CMTI DENTAL ASSISTANT COURSE FINAL EXAM – STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE
QUESTIONS & REVIEW 2026/2027
What is an Endodontist? - ✔✔Root canal specialist
What is a Periodontist? - ✔✔A dentist that specializes in gum disease
What is a General Dentist? - ✔✔A dentist that performs most aspects of dentistry
What is an Oral Surgeon? - ✔✔A dentist that specializes in oral surgery
What is a Prosthodontist? - ✔✔A dentist that specializes in dental prosthetics
What is an Orthodontist? - ✔✔specializes in straightening teeth
What is a Pedodontist? - ✔✔A dentist that specializes in childrens dentistry
What is tooth number 10? - ✔✔Upper left lateral
What is tooth #30 - ✔✔Lower right first molar
What is tooth #24? - ✔✔Lower left central
What is tooth #12? - ✔✔Upper left first bicuspid
What is tooth # 14 - ✔✔Upper left first molar
What is tooth # 3 - ✔✔Upper right first molar
What is tooth #9 - ✔✔Upper left central
What is tooth #6? - ✔✔Upper right cuspid
What is tooth # 32? - ✔✔Lower right third molar
What is tooth #19 ? - ✔✔Lower left first molar
What is an abcess? - ✔✔An infection of a tooth, soft issue or bone
What is anesthesia? - ✔✔A type of medication that results in the elimination of pain sensation
What is bone resorption? - ✔✔Decrease in the amount of bone supporting the roots of teeth
What is a canker sore? - ✔✔Sores or small shallow ulcers that appear in the mouth
, What is dry socket? - ✔✔A common complication that occurs when either a blood clot has failed to
form in an extracted tooth socket or else the blood clot that did form has been dislodged
What is a composite resin filling - ✔✔Tooth colored restorative material made of plastic with small glass
or ceramic particles
What is a fistula? - ✔✔A channel emanating pus from an infected site
What is gum recession? - ✔✔Exposure of dental roots due to shrinkage of gum tissue
What is an intruded tooth? - ✔✔Tooth is pushed into the gums
What is an Avulsion? - ✔✔When the entire tooth is knocked out
What is Lateral Displacement? - ✔✔Tooth pushed back or pulled forward
What is a Luxation? - ✔✔Tooth in the socket but in the wrong position
What is a dental fracture? - ✔✔A broken tooth
What is another name for incisors - ✔✔The centrals and laterals
What is another name for canines? - ✔✔The cuspids
What is another name for twelve year molars? - ✔✔The second molars
What is another name for Wisdom teeth? - ✔✔The third molars
Which teeth are the anterior teeth? - ✔✔The centrals laterals and cuspids
Which are the posterior teeth? - ✔✔The bicuspids and molars
What is another name for deciduous teeth? - ✔✔Primary teeth and baby teeth
What is a quadrant? - ✔✔One of four equal parts of the mouth
What is an apex? - ✔✔The very bottom of the root
What is the buccal? - ✔✔The surface of the tooth touching the cheek
What is the cuspal? - ✔✔Chewing or tearing points of the teeth
What is the dentin? - ✔✔The soft inner structure just below the enamel
What is cementum? - ✔✔A bony substance covering the root of a tooth
What is the alveolus? - ✔✔The opening in the jaw bone that the tooth is attached to
QUESTIONS & REVIEW 2026/2027
What is an Endodontist? - ✔✔Root canal specialist
What is a Periodontist? - ✔✔A dentist that specializes in gum disease
What is a General Dentist? - ✔✔A dentist that performs most aspects of dentistry
What is an Oral Surgeon? - ✔✔A dentist that specializes in oral surgery
What is a Prosthodontist? - ✔✔A dentist that specializes in dental prosthetics
What is an Orthodontist? - ✔✔specializes in straightening teeth
What is a Pedodontist? - ✔✔A dentist that specializes in childrens dentistry
What is tooth number 10? - ✔✔Upper left lateral
What is tooth #30 - ✔✔Lower right first molar
What is tooth #24? - ✔✔Lower left central
What is tooth #12? - ✔✔Upper left first bicuspid
What is tooth # 14 - ✔✔Upper left first molar
What is tooth # 3 - ✔✔Upper right first molar
What is tooth #9 - ✔✔Upper left central
What is tooth #6? - ✔✔Upper right cuspid
What is tooth # 32? - ✔✔Lower right third molar
What is tooth #19 ? - ✔✔Lower left first molar
What is an abcess? - ✔✔An infection of a tooth, soft issue or bone
What is anesthesia? - ✔✔A type of medication that results in the elimination of pain sensation
What is bone resorption? - ✔✔Decrease in the amount of bone supporting the roots of teeth
What is a canker sore? - ✔✔Sores or small shallow ulcers that appear in the mouth
, What is dry socket? - ✔✔A common complication that occurs when either a blood clot has failed to
form in an extracted tooth socket or else the blood clot that did form has been dislodged
What is a composite resin filling - ✔✔Tooth colored restorative material made of plastic with small glass
or ceramic particles
What is a fistula? - ✔✔A channel emanating pus from an infected site
What is gum recession? - ✔✔Exposure of dental roots due to shrinkage of gum tissue
What is an intruded tooth? - ✔✔Tooth is pushed into the gums
What is an Avulsion? - ✔✔When the entire tooth is knocked out
What is Lateral Displacement? - ✔✔Tooth pushed back or pulled forward
What is a Luxation? - ✔✔Tooth in the socket but in the wrong position
What is a dental fracture? - ✔✔A broken tooth
What is another name for incisors - ✔✔The centrals and laterals
What is another name for canines? - ✔✔The cuspids
What is another name for twelve year molars? - ✔✔The second molars
What is another name for Wisdom teeth? - ✔✔The third molars
Which teeth are the anterior teeth? - ✔✔The centrals laterals and cuspids
Which are the posterior teeth? - ✔✔The bicuspids and molars
What is another name for deciduous teeth? - ✔✔Primary teeth and baby teeth
What is a quadrant? - ✔✔One of four equal parts of the mouth
What is an apex? - ✔✔The very bottom of the root
What is the buccal? - ✔✔The surface of the tooth touching the cheek
What is the cuspal? - ✔✔Chewing or tearing points of the teeth
What is the dentin? - ✔✔The soft inner structure just below the enamel
What is cementum? - ✔✔A bony substance covering the root of a tooth
What is the alveolus? - ✔✔The opening in the jaw bone that the tooth is attached to
