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A comprehensive set of practice questions and answers covering various aspects of dental hygiene, including radiography anatomy, infection control, oral pathology, and treatment procedures. It is a valuable resource for students preparing for the prometric dental hygiene exam, offering insights into common exam topics and providing a structured approach to studying.
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IO effect when taking Pepcid (Famotidine ~ H2 antagonist) and Acetaminophen (Analgesic) - Answer Decreased salivary flow What is the minimum time required to wash hands in between patients - Answer 15 seconds What method of infection control does not prevent biofilm accumulation in the dental water lines - Answer flushing with tap water Focal sclerosing osteitis / Condensing osteitis - Answer radiopaque change in bone at apex of tooth Associated with low grade fever Most commonly occurs at mand 1st molar What is the minimum % of alcohol needed in hand sanitizer for it to effectively sanitize between donning gloves - Answer 60 % Target Lesion / Bull's Eye Lesion - Answer typical lesion of erythema multiforme (EM) A vesicle is surrounded by an often hemorrhagic maculopapule. If a patient is taking Isonazid and Rifampin, what condition do they have - Answer Tuberculosis What class furcation is involved when the interradicular fibers are effected but the alveolar bone is still present - Answer Class II What is angular chelitits caused by? - Answer Candida Albicans
Traumatic Ulcer on the hard palate - Answer How do you fix an elongated radiograph - Answer Increase the vertical angulation Should a Stimudent be recommended for a patient with braces - Answer NO Oral Carcinoma - Answer Firm red lesion Been there for a while Does not appear to be uniform in color What IO lesion is associated with Epstein Barr Virus - Answer Hairy Leukoplakia Are anticoagulants associated with xerostomia? - Answer NO What instrument would you use to scale the Distal surface of the Mesial root of a max molar - Answer 13/14 OR 17/ Where would you use an instrument with a contra angle and short tip? - Answer deeper posterior pockets What is the optimal way to sharpen an instrument - Answer Place stone at junction between the face and lateral surface What should you do if your diabetic patient begins to show signs of hypoglycemia - Answer give them a sugary drink Which of the following requires pre-med A breast implants B aggressive perio C renal dialysis port D coronary bypass - Answer Renal Dialysis Port What do you do when your patient begins to feel light headed as if they are going to pass out - Answer Trendelenburg laying the patient supine with the feet slightly higher than the head How long should a contaminated instrument stay submerged in cold sterile - Answer 8 hours What is the necessary treatment for a thyroid nodule - Answer surgical excision found at the foramencecum What plaque control aid should be used for a Class III furction - Answer Super floss What IO effect does Congenital Syphilis cause - Answer notched incisal edge Patient in the waiting room is unconscious. You check the pulse and respiration, what should you do next - Answer summon EMS
There is erosion on the man linguals. What should you advise a bulimic patient to do? - Answer rinse with sodium bicarbonate Angles classification - Answer Class I - mesognathic Class II- retrognathic: Division I - all anteriors are flared Division 2- lateral incisors are flared Class III- prognathic Sublingual folds - Answer Materia Alba - Answer IO picture of a white mark on the mandibular labial mucosa. What is this caused by?
Amelogenesis Imperfecta - Answer Radiograph of a crown fracture - Answer make sure to know it was not the patient that moved Coronoid process - Answer Articular eminence - Answer Radiograph of Zygomatic Process - Answer palatal papillary hyperplasia - Answer Can be caused by poor hygiene of denture or ortho appliance that sits on roof of mouth Aspirin burn - Answer Can be wiped away Ophthalmic herpes zoster - Answer reactivation of dormant varicella zoster virus residing within the ophthalmic nerve (the first division of the trigeminal nerve) Eruption pattern of permanent max teeth - Answer 1st molar 6- Centrals 7- Laterals 8- 1st premolar 10- 2nd premolar 10- Canines 11- 2nd molar 12- 3rd molars 17- Eruption pattern of permanent mand teeth - Answer 1st molar 6- Centrals 6- Laterals 7- Canines 9- 1st premolar 10- 2nd premolar 11- 2nd molar 11- 3rd molars 17- Will a hypoglycemic patient have a slow or fast heartbeat? - Answer accelerated heart rate. What can cause a diastema - Answer heredity/genetics missing/malaligned teeth Jaw Discrepancies large labial frenum Lamina Dura - Answer How to calculate CAL - Answer CAL is calculated by adding the probing depth to the gingival recession
Radiograph of Incomplete root formation - Answer Radiolucency around apices Patient presents with Epstein barr virus. Symptoms are similar to what? - Answer Mononucleosis What is the antibiotic treatment for MRSA - Answer IV vancomycin Why would a probe be tipped interproximally while measuring posterior teeth? - Answer to determine furcation involvements How long should a Fl tray stay in the mouth - Answer 4 minutes What is a possible effect of APF fluoride - Answer etching Where should APF fluoride be avoided - Answer Recession Tobacco staining - Answer What could occur from having a food trap between teeth? (contacts not touching) - Answer caries A client previously had a knee replacement. What should you do before treatment - Answer Contact surgeon and see if pt needs pre-med Pt received SRP and put on a 2 week re-eval. All the tissue was healthy except one area. what should you do? - Answer explore and rescale if needed A patient with long term steroid use will experience what? - Answer decreased healing Fordyce spots - Answer No TX necessary After laying supine for a long period of time, the patient feels light headed when sat up. What is occuring? - Answer orthostatic hypotension Overhang restoration - Answer Which permanent teeth replace primary molars? - Answer pre molars Are permanent molars considered succedaneous teeth - Answer No, they do not follow a primary tooth Burnishing calculus - Answer Would gingivitis cause the max incisors to flare? - Answer NO What do you do if the patient is experiencing an acute asthma attack? - Answer give pt inhaler Dental Fluorosis - Answer
Should instruments be transported with regular exam gloves? - Answer NO What toothbrushing method should be used on a patient with braces? - Answer Charters Plavix is a blood thinner in which will increase.. - Answer the risk of bleeding Retained primary tooth - Answer What medications can cause gingival hyperplasia - Answer Anticonvulsants (phenytoin/dilantin, phenobarbital, lamotrigine, vigabatrin, ethosuximide, topiramate, and primidone) Antihypertensives (calcium channel blockers such as nifedipine, amlodipine, and verapamil) Immunosuppressant (cyclosporine) High frenum attachment - Answer can cause recession due to constant irritation Urticaria - Answer Dental Class restorations - Answer Class I - occlusal or buccal/lingual pits Class II - posterior interproximal Class III - anterior interproximal Class IV - ant interprox including incisal edge Class V - cervical 1/3 of the buccal or lingual Class VI - cusp tips Muscles of Mastication - Answer Innervated by V Masseter - Elevates the mandible Temporalis - Elevates/retracts mandible Medial Pterygoid - Elevates the mandible Lateral Pterygoid - side to side motion Branches of the Trigeminal Nerve - Answer V1 - sensory V2- sensory V3- motor
What does pre-med do? - Answer prevent bacteremia Radiograph of mandibular tori - Answer What toothpaste ingredient is causing recurrent ulcers - Answer sodium laurly sulfate What is a concern with a patient with bells palsy - Answer Difficulty swallowing What do you need to know prior to Tx for a patient taking Warfarin? - Answer INR Cementoma - Answer Ranula - Answer What is an oral side effect of Prozac? - Answer xerostomia How do steroids effect wound healing? - Answer causes delayed wound healing What should be done with a patient with a previous history of high blood pressure and comes in for their appointment with reading of 160/116? - Answer refer the patient to their physician immediately Premedication regimine - Answer 2g Amoxicillin 600 mg Clindamycin Patient comes in for appointment who needs premed, and they took 300 mg 1 hour prior to their appointment. What would you do? - Answer administer another 300 mg and wait 1 hr prior to treatment (because their clindamycin premed is 600mg 1hr prior to treatment) What is a PAN used for? - Answer - look at location of 3rd molars
Identify mandibular canal radiographically - Answer radiolucent, long dark area outlined with dense cortical bone, located above or parallel to the inferior border of the mandible What is thickened lamina dura caused by? is this appearance normal? - Answer - caused by trauma
What drink can cause facial erosion? - Answer fruit juice What does median rhomboid glossitis look like? - Answer red lump in center of posterior portion of tongue What is the treatment for median rhomboid glossitis? - Answer antifungals Know what cross bite looks like - Answer ... Know classes of occlusion - Answer Class I: mesiobuccal cusp of maxillary first molar occludes with buccal groove of mandibular first molar Class II: buccal groove of mandibular first molar is distal to the mesiobuccal cusp of maxillary fits molar Class III: buccal groove of mandibular first molar is mesial to the mesiobuccal cusp of maxillary first molar Why would there be a white triangle covering all the mandibular anteriors and chin on a PAN? - Answer If the mouth looks smiley then the chin was too low, if the mouth looked frowning then the chin was too high FDA regulates - Answer fluoride content in bottled water medications that cause increased bleeding? - Answer anticoagulants (warfarin, heparin), antiplatelets (aspirin, plavix), blood modifiers (xarelto, eliquis, pradaxa) medications that cause gingival hyperplasia? - Answer - anti-seizure: Dilantin
aspirin burn - Answer - chemical injury
according to CDCA all need to be medical waste except - Answer tissue treatment for angular cheilitis? - Answer antifungal APF can cause - Answer etching of porcelain crowns when should spore test biological monitoring be done? - Answer 1 week which tooth will replace the primary second molar? - Answer permanent second premolar when the gingival margin is at the CEJ what calculation is needed to calculate the CAL? - Answer none, the CAL is the same as the prime depth Tooth #24 has a 6mm pocket with 2 mm of recession, what is the CAL? - Answer 8 mm what tooth will replace tooth K? - Answer # Teeth with a periodontal abscess are vital whereas teeth with a periapical abscess are non-vital, T or F? - Answer True An irritation fibroma is composed of - Answer dense fibrous connective tissue and giant cells In periodontal disease, the lamina dura is - Answer - thinner
PAN radiograph of tooth #3 and you see a ghost image of anterior teeth - Answer double exposed palatine fovea or fovea palatinii - Answer Two orifices one each side of the midline, distal to the vibrating line. They act as collecting ducts for a group of minor palatine salivary glands hypodontia - Answer having less than 6 congenitally missing teeth oligodontia - Answer having 6 or more congenitally missing teeth Leukoedema - Answer appears as a filmy, opaque, white to slate gray discoloration of mucosa, chiefly buccal mucosa,It is stated to be seen in 90% of Blacks Nikolsky's sign - Answer Fragile mucosa may be induced to blister or slough when pressure is applied sign is particularly useful in differentiating pemphigus vulgaris, which causes a positive sign, from bullous pemphigoid, in which the sign is usually absent. Ankylosis - Answer of primary molars has been reported to be associated with various anomalies in permanent dentition, is usually associated with hypodontia and occurs most time when a tooth fails to exfoliate. median rhomboid glossitis - Answer fungal condition treated with an antifungal drug. It is a form of chronic atrophic candidiasis characterized by an asymptomatic, elongated, erythematous patch of atrophic mucosa of the posterior mid-dorsal surface of the tongue due to a chronic Candida infection Does the FDA regulate fluoride in bottled water? - Answer Yes. The federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act provides FDA with broad regulatory authority over food, including bottled water, that is introduced or delivered for interstate commerce (produced and sold in more than one state). Bottled water that is in intrastate commerce (produced and sold only in one state) is under the jurisdiction of the state in which the bottled water is produced and sold. You need to contact the manufacturer to ask if their product is under FDA jurisdiction or state jurisdiction. Does the EPA have jurisdiction over the quality of bottled water? - Answer The EPA does not have jurisdiction over the quality of bottled water. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the FDA have a 1979 Memorandum of Agreement specifying that the EPA regulates safe drinking water in accordance with the Safe Drinking Water Act, and the FDA regulates bottled water as a consumer beverage under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Federal Register, Volume 44, No. 141, July 20, 1979). The FDA has its own regulations on standards of quality, identity, and good manufacturing practices that bottled water must meet. Hemostasis - Answer can refer to the physiologic process whereby bleeding is halted, thus protecting the integrity of the vascular system after tissue injury. It is responsible for minimizing blood loss. It is commonly referred to as stoppage of bleeding, however, coagulation is only one type of hemostatic process.
superior foramina of the incisive canal - Answer Identify the landmark median palatal suture - Answer Identify the landmark nasal cavity - Answer Identify the landmark nasal septum - Answer Identify the landmark floor of nasal cavity - Answer Identify the landmark anterior nasal spine - Answer Identify the landmark inferior nasal conchae - Answer Identify the landmark lateral fossa - Answer Identify the landmark maxillary sinus - Answer Identify the landmark maxillary tuberosity - Answer Identify the landmark hamulus - Answer Identify the landmark nutrient canal - Answer Identify the landmark zygomatic process of the maxilla - Answer Identify the landmark zygoma - Answer Identify the landmark genial tubercles - Answer Identify the landmark lingual foramen - Answer Identify the landmark nutrient canals - Answer Identify the landmark mental ridge - Answer Identify the landmark mental fossa - Answer Identify the landmark mental foramen - Answer Identify the landmark mylohyoid ridge (internal oblique ridge) - Answer Identify the landmark mandibular canal - Answer Identify the landmark external oblique ridge - Answer Identify the landmark coronoid process - Answer Identify the landmark Submandibular fossa - Answer Identify the landmark
corticol bone - Answer What type of bone is seen?