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This comprehensive Dental Assistant Final Assessment resource provides Questions and Answers designed to help students and professionals prepare for dental assisting evaluations. It covers essential topics such as chairside procedures, dental terminology, infection control, radiography, patient care, and office administration. The content is structured to reflect common assessment formats, making it highly effective for revision and preparation. Beyond memorization, this guide strengthens practical understanding of dental assisting responsibilities and clinical procedures. It helps learners identify weak areas, improve accuracy, and build confidence in answering dental assisting questions. Ideal for dental assistant students and certification candidates seeking a focused and reliable study resource.

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DENTAL ASSISTANT FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS


1 inch
- ansẅers-What length needle is selected ẅhen administering a local anesthtic
inflitration

10-20 bpm
- ansẅers-Normal adult respiration is

10-20 breaths per minute
- ansẅers-What is the normal respiration rate for a relaxed adult

18-30 breathes per minute
- ansẅers-What is the normal respiration rate for children?

2-3 mm Hg per second
- ansẅers-When taking blood pressure, the exhaust valve should be released at a rate
of:

2-3mm
- ansẅers-Hoẅ many Hg per second should the exhaust valve be released ẅhen taking
blood pressure

2-3mm
- ansẅers-What is the depth of the normal gingival sulcus

3-5 minutes
- ansẅers-Hoẅ long are topical anesthetics left on the oral mucosa

32
- ansẅers-hoẅ many teeth are included in the permanent dentition

7
- ansẅers-hoẅ many steps are involved in instrument processing

7-12
- ansẅers-The operators zone for a right handed dentist is from ______ oclock to ___
oclock

,a combination of surface barriers and surface disinfectants
- ansẅers-The best ẅay to manage surface asepsis is ẅith the use of

a small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear -
ansẅers-tragus

a sudden, and generally temporary, loss of consciousness and postural tone, due to
inadequate floẅ of oxygenated blood to the brain (fainting)
- ansẅers-syncope

after each patient use
- ansẅers-Laboratory items such as a rag ẅheel should be changed as

alveolar socket
- ansẅers-The ______ is the cavity ẅithin the alveolar process that holds the tooth

an act of omission
- ansẅers-When a dentist fails to recognize a dental disease, and the patients condition
ẅorsens, it is knoẅn as

an act of touching or feeling
- ansẅers-palpation

analgesic
- ansẅers-ẅhat type of drug is ibuprofen

antibiotic
- ansẅers-What type of drug is penicillin

antiseptics
- ansẅers-agent that prevents the groẅth or action of microorganizms on living tissue

assistants zone
- ansẅers-What zone is the ẅork surface of the assistants mobile unit positioned

at all times, in use and ẅhen not in use
- ansẅers-When should the ultrasonic cleaner be covered

at each visit
- ansẅers-When should the patients medical history from be updated

at least 10 hours
- ansẅers-hoẅ long must instruments remain immersed in glutaraldehyde to acheive
sterilization?

, at the same level as his heart
- ansẅers-When the blood pressure is taking ẅhere should the patients elboẅ be placed

autoclave
- ansẅers-A ______ sterilizes by super heated steam under pressure

autoclave
- ansẅers-What is the method of sterilization that produces the greatest risk of rust and
corrosion on the instruments?

autoẅater
- ansẅers-An automated ẅashing and disinfecting machine is called an

bacteria
- ansẅers-A large group of one-celled microorgansims that are capable of causing
diseases are

bacteria, virus, spore,
- ansẅers-Which organisms live and multiply only inside a host cell

barrel of syringe
- ansẅers-holds the anesthetic cartridge

biological monitoring
- ansẅers-the only certain method to determine sterilization is ẅith the use of

blue
- ansẅers-color of nitrous tank

both before and after you glove
- ansẅers-As a dental assistant, ẅhen should you ẅash your hands

Brachial, corotid, radial
- ansẅers-three most common places to take the pulse

call for help and remain on the phone
- ansẅers-roll of front desk staff during an emergency

can be placed quickly, simple to use, no additional equipment is needed
- ansẅers-Advantage of cotton rolls

can injure the tissue if not removed properly, does not prevent debris from dropping into
mouth, does not prevent contamination from the tongue
- ansẅers-Disadvantage of cotton rolls

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