FLORIDA ORTHODONTIC
CERTIFICATION TEST CORRECT 100%
Which of the following is classified as an extra oral orthodontic appliance? - ANSWER
Headgear
If a patient arrives for an emergency visit with a distorted or split band, the assistant with
Orthodontic expanded duties certification may fit and cement a new band. True or
false? - ANSWER False
The assistant with Orthodontic expanded duties certification may deliver and adjust
removable retainers as long as the dentist is physically present in the office. True or
false? - ANSWER False
At band removal, after arch wires are removed, Orthodontic bands or brackets that are
attached to there must be removed by who? - ANSWER
When grasping the elastic module, I️t is best to have the beak of the holding device
block most of the lumen. True or false? - ANSWER
A dental assistant with an expanded duties certification may, in the event of an
emergency: - ANSWER
Orthodontic treatment is provided for what reasons? - ANSWER Improved aesthetics,
improved dental function, improved hygiene
A space between two maxillary incisors is called what? - ANSWER A diastema
The assistant with Orthodontic expanded duties function may etch teeth prior to the
dentist placing bonded Orthodontic brackets? - ANSWER True
An overbite is a condition characterized by what? - ANSWER Excessive vertical overlap
of incisors when posterior teeth are in occlusion
A malocclusion is? - ANSWER Any dental abnormality of the way jaws and teeth relate
to one another
Two major cross sectional shapes of arch wire are what? - ANSWER Rectangular and
round
CERTIFICATION TEST CORRECT 100%
Which of the following is classified as an extra oral orthodontic appliance? - ANSWER
Headgear
If a patient arrives for an emergency visit with a distorted or split band, the assistant with
Orthodontic expanded duties certification may fit and cement a new band. True or
false? - ANSWER False
The assistant with Orthodontic expanded duties certification may deliver and adjust
removable retainers as long as the dentist is physically present in the office. True or
false? - ANSWER False
At band removal, after arch wires are removed, Orthodontic bands or brackets that are
attached to there must be removed by who? - ANSWER
When grasping the elastic module, I️t is best to have the beak of the holding device
block most of the lumen. True or false? - ANSWER
A dental assistant with an expanded duties certification may, in the event of an
emergency: - ANSWER
Orthodontic treatment is provided for what reasons? - ANSWER Improved aesthetics,
improved dental function, improved hygiene
A space between two maxillary incisors is called what? - ANSWER A diastema
The assistant with Orthodontic expanded duties function may etch teeth prior to the
dentist placing bonded Orthodontic brackets? - ANSWER True
An overbite is a condition characterized by what? - ANSWER Excessive vertical overlap
of incisors when posterior teeth are in occlusion
A malocclusion is? - ANSWER Any dental abnormality of the way jaws and teeth relate
to one another
Two major cross sectional shapes of arch wire are what? - ANSWER Rectangular and
round
