CHAIRSIDE DENTAL ASSISTING 2026 TEST ALL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Hatchet - ✔✔REFINING cavity WALLS during PREPARATION
aids in RETENTION for RESTORATIVE materials.
✔✔Hemostat - ✔✔CARRY SMALL objects
CLAMP and STOP
blood flow
✔✔High-speed handpiece - ✔✔burs that fit into a high-speed
PREPPING the outline and RETENTION grooves for a new RESTORATION
REMOVING prior RESTORATIVE materials,
SECTION a tooth during surgery, CROWN and BRIDGE finishing COMPOSITE
restorations/ OCCLUSAL adjustments.
✔✔Hoes - ✔✔cavity PREPERATION
SMOOTH and SHAPE the floor of a tooth
✔✔Howe pliers - ✔✔Orthodontic PLIERS to make ARCH wire
and LIGATURE adjustments
, ✔✔Laboratory rotary instruments - ✔✔CUTTING and POLISHING acrylic metal/
porcilins
✔✔Laser handpiece - ✔✔LASER to CUT and REMOVE soft tissue
remove UNHEALTHY tooth structures.
✔✔Lentulo spiral - ✔✔root canal THERAPY
Distributes sealer and cement EVENLY
THROUGH root canal system
✔✔Low-speed handpiece - ✔✔REMOVAL of stains and decay
finishing AND polishing
RESTORATIONS
general TRIM and CONTOUR
✔✔Mouth mirror - ✔✔reflects LIGHT onto surface
RETRACT cheeks or tongue
PROTECTS the tissue from ROTARY cutting instruments
✔✔Periodontal probe - ✔✔Has calibrated marks used to MEASURE the DEPTH of
periodontal POCKETS
✔✔Plastic filling instruments - ✔✔PLACE restorative MATERIALS and cement BASES
in prepared
CAVITY
✔✔Rotary cutting instrument - ✔✔ATTACHED to low/ highspeed
handpieces
mechanically REMOVE tooth structures,
SHAPE restoration PREPORATIONS
FINISH and POLISH restorations
with APPLIANCES
✔✔Scaler - ✔✔remove CALCULUS and DEBRIS from tooth
surfaces.
✔✔Scissors - ✔✔cut a variety of materials
✔✔Spatula - ✔✔Flat looking for MIXING dental materials
✔✔Spoon excavator - ✔✔remove DECAY and DEBRIS from a cavity PREPERATION
✔✔Surgical curette - ✔✔REMOVE debris/tissue
during an EXTRACTION
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Hatchet - ✔✔REFINING cavity WALLS during PREPARATION
aids in RETENTION for RESTORATIVE materials.
✔✔Hemostat - ✔✔CARRY SMALL objects
CLAMP and STOP
blood flow
✔✔High-speed handpiece - ✔✔burs that fit into a high-speed
PREPPING the outline and RETENTION grooves for a new RESTORATION
REMOVING prior RESTORATIVE materials,
SECTION a tooth during surgery, CROWN and BRIDGE finishing COMPOSITE
restorations/ OCCLUSAL adjustments.
✔✔Hoes - ✔✔cavity PREPERATION
SMOOTH and SHAPE the floor of a tooth
✔✔Howe pliers - ✔✔Orthodontic PLIERS to make ARCH wire
and LIGATURE adjustments
, ✔✔Laboratory rotary instruments - ✔✔CUTTING and POLISHING acrylic metal/
porcilins
✔✔Laser handpiece - ✔✔LASER to CUT and REMOVE soft tissue
remove UNHEALTHY tooth structures.
✔✔Lentulo spiral - ✔✔root canal THERAPY
Distributes sealer and cement EVENLY
THROUGH root canal system
✔✔Low-speed handpiece - ✔✔REMOVAL of stains and decay
finishing AND polishing
RESTORATIONS
general TRIM and CONTOUR
✔✔Mouth mirror - ✔✔reflects LIGHT onto surface
RETRACT cheeks or tongue
PROTECTS the tissue from ROTARY cutting instruments
✔✔Periodontal probe - ✔✔Has calibrated marks used to MEASURE the DEPTH of
periodontal POCKETS
✔✔Plastic filling instruments - ✔✔PLACE restorative MATERIALS and cement BASES
in prepared
CAVITY
✔✔Rotary cutting instrument - ✔✔ATTACHED to low/ highspeed
handpieces
mechanically REMOVE tooth structures,
SHAPE restoration PREPORATIONS
FINISH and POLISH restorations
with APPLIANCES
✔✔Scaler - ✔✔remove CALCULUS and DEBRIS from tooth
surfaces.
✔✔Scissors - ✔✔cut a variety of materials
✔✔Spatula - ✔✔Flat looking for MIXING dental materials
✔✔Spoon excavator - ✔✔remove DECAY and DEBRIS from a cavity PREPERATION
✔✔Surgical curette - ✔✔REMOVE debris/tissue
during an EXTRACTION
