CDA Exam Questions with 100% Correct
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What are the 2 types of movement made by the TMJ? - Answer-Hinge and Glide
What is the nerve that supplies the maxillary first and second premolars and the mesiobuccal root of the
maxillary first molar? - Answer-middle superior alveolar nerve
The top of the tongue is called? - Answer-dorsal surface
What are the 3 functions of the salivary glands? - Answer-1. provide lubrication
2. clean the oral cavity
3. aid in digestion
What is the cavity within the alveolar process that holds the tooth? - Answer-alveolar socket
A patient comes into your office complaining that when he bit into a hot piece of pizza, he "burned the
bump of skin in the front part" of the roof of the mouth, What is this bump called? - Answer-incisive
papilla
, The dentist asks you to place a cotton roll over Stensen's duct to help control the flow of saliva. Where
would you place the cotton roll? - Answer-maxillary vestibule
In the Universal/National Numbering System, tooth #9 is called what? - Answer-maxillary left central
incisor
In the FDI Numbering System, what is tooth #11 called? - Answer-maxillary right central incisor
T/F: the primary dentition contains four premolars? - Answer-False
A microorganism that can cause disease is called? - Answer-pathogen
What is the form of life that is the most resistant to extremes of heat and dryness? - Answer-spores
What is another term for "lockjaw"? - Answer-tetanus
What disease can be transmitted from contaminated dental water lines? - Answer-Legionnaire's disease
What Hepatitis virus is NOT bloodborne - Answer-Hep A
What is the goal of an infection control program? - Answer-To prevent disease transmission from the
patient to the staff, the staff to the patient, and patient to patient
What two situations can result in a percutaneous injury? - Answer-1. needle stick
2. cut from an instrument
Answers
What are the 2 types of movement made by the TMJ? - Answer-Hinge and Glide
What is the nerve that supplies the maxillary first and second premolars and the mesiobuccal root of the
maxillary first molar? - Answer-middle superior alveolar nerve
The top of the tongue is called? - Answer-dorsal surface
What are the 3 functions of the salivary glands? - Answer-1. provide lubrication
2. clean the oral cavity
3. aid in digestion
What is the cavity within the alveolar process that holds the tooth? - Answer-alveolar socket
A patient comes into your office complaining that when he bit into a hot piece of pizza, he "burned the
bump of skin in the front part" of the roof of the mouth, What is this bump called? - Answer-incisive
papilla
, The dentist asks you to place a cotton roll over Stensen's duct to help control the flow of saliva. Where
would you place the cotton roll? - Answer-maxillary vestibule
In the Universal/National Numbering System, tooth #9 is called what? - Answer-maxillary left central
incisor
In the FDI Numbering System, what is tooth #11 called? - Answer-maxillary right central incisor
T/F: the primary dentition contains four premolars? - Answer-False
A microorganism that can cause disease is called? - Answer-pathogen
What is the form of life that is the most resistant to extremes of heat and dryness? - Answer-spores
What is another term for "lockjaw"? - Answer-tetanus
What disease can be transmitted from contaminated dental water lines? - Answer-Legionnaire's disease
What Hepatitis virus is NOT bloodborne - Answer-Hep A
What is the goal of an infection control program? - Answer-To prevent disease transmission from the
patient to the staff, the staff to the patient, and patient to patient
What two situations can result in a percutaneous injury? - Answer-1. needle stick
2. cut from an instrument
