| A | B |
|---|
| Implied consent | informed consent given when a patient voluntarily comes to the office and sits in the chair |
| Informed refusal | When a patient declines care |
| Supervised neglect | when a patient requires further care yet the patient has been erroneously discharged from care thinking that a healthy state was achieved |
| Continued care | the period of time determined by the dental hygienist for the patient to return to support a patients continued oral health |
| Guarded prognosis | when the risk for a new disease or recurrence of the previous condition is high |
| Favorable prognosis | when the risk for new disease or recurrence of previous conditions are low |
| Informed consent | the patient must be knowledgeable about what the provider plans to do and gives permission for the plans to be carried out |
| Prioritize | to arrange in order of importance |
| Sequence | a continuous or related series of things (DH interventions) following a certain order of succession |
| Intervention | to happen or take place between other events, to intervene, as with a specific treatment |
