{"id":6159,"date":"2025-09-08T07:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T07:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/?page_id=6159"},"modified":"2025-09-08T07:22:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T07:22:59","slug":"dental-hygienist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/dental-hygienist\/","title":{"rendered":"Dental Hygienist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6159\" class=\"elementor elementor-6159\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5a3d3e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f5a3d3e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7bf977a\" data-id=\"7bf977a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d08f6ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d08f6ab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fcaf64a\" data-id=\"fcaf64a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2370de1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2370de1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Dental Hygienist<\/h3><ul><li><strong>Duration:<\/strong> 3 Hours<\/li><li><strong>Exam Code:<\/strong> DEN5141<\/li><li><strong>Number of Questions:<\/strong> 150<\/li><li><strong>Passing Score:<\/strong> 55%<\/li><\/ul><h3>Exam Coverage:<\/h3><ul><li>Basic Anatomy and Physiology, Biology, Physiology, and Oral Pathology.<\/li><li>Medical and Dental Histories.<\/li><li>Extraoral and Intraoral Examination.<\/li><li>Non-Surgical Periodontal Therapy.<\/li><li>Preventive Therapy.<\/li><li>Management of Medical Emergencies and Medically Compromised Patients.<\/li><li>Communication Skills.<\/li><li>Community Dental Hygiene.<\/li><li>Professionalism and Ethics.<\/li><li>Patient Safety.<\/li><\/ul><h3>Recommended References:<\/h3><ol><li><em>Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist<\/em><em>, <\/em>M. Wilkins; Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Latest Edition.<\/li><li><em>Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation<\/em>, Nield-Gehring J.S., Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Latest Edition.<\/li><li><em>Dental Hygiene: Theory and Practice<\/em>, Darby and Walsh, Latest Edition.<\/li><li><em>Contemporary Periodontal Instrumentation<\/em>, Diane H. Schoen; M. Catherine Dean, Latest Edition.<\/li><li><em>Comprehensive Review of Dental Hygiene<\/em>, Mosby&#8217;s, Michele Leonardi Darby, Latest Edition.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dental Hygienist Duration: 3 Hours Exam Code: DEN5141 Number of Questions: &#8230; <\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6159","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6159"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6302,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6159\/revisions\/6302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}