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DENTAL HYGIENE PROMETRIC EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/2025 GRADED A+
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
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- 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
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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
DENTAL HYGIENE PROMETRIC EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/2025 GRADED A+
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
, 2
- 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
, 3
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
