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Dentistry
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health-sciences
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dentistry
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. An infection of a tooth - soft tissue or bone
Broad-spectrum activity
abscess
Pulp Cap
Retromolar Pad
2. Thin resin matierial bonded in the pits and fissures of thee for the prevention of decay
Light Cured
Sealants
Cephalometric film Radiograph (Ceph)
palate
3. Deep grooves or pits
PFM
Sterilize
fissure
Occipital Bone
4. Darker-colored border around the lips
Vermilion Border
Adhere
Apical Foramen
Cured
5. Forms the forehead - part of the floor of the cranium and most of the root of the orbits
Frontal Bone
Bioburden
Tartar
Sanitize
6. Workplace Hazards Materials Information System
WHMIS
Use-life
post
Vermilion Border
7. Creates the prominence of the cheek
Zygomatic Process
Mandible
Indirect Pulp Cap
fissure
8. Bone like covering of the root
Cementum
Denturist
Occipital Bone
enamel
9. Instrument that loosens and removes debris bu sound waves traveling through liquid. It does NOT disinfect or sterilize
Ala
PFM
Bite-wing Radiograph (BW)
Ultrasonic Cleaner
10. Tooth-cloured restoration made of porcelain - cemeted or bonded in place
Root
Porcelain inlay or only
Galvanic
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
11. The angle at the cross of the mouth where the upper and lower lip meet
Denturist
Labial Commissure
Bioburden
Ethmoid
12. Divided into two sections - the cranium and the face
kull
Post and Core
Tuberosity
Cured
13. (PA) region at the end of the roots of teeth
Periapical
Retention
Pulp Cap
Labii or Labia
14. Round surfaces of the teeth
Apicoectomy
Dentin
cusp
midline
15. Procelain fused to metal crown - restoration with metal coping (for strength) covered by porcelain (for appearance).
PFM
enamel
Ceramic
Root
16. The gateway to the oral cavity also known as the lips
Labii or Labia
Adhere
Incisal
Mastoid Process
17. Capable of killing a wide variety of microbes
Tuberosity
Cementum
Broad-spectrum activity
Microleakage
18. Hard and soft tissue forming the roof of the mouth
prosthodontist
Labial Commissure
alveolar bone
palate
19. The most distal aspect of the maxilla
Ultrasonic Cleaner
midline
Tuberosity
prosthodontist
20. Dental specialist skilled in restoring or replacing teeth with fixed or removable prosthesis (appliance) - maintaining proper occlusion; treats facial deformities with artificial prostheses such as eyes - ears - and noses
Amalgam
Mastoid Process
Direct Pulp Cap
prosthodontist
21. A medicated covering over a small area of exposed pulp tissue
Pulp Cap
Ultrasonic Cleaner
Pulpectomy
Bioburden
22. The portion of the radiograph that is dark or black (eg - pulp - cysts - abscesses - caries)
Radiolucent
alveolus
Temporal Bones
WHMIS
23. Surgical procedures on the mouth including extractions - removal of cysts and tumours and repair of fractured jaws.
Light Cured
Restorative
Labial Commissure
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
24. A tooth that has not pushed through the gum and assumed its correct position in the dental arch
Pulp Cap
Unerupted tooth
Disinfect
abscess
25. The natural opening at the end of the root.
Apical Foramen
Mandible
Sterilize
Broad-spectrum activity
26. Projection of the temporal bone located just behind the ear
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Mastoid Process
gingiva
Sterilize
27. Instrument for sterilization by means of moist heat under pressure
Apical Foramen
Sanitize
periodontist
Autoclave
28. Forms the sides and the base of the cranium - each temporal bone encloses the ear and contains the bony passage of the outer ear
Mandible
Zygomatic Process
Temporal Bones
mandible
29. Common term for dental calculus - a hard deposit that adheres to teeth; produces rough surfaces taht attracts plaque
Tartar
Amalgam
Pulp Cap
Labial Commissure
30. Winglike tip of the outer side of the nostril
Tuberosity
Ala
Interproximal
oral pathologist
31. To stick or glue two items together
Cementum
Sphenoid Bone
Adhere
Porcelain
32. Lining of the oral cavity
Parietal Bone
mucosa
Facial
Porcelain Veneer
33. Known as the chin
pulp
Mental Protuberance
Light Cured
Tartar
34. Soft yellow corrosive resistant metal used in making indirect restorations
Gold
Philtrum
Retention
WHMIS
35. Hard - brittle - heat resistant material such as clay; a type of material similar to the used in dishes of pottery
Root Canal Therapy
Ceramic
enamel
Nasal Bones
36. Material hardens as a result of a chemical reaction of the material being mixed together
Auto-cured
Periapical
Retromolar Pad
Amalgam
37. Forms part if the floor of the cranium - orbit and nasal cavity
plaque
Ethmoid
Labial Commissure
Occipital Bone
38. Any visible organic debris - blood saliva and other body fluids
Sterilize
Endodontics
WHMIS
Bioburden
39. Biting surface of the two front teeth
Tuberosity
Incisal
Auto-cured
Bite-wing Radiograph (BW)
40. Process of removing pulp of a tooth and filling ir with an inert material.
pulpotomy
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
pulp
Root Canal Therapy
41. Artistically pleasing and beautiful appearance
Esthetic
Disinfect
pulpotomy
Post and Core
42. The process where ALL forms of life are completely destroyed. This includes all microorganisms; bacteria - fungi - viruses and bacterial spores. (Eg - autoclave - chemical vapor sterilization and dry heat sterilization)
Sterilize
Distal
Periapical Radiograph (PA)
Periapical
43. An artificial body part
prothesis
dentition
prophylaxis
prosthodontist
44. The surgical removal of the apical portion of the tooth through a surgical opening made in the bone and gingival tissues. It is usually performed if RCT has failed and to control infection. Surgical opening is filed with amalgam
pontic
Alloy
Ethmoid
Apicoectomy
45. The process where SOME forms of microorganisms are destroyed. it does not destroy spores and resistant viruses.
Porcelain Veneer
lingual
Mastoid Process
Disinfect
46. Bone surronding the teeth
Apical Foramen
Mental Protuberance
Tartar
aveolar process
47. Ability to retain or hold something on place
Maxilla
Retention
Philtrum
Use-life
48. Hard - white - translucent ceramic made by firing then glazing
Porcelain
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Pulp Cap
Nasal Bones
49. Soft tissue surronding the teeth - the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
Distal
enamel
gingiva
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
50. Denoting the area between two teeth
Onlay
Retromolar Pad
Interproximal
Philtrum