[Verified Answer]: You have been hired as a dental hygienist…

You have been hired as a dental hygienist at the Health Department dental clinic in your county. The patient population in this facility is predominately low income. There is no community water fluoridation in the area. Most of your patients do not follow a healthy lifestyle through diet and exercise. You have been asked by your employer to develop a caries management strategy that covers all of the patients’ needs. Your employer has decided to send the caries risk “Oral Health Check Sheet” to his patients and ask that they fill it out and bring it to their next appointment. This checkoff sheet lists 10 questions associated with a patient’s caries risk. Is this a good choice by your employer, why or why not? Group of answer choices No. Most patients will learn very little about their problem if merely given a checklist to fill out. Yes. This will be convenient for patients to complete at home and bring in. No. The form may get lost in the mail. Yes. This will save the dental hygienist time wasted talking to the patient. No. This will cost the dentist too much money in stamps.