HOSA Dental Terminology|Questions With Correct
Answers|Verified
An impaction where the tooth is situated sideways to the adjacent teeth and occlusal
plane and is covered by tissue and/or bone is classified as which type of impaction -
✅Distoangular
Horizontal*
Transverse
Vertical
When multiple teeth are extracted, the alveolar bone crest must be removed and
smoothed to prepare the ridges for denture or appliance wear. What is the term for the
reduction procedure? - ✅Alveolectomy
Gingivoplasty
Frenectomy
Alveoloplasty*
What is the common term for the loss of the natural clotting, a potential complication of
tooth extraction? - ✅Mouth ulcers
Dry socket*
Trench mouth
Tongue tied
What is the process of applying a thin fabricated resin or porcelain cover to a prepared
tooth surface which can usually be completed in one visit? - ✅Direct veneer
application*
Restoration
Indirect veneer application
Bonding
For which of the following procedures is gingival reduction not used? - ✅Crown
lengthening
Coronal transplant*
Gingival contouring
Labial frenectomy
What is another name for a gum boil? - ✅Abscess*
Epulis
Mucocele
Cherubism
Ankyloglossia is characterized by which of the following descriptions? - ✅Abnormal cell
proliferation in the oral mucosa
Abnormally short lingual frenum causing limited tongue movement*
Undersized tongue and mandible
, Grooved division or split of the tongue
What structural part of a bridge replaces a missing tooth and restores function to the
bite? - ✅Fixed prosthesis
Overdenture
Onlay
Pontic*
What is the part of a removable prosthesis that straddles the gingival crest and is used
to balance the prosthesis? - ✅Clasp
Rigid connector
Saddle*
Surveyor
What is the term for an infection or abscess that produces or generates pus -
✅Curettage
Cystic
Pulpotomy
Suppurative*
During a root canal treatment, which of the following describes the process of
obturation? - ✅Flushing debris from the canal space
Filling and closing the canal area*
Gaining access to the pulp chamber
Preparing root canal walls before cleaning and shaping
What is the term for a posterior tooth positioned toward the cheek - ✅Labioversion
Mesioversion
Buccoversion*
Infraversion
What malocclusion results when there is an increased horizontal distance between the
Incisal edges of the maxillary and labial surfaces of the mandibular central incisors? -
✅Crossbite
Open bite
Overjet*
Underjet
What part of the marginal gingiva tissue occupies the interproximal spaces? -
✅Marginal
Attached
Papillary*
Oblique
Answers|Verified
An impaction where the tooth is situated sideways to the adjacent teeth and occlusal
plane and is covered by tissue and/or bone is classified as which type of impaction -
✅Distoangular
Horizontal*
Transverse
Vertical
When multiple teeth are extracted, the alveolar bone crest must be removed and
smoothed to prepare the ridges for denture or appliance wear. What is the term for the
reduction procedure? - ✅Alveolectomy
Gingivoplasty
Frenectomy
Alveoloplasty*
What is the common term for the loss of the natural clotting, a potential complication of
tooth extraction? - ✅Mouth ulcers
Dry socket*
Trench mouth
Tongue tied
What is the process of applying a thin fabricated resin or porcelain cover to a prepared
tooth surface which can usually be completed in one visit? - ✅Direct veneer
application*
Restoration
Indirect veneer application
Bonding
For which of the following procedures is gingival reduction not used? - ✅Crown
lengthening
Coronal transplant*
Gingival contouring
Labial frenectomy
What is another name for a gum boil? - ✅Abscess*
Epulis
Mucocele
Cherubism
Ankyloglossia is characterized by which of the following descriptions? - ✅Abnormal cell
proliferation in the oral mucosa
Abnormally short lingual frenum causing limited tongue movement*
Undersized tongue and mandible
, Grooved division or split of the tongue
What structural part of a bridge replaces a missing tooth and restores function to the
bite? - ✅Fixed prosthesis
Overdenture
Onlay
Pontic*
What is the part of a removable prosthesis that straddles the gingival crest and is used
to balance the prosthesis? - ✅Clasp
Rigid connector
Saddle*
Surveyor
What is the term for an infection or abscess that produces or generates pus -
✅Curettage
Cystic
Pulpotomy
Suppurative*
During a root canal treatment, which of the following describes the process of
obturation? - ✅Flushing debris from the canal space
Filling and closing the canal area*
Gaining access to the pulp chamber
Preparing root canal walls before cleaning and shaping
What is the term for a posterior tooth positioned toward the cheek - ✅Labioversion
Mesioversion
Buccoversion*
Infraversion
What malocclusion results when there is an increased horizontal distance between the
Incisal edges of the maxillary and labial surfaces of the mandibular central incisors? -
✅Crossbite
Open bite
Overjet*
Underjet
What part of the marginal gingiva tissue occupies the interproximal spaces? -
✅Marginal
Attached
Papillary*
Oblique
