Studied by 8 peopleGabby Katie Kenzie
Instruments-What are the four categories in a tray setup?
Examination instruments, hand cutting instruments, restorative instruments, and accessory instruments.
Instruments-What are the three restorative instruments (In order)?
Condenser, burnisher, carvers.
Instruments-What is the function of an anesthetic aspirating syringe?
To administer a local anesthetic.
Instruments- What is the function of a flat instrument?
To invert dental dam material into the gingival sulcus.
Instruments-What is the function of a periodontal probe?
To measure the periodontal pocket depth in mm increments.
Instruments-What is the function of a mouth mirror?
To provide indirect vision, reflect light, retract cheeks, lips, and tongue.
Instruments- What is the function of an explorer, and what are the three types?
Pigtail, Orban, and Shepards Hook. To examine teeth for decay (caries) calculus, furcations or any abnormalities.
Instruments- What is the function of an Disposable, and what are the three types?
2x2 gauze, cotton roll, dry aid. To use with all types of dental procedures. To use when the mouth needs to stay dry.
Instruments- What is the function of a short anesthetic needle, and a long anesthetic needle?
Short: To administer infiltration anesthetic injection on the maxillary arch.
Long: To administer by block injection on the mandibular arch.
Instruments- What is the function of a dental dam hole punch, and what are they in order?
To make holes on the dental dam for each individual tooth.
1. Mandibular incisor 2. Maxillary incisor + canine 3. Premolar 4. Molar 5. Anchor tooth
Basic Dental Office- How is OSAP used in the dental office/setting?
OSAP provides practical, scientifically sound information and recommendations on specific issues like instrument processing, surface asepsis, dental unit waterline management and is the premier infection control education organization in dentistry.
Basic Dental Office-Who regulates and must approve sterilizers, biologic and chemical indicators, ultrasonic cleaners and cleaning solutions, liquid sterilants, PPE, dental handpieces and instruments, antimicrobial hand washing products, mouth rinses, dental chairs and dental unit lights. They are a regulatory agency and are part of DHHS.
OSHA
OSAP
FDA
NIH
FDA
Basic Dental Office- What are the 3 ways that chemicals can enter the body in a dental office?
Inhalation, absorption and ingestion
Basic Dental Office- What should you check in the dental office for information on potential dangers associated with chemicals included in the products you use and how many sections does it include?
Safety data sheet and 16 sections
Basic Dental Office- What does the written program include?
It includes the names of all employees in the office that are exposed to hazardous chemicals, the individual responsible for the program and must describe the staff training, how chemicals are handled in the office including information on labeling and safety measures, and how to respond to chemical emergencies such as spills or exposures.
Basic Dental Office- Where should you put extracted teeth if they aren’t disinfected and given back to the patient?
Toxic waste
Regulated waste
Infectious waste
General waste
Regulated waste
Basic Dental Office- What 3 categories of risk factors contribute to MSD’s?
Posture, repetition, and force.
Basic Dental Office- What dental professional removes deposits on the teeth, exposes radiographs, places topical fluoride and dental sealants. They also are required to have a minimum of 2 academic years of college study and an associate’s degree in that program?
Dental assistant
Dentist
Clinical dental assistant
Dental hygienist
Dental Hygienist
Basic Dental Office- What is HIPAA?
Health Insurance portability act, it is set federal privacy laws that ensure that all types of healthcare providers regard methods that are used to ensure that patient privacy is protected while health information is shared among healthcare providers.
Basic Dental Office- What is the following describing: It involves telling the truth, it is in the patient's best interest to know the truth about their conditions. Incomplete information, like omission of information about a less expensive option, can threaten the trust between patient and dental professional. For example, telling a patient that a procedure will not hurt, when it might or will.
Veracity
Anatomy: What is a fossa in a bone?
A. A large, rounded process on a bone
B. A hallow, grooved, or depressed area on the bone
C. The external opening of a canal
D. A small, rough projection on a bone
B. A hallow, grooved, or depressed area on the bone
Anatomy: What are the two types of bone and describe them?
Cortical bone, it is the dense outer layer of bone, radiopaque.
Cancellous bone, soft and spongy bone located between two layers of dense cortical one.
Anatomy: 
Maxillary tuberosity, radiopaque bulge distal to the third molar region, rounded prominence of bone
Anatomy: What is lamina dura?
wall of tooth socket, made of cortical bone. Appears as a dense radiopaque line surrounding the root of a tooth
Anatomy: What is the bone of the maxilla and the mandible that supports and encases the roots of teeth and is composed of dense cortical bone and cancellous bone.
A Nasal bones
B. hyoid bone
C. alveolar bone
D. mylar bone
C. Alveolar bone
Anatomy: What is the hamulus
A hook like projection of bone extending from the medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone.
A bony process of the maxilla that articulates with the zygoma or Mylar bone.
The intersection of the maxillary sinus and the nasal cavity.
Bony walls or partitions that appear to divide the maxillary sinus into compartments.
A hook like projection of bone extending from the medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone.
Anatomy: What is an external oblique ridge?
A linear prominence of bone located on the external surface of the body of the mandible.
It is a marked prominence of bone on the anterior ramus of the mandible.
A linear prominence of bone located on the internal surface of the mandible.
An opening or hole in bone located on the external surface of the mandible in the region of the mandibular premolars.
1.A linear prominence of bone located on the external surface of the body of the mandible.
Anatomy: What describes the midsagittal plane?
Imaginary vertical plane, divides body into equal left and right halves.
Vertical plane dividing body from top to bottom and into left and right sections.
Divides the body into superior and inferior portions.
Vertical plane at right angles, divides body into anterior and posterior portions.
Imaginary vertical plane, divides body into equal left and right halves.
Anatomy: What is the function of the nervous system?
It is the communication system, instructions sent out and directions from this system. Brain and spinal cord are main and nerves carry messages to the main and from the central nervous system. (brain and spinal cord)
Anatomy: Describe the submandibular fossa
Scooped out, depressed area of bone, located on the internal surface of the mandible, radiolucent area.
Radiation Health and Safety: Which dental technique is the most common?
Occlusal Technique
Paralleling Technique
Bisecting Technique
Bite- wing Technique
Paralleling Technique
Radiation Health and Safety: What is the maxillary molar angulation when using the bisecting technique?
+20 to +30
Radiation Health and Safety: What is the buccal object rule?
Buccal object rule governs the orientation of structures portrayed in two images exposed at different angulations
Radiation Health and Safety: Which technique error appears stretched or distorted on an image?
Creasing
Phalangioma
Double Image
Bending
Bending
Radiation Health and Safety: When using a digital sensor, how should it be properly handled after contaminating?
Autoclaved
Disinfected only
Disinfected and covered with a barrier
No need to clean the sensors
Disinfected and covered with a barrier
Radiation Health and Safety: How should the lead apron be handled when not being used?
Should be hung up and disinfected after each patient
Radiation Health and Safety:
What does this picture show and why is it important to have while taking radiographs?
The picture shows a thyroid collar and it’s important because it protects the thyroid from scatter radiation while taking radiographs.
Radiation Health and Safety: What was the purpose of the localization technique?
Used to locate the position of a tooth or an object in the jaws.
Radiation Health and Safety: Which of the following is most sensitive to radiation?
Reproductive
Nerves
Muscles
Bone Marrow
reproductive
Radiation Health and Safety: Which solution can not go down a sanitary drain?
Fixer solution
Infection control: Items that penetrate soft tissue are classified as what by the CDC?
Semicritical
Noncritical
Critical
Reuseable
critical
Infection control: List the 6 chains of infection
An infectious agent, a reservoir, a portal of exit, a mode of transmission, a portal of entry and a susceptible host.
Infection control: How does an indirect transmission occur?
It occurs when microorganisms first are transmitted to an object or surface and then are transferred to another person who touches those objects or surfaces.
Infection control: What level of disinfectant do we use in the dental office?
High-level disinfectant
Intermediate-level disinfectant
Low-level disinfection
No disinfectant
Intermediate-level disinfectant
Infection control: How are diseases transmitted in the dental office?
Patient to dental team,dental team to patient, patient to patient, dental office to community, and community to dental office to patient
Infection control: What is the Universal Precaution?
The concept that all humans blood and body fluids are to be treated as if known to be infected with a blood-borne disease
Infection control: What is the difference between utility gloves and examination gloves?
Utility gloves are used when the treatment room needs cleaned, when putting contaminated instruments into sterilization, and for cleaning surfaces. Examination gloves are usually used with latex or vinyl and used when taking care of a patient and during a procedure.
Infection control: What PPE should you wear when handling a patient?
Gown
Gloves
Eyewear/ Mask
All of the above
All of the above
Infection control: What are the five major groups of microorganisms?
Bacteria,algae,protozoa,fungi, and viruses
Infection control: What should be done if there’s a blood spot on a surface?
Clean it with a disinfectant cleaner
Use a high-level disinfectant
Clean up with a dry paper towel
Leave it there
Clean it with a disinfectant cleaner
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