dental assisting Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| ADA-american dental association | national professional organization for dentists |
| Assault | threath of touching a person without consent |
| battery | according to the law, the actual touching of another individual without consent |
| breach of contract | breaking of a contract |
| calcification | the process of depositing calcium salts and other materials in the formed tooth |
| CDA certified dental assisitant | a dental assistant who has obtained national certification through DANB |
| civil law | law related to actions and circumstance btween individuals |
| common law | standards and rules based upon previously determined cases in which everyone is now responsible to follow |
| communication | exchange of information and ideas |
| contract | a binding agreement between 2 or more persons |
| contract law | law that covers contracts to bind 2 or more parties |
| covered entity | direct provider of health care services and supplies |
| criminal law | law related to wrongs committed against the welfare and the saftey of society as a whole |
| culture | the shared benefits and values of a group |
| CDT-current dental terminology | the collaboration of dental vendors payers providers clearinghouses and the government for a standard code set |
| defendant | the individual a charge is brought against |
| DANB-dental assisting national board | independent organization that adminsters the credentialing examination for dental assistants |
| dental practice act | state regulations that describe legal restrictions and controls on the dentist, hygenist, and other dental assistants |
| dr. greene v. black | grand old man of dentistry |
| ethics | morally right or wrong |
| ethnicity | a group that shares cultural characteristics |
| expanded functions | skills and functions beyond those normally associated with dental assisting that require increased skill and responsibility, delegated by dentists according to the dental practive acts in there states |
| fraud | a deliberate deception that is practiced to secure unfair or unlawful gain |
| good samaritan law | protection for people who provide medical assistance to those in emergency situations who are not seeking payment for it, those providing the assistance are given immunity |
| HIPAA | was enacted to establish safegiards for health care transactions transmitted electronically |
| informed consent | agreement by the patient to the procedure that is about to e erfored after being told of the procedure, risks involved, expected outcomes, and alternative treatments, patients acknowledge their understand and acceptance by signing |
| law | the set of rules established and enforced by local, state, and federal government |
| libel | false and malicious written comments |
| negligence | the failure to exercise the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise in similar circumstances |
| reciprocity | one who has passed the medical/dental requirements for one state that applies for the same "rights" in another state, without taking abother written or clinical exam |
| statues | laws enacted by state |
| subpoena | court order mandating and individual to appear at a particular time and date with a specific reason to teisify |
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