Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam 2024/2025 questions with 100% correct answers

Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam 2024/2025 questions with 100% correct answers What is an oral side effect of Prozac? - ANSWERS xerostomia How do steroids effect wound healing? - ANSWERS causes delayed wound healing What should be done with a patient with a previous history of high blood pressure and comes in for their appointment with reading of 160/116? - ANSWERS refer the patient to their physician immediately Premedication regimine - ANSWERS 2g Amoxicillin 600 mg Clindamycin Patient comes in for appointment who needs premed, and they took 300 mg 1 hour prior to their appointment. What would you do? - ANSWERS administer another 300 mg and wait 1 hr prior to treatment (because their clindamycin premed is 600mg 1hr prior to treatment) What is a PAN used for? - ANSWERS - look at location of 3rd molars - impactions - pathology - NOT FOR BONE LOSS Items containing fluoride? - ANSWERS - tea - pork - fish What type of water does not contain fluoride? - ANSWERS well water Know the papilla of the tongue - ANSWERS - filiform (most numerous, very small) - fungiform (mushroom shape, contain taste buds) - circumvallate (larger mushroom shaped, contain taste buds, on anterior side of sulcus terminalis) - foliate (leaf shaped, lateral border of tongue) What is hairy tongue caused by? - ANSWERS elongation of the filiform papillae Delayed eruption may be caused by - ANSWERS delayed exfoliation Identify mandibular canal radiographically - ANSWERS radiolucent, long dark area outlined with dense cortical bone, located above or parallel to the inferior border of the mandible What is thickened lamina dura caused by? is this appearance normal? - ANSWERS - caused by trauma - not normal Know film errors - ANSWERS - elongation: too little vertical angulation - foreshortening: too much vertical angulation - cone cut: PID not aligned with censor - overlap: incorrect horizontal angulation Identify median rhomboid glossitis - ANSWERS rhombus shaped, central denuded area of the tongue with red appearance What is the treatment for black hair tongue? - ANSWERS brush it What is a vitality test used for? - ANSWERS testing to see if the pulp is vital or not (applying cold air on cotton swap and pushing it against the tooth; if the pulp is vital it hurts, if its necrotic you would not feel anything) What are Hutchinson's incisors caused by? - ANSWERS Syphillis, NOT biting on bobby pins Identify lingual varicosities.. are they normal? - ANSWERS yes they're normal How long should ultrasonic units be flushed? - ANSWERS 20 seconds What provides proof of sterilization? Spore test or autoclave tape? - ANSWERS Spore test What does autoclave tape tell you? - ANSWERS that it has reached proper temperature Hep B vaccination also protects you from? - ANSWERS Hep D What can chlorhexidine cause? - ANSWERS staining, increased calculus deposits What instrument should you use to work on mandibular anterior gingiva? - ANSWERS - 1/2 gracey - columbia - sickle ultrasonic What drug causes bleeding? - ANSWERS Aspirin What does the 2nd premolar replace? - ANSWERS the 2nd deciduous molar What would you do for fordyce granules? - ANSWERS leave alone; normal is a bifurcated maxillary canine normal? - ANSWERS yes What would you do for lingual erosion? - ANSWERS rinse with sodium bicarbonate Stannous fluoride is not found in which of the following? tea, pork, well water, or fish? - ANSWERS well water Which is the only root that would be incomplete at age 15? - ANSWERS the second molar Presents with a firm lesion on the ventral surface of the tongue? ranula, benign, or malignant? - ANSWERS ? what is the panorex best used for? - ANSWERS position of 3rd molars What is wrong with the PANO picture? - ANSWERS patient should not have on a thyroid collar when taking a PAN