ADA NBDHE Dental Hygienist

Category - Provision of Clinical Dental Hygiene Services

Dental hygienists should consult their state regulatory board to determine if they can perform what type of oral-cancer detection technique?
  1. Exfoliative cytology
  2. Brush Biopsy
  3. Brush cytology
  4. Exfoliative biopsy
Explanation
Answer: B - Dental hygienists should consult their state regulatory board to determine if they can perform a brush biopsy as an oral-cancer detection technique. The benefit of this technique is that it is easy, minimally invasive, both computer-assisted analysis and a pathologist evaluate the specimens, and results are rapid.
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