DSE CDCA EVALUATION EXAM ALL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the best long term prognosis for an implant? - ✔✔Either mandibular
posterior or mandibular anterior
✔✔Zinc phosphate is the worst cement for what type of restoration - ✔✔deep
restoration (pulpal irritation)
✔✔BW xray of amalgam restoration. Patient complained of pain when provoked by hot
or cold. What is wrong? - ✔✔Deep amalgam restoration
✔✔How long should periodontal packs be left for ? - ✔✔1 week
✔✔How should an epulis be treated before making a new denture? - ✔✔Excision
✔✔What is the major reason for periodontal flaps? - ✔✔access of instrumentation
✔✔Patient presents with maxillary tori. What needs to be done before making new
denture - ✔✔Remove tori
✔✔What is a characteristic of a major connector of a denture? - ✔✔Rigidity
✔✔How often does OSHA make you check the autoclave - ✔✔Weekly
✔✔HIV ELISA test was negative for a person who had a needle stick. What does that
mean? - ✔✔Patient has no Abs present
✔✔Ortho case - what was the most important thing they did in maxillary arch? -
✔✔Align the teeth for future restorative procedures ( not close upper or lower
diastemas)
✔✔What pain reliever do you give to a patient who has kidney disease? -
✔✔Acetaminophen
✔✔Picture of surveyor. Asked what we were looking at? - ✔✔space for guide plane
✔✔What is the major complications of Phelobitis - ✔✔pulmonary emboli
✔✔Patient complaining of space in between teeth after SRP, why? - ✔✔because of
reduction in edema
, ✔✔1-2mm of reduction of probing depth after preforming SRP, what is the cause? -
✔✔LJE
✔✔If there is a shunt on left arm, what should you consider - ✔✔take BP on right arm
✔✔Picture of #10 and #11 lingual surface, what is wrong with the gingiva? - ✔✔Edema
✔✔Space in between #29 and #30 in a very old patient with no #31 or #32 and barely
occluding with #3. This is due to what? - ✔✔No occlusion or mesial drifting premolars
✔✔Surgical stent fits the gums but the immediate denture doesn't fit, what do you do? -
✔✔Relieve until it seats
✔✔Picture of the bottom of the tongue with multiple white lesions. Stated that the
patient had complaint of sore gums and tongue, he had a fever of 101 degrees.
Most likely diagnosis? - ✔✔Primary Herpetic Stomatitis . (herpes on attached gingiva)
✔✔Treatment of Primary Herpetic Stomatitis - ✔✔palliative (Palliative care is medical
care provided by physicians,
nurses and social workers that specializes in the relief of the pain, symptoms and stress
of serious illness.)
✔✔Patient with purple lesions on palate and said they had similar lesions on their
body too? What is the most probable cause? - ✔✔HIV (Kaposi Sarcoma)
Other choices
were Sturge Weber and Erthyema Multiforme
✔✔What disease will effect wearing complete dentures the most? - ✔✔Sjorgens
syndrome
(xerostomia)
✔✔Lesion in the mouth that heals with a scar? - ✔✔Major apthous ulcer -(minor heal
w/out scar)
✔✔Picture with an arrow pointing to a Soft tissue mass on FOM? - ✔✔Opening of
wharton's duct
✔✔Lichen planus present on the tongue that was asymptomatic, what is the treatment?
- ✔✔Corticosteroids (nothing was not an option)
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the best long term prognosis for an implant? - ✔✔Either mandibular
posterior or mandibular anterior
✔✔Zinc phosphate is the worst cement for what type of restoration - ✔✔deep
restoration (pulpal irritation)
✔✔BW xray of amalgam restoration. Patient complained of pain when provoked by hot
or cold. What is wrong? - ✔✔Deep amalgam restoration
✔✔How long should periodontal packs be left for ? - ✔✔1 week
✔✔How should an epulis be treated before making a new denture? - ✔✔Excision
✔✔What is the major reason for periodontal flaps? - ✔✔access of instrumentation
✔✔Patient presents with maxillary tori. What needs to be done before making new
denture - ✔✔Remove tori
✔✔What is a characteristic of a major connector of a denture? - ✔✔Rigidity
✔✔How often does OSHA make you check the autoclave - ✔✔Weekly
✔✔HIV ELISA test was negative for a person who had a needle stick. What does that
mean? - ✔✔Patient has no Abs present
✔✔Ortho case - what was the most important thing they did in maxillary arch? -
✔✔Align the teeth for future restorative procedures ( not close upper or lower
diastemas)
✔✔What pain reliever do you give to a patient who has kidney disease? -
✔✔Acetaminophen
✔✔Picture of surveyor. Asked what we were looking at? - ✔✔space for guide plane
✔✔What is the major complications of Phelobitis - ✔✔pulmonary emboli
✔✔Patient complaining of space in between teeth after SRP, why? - ✔✔because of
reduction in edema
, ✔✔1-2mm of reduction of probing depth after preforming SRP, what is the cause? -
✔✔LJE
✔✔If there is a shunt on left arm, what should you consider - ✔✔take BP on right arm
✔✔Picture of #10 and #11 lingual surface, what is wrong with the gingiva? - ✔✔Edema
✔✔Space in between #29 and #30 in a very old patient with no #31 or #32 and barely
occluding with #3. This is due to what? - ✔✔No occlusion or mesial drifting premolars
✔✔Surgical stent fits the gums but the immediate denture doesn't fit, what do you do? -
✔✔Relieve until it seats
✔✔Picture of the bottom of the tongue with multiple white lesions. Stated that the
patient had complaint of sore gums and tongue, he had a fever of 101 degrees.
Most likely diagnosis? - ✔✔Primary Herpetic Stomatitis . (herpes on attached gingiva)
✔✔Treatment of Primary Herpetic Stomatitis - ✔✔palliative (Palliative care is medical
care provided by physicians,
nurses and social workers that specializes in the relief of the pain, symptoms and stress
of serious illness.)
✔✔Patient with purple lesions on palate and said they had similar lesions on their
body too? What is the most probable cause? - ✔✔HIV (Kaposi Sarcoma)
Other choices
were Sturge Weber and Erthyema Multiforme
✔✔What disease will effect wearing complete dentures the most? - ✔✔Sjorgens
syndrome
(xerostomia)
✔✔Lesion in the mouth that heals with a scar? - ✔✔Major apthous ulcer -(minor heal
w/out scar)
✔✔Picture with an arrow pointing to a Soft tissue mass on FOM? - ✔✔Opening of
wharton's duct
✔✔Lichen planus present on the tongue that was asymptomatic, what is the treatment?
- ✔✔Corticosteroids (nothing was not an option)
