals. If
index is small, toxicity is more likely.
DIF: Recall REF: Drug Substitution | p. 5 OBJ: 4
TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
8. How many years must pass after a drug patent expires before other drug companies can market the sam
drug?
a. 20 years
b. 17 years
c. 7 years
d. 0 years
ANS: D
Once a drug patent expires, competing companies may immediately market the same compound in gen
patent of the original drug expires, and other companies can market the same compound under a generi
DIF: Application REF: Drug Names (Drug Substitution) | p. 5
OBJ: 4 TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
Haveles: Applied Pharmacology for the Dental Hygienist, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Knowledge of pharmacology aids the dental professional in
a. obtaining a patient’s health history.
b. administering drugs in the office.
c. handling emergency situations.
d. selection of a nonprescription medication.
e. All of the above
ANS: E
All of the choices are true. Because many of our patients are being treated with drugs, knowledge of ph
understanding and interpreting patients’ responses to health history questions. Knowledge of the therap
medications obviously helps in their proper administration in the office. Emergency situations may be
drugs; thus, knowledge of pharmacology is of great help, especially because a rapid response is someti
understanding of the concepts of drug action, drug handling by the body, and drug interactions will allo
make proper judgments and grasp the concepts relevant to new drug therapies on the market.
DIF: Application REF: Role of the Dental Hygienist | p. 2 & 3
OBJ: 1 TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
2. Which of the following statements is true regarding planning appointments?
a. Whether or not patients are taking medication for systemic diseases is of little
consequence in the dental office.
b. Asthmatic patients should have dental appointments in the morning.
c. Diabetic patients usually have fewer problems with a morning appointment
compared with afternoon appointments.
d. Both B and C are true.
ANS: D
Asthmatic patients who experience dental anxiety should schedule their appointments when they are no
early in the morning. Diabetic patients usually have relatively fewer problems with a morning appointm
medication for systemic diseases may require special handling in the dental office.
DIF: Comprehension
REF: Role of the Dental Hygienist (Appointment Scheduling) | p. 3
OBJ: 1 TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
3. Nutritional or herbal supplements
a. carry the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for disease states.
b. are not drugs.
c. can cause adverse effects.
d. will not interact with other drugs the patient may be taking.
ANS: C
Nutritional or herbal supplements are quite capable of causing adverse effects. The majority of nutritio
not carry FDA approval for treating disease states. These supplements are drugs and can cause adverse
different drugs.
DIF: Comprehension
REF: Role of the Dental Hygienist (Nutritional or Herbal Supplements) | p. 3
OBJ: 1 TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
4. Which type of drug name usually begins with a lowercase letter?
a. Brand name
b. Code name
c. Generic name
, 5. A drug’s generic name is selected by the
a. pharmaceutical company manufacturing it.
b. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
c. U.S. Adopted Name Council.
d. Federal Patent Office.
ANS: C
Each drug is assigned only one generic name (e.g., ibuprofen). It is selected by the U.S. Adopted Name
is not selected by the FDA or the Federal Patent Office. The pharmaceutical company manufacturing th
influence on the generic name given its drug, but the final decision is not the company’s.
DIF: Recall REF: Drug Names | p. 4 OBJ: 3
TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
6. Which of the following is true concerning generic and trade names of drugs?
a. A drug may only have one generic name and one trade name.
b. A drug may only have one generic name, but it may have several trade names.
c. A drug may have several generic names, but it may only have one trade name.
d. A drug may have several generic names and several trade names.
ANS: B
Each drug has only one generic name but may have several trade names. For each drug, there is only o
capitalized, and it becomes the “official” name of the drug. The pharmaceutical company discovering t
trade name. The trade name is protected by the Federal Patent Law for 20 years from the earliest claim
term extensions. Although the brand name is technically the name of the company marketing the produ
interchangeably with the trade name.
DIF: Comprehension REF: Drug Names | p. 4
OBJ: 3 TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
7. Two drugs that are found to be chemically equivalent, but not biologically equivalent or therapeutically
in
a. potency.
b. efficacy.
c. bioavailability.
d. therapeutic index.
ANS: C
A preparation can be chemically equivalent yet not biologically or therapeutically equivalent. These pr
their bioavailability. The potency of a drug is a function of the amount of drug required to produce an e
maximum intensity of effect or response that can be produced by a drug. The therapeutic index is the ra
50% of the experimental animals divided by the effective dose for 50% of the experimental animals. If
index is small, toxicity is more likely.
DIF: Recall REF: Drug Substitution | p. 5 OBJ: 4
TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
8. How many years must pass after a drug patent expires before other drug companies can market the sam
drug?
a. 20 years
b. 17 years
c. 7 years
d. 0 years
ANS: D
Once a drug patent expires, competing companies may immediately market the same compound in gen
patent of the original drug expires, and other companies can market the same compound under a generi
DIF: Application REF: Drug Names (Drug Substitution) | p. 5
OBJ: 4 TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
