ADAA MIDTERM Exam Questions and Answers With Verified Solutions 2025
Why do we do fillings? - ✔✔Fillings or restorations repair a tooth which has been destroyed by cavity or
decay.
Enamel - ✔✔First level of tooth (hardest surface in the body)
Dentin - ✔✔Second level of tooth (soft)
Does decay destroy dentin or enamel faster? - ✔✔Dentin
Filling - ✔✔process of removing decay from a tooth (prep the tooth by removing all of the decay from
the tooth) and then filling it back with the appropriate material..
When do you take your gloves off? - ✔✔last
What does the ultrasonic do? - ✔✔Removes debris
Can a hand piece go in the ultrasonic? - ✔✔no
What material do you use for pouring up a model? - ✔✔Snap stone
Where do cavities most commonly form? - ✔✔occlusal surface of posterior teeth.
What teeth are amalgam fillings many used on? - ✔✔posterior
General Dentist - ✔✔Little bit of everything
Orthodontist - ✔✔Braces specialist
, Endodontist - ✔✔Root Canal Specialist
Periodontist - ✔✔Gum Disease Specialist
Oral and Maxofacial Surgeon - ✔✔Corrects disease, injury or defects by surgery
Prosthodontist - ✔✔Prosthetic Specialist
Pedodontist - ✔✔children specialist
Madible - ✔✔Lower Jaw that holds teeth
Maxilla - ✔✔upper jaw that holds teeth
condyles - ✔✔the round prominence at the end of the TMJ allowing the mandible to open and close
Mental Foramen - ✔✔One of the two holes located on the front surface of the mandible between the
1st and 2nd premolars that permits passage of the mental nerve and blood vessels
Ramus - ✔✔a part of the mandible that turns towards the skull vertically to allow rotations of the TMJ in
a vertical direction
Temporomandibular joint - ✔✔(TMJ) joint on each side of the head that allows movement of the
mandible
Anterior - ✔✔Towards the front
Posterior - ✔✔Towards the back
Why do we do fillings? - ✔✔Fillings or restorations repair a tooth which has been destroyed by cavity or
decay.
Enamel - ✔✔First level of tooth (hardest surface in the body)
Dentin - ✔✔Second level of tooth (soft)
Does decay destroy dentin or enamel faster? - ✔✔Dentin
Filling - ✔✔process of removing decay from a tooth (prep the tooth by removing all of the decay from
the tooth) and then filling it back with the appropriate material..
When do you take your gloves off? - ✔✔last
What does the ultrasonic do? - ✔✔Removes debris
Can a hand piece go in the ultrasonic? - ✔✔no
What material do you use for pouring up a model? - ✔✔Snap stone
Where do cavities most commonly form? - ✔✔occlusal surface of posterior teeth.
What teeth are amalgam fillings many used on? - ✔✔posterior
General Dentist - ✔✔Little bit of everything
Orthodontist - ✔✔Braces specialist
, Endodontist - ✔✔Root Canal Specialist
Periodontist - ✔✔Gum Disease Specialist
Oral and Maxofacial Surgeon - ✔✔Corrects disease, injury or defects by surgery
Prosthodontist - ✔✔Prosthetic Specialist
Pedodontist - ✔✔children specialist
Madible - ✔✔Lower Jaw that holds teeth
Maxilla - ✔✔upper jaw that holds teeth
condyles - ✔✔the round prominence at the end of the TMJ allowing the mandible to open and close
Mental Foramen - ✔✔One of the two holes located on the front surface of the mandible between the
1st and 2nd premolars that permits passage of the mental nerve and blood vessels
Ramus - ✔✔a part of the mandible that turns towards the skull vertically to allow rotations of the TMJ in
a vertical direction
Temporomandibular joint - ✔✔(TMJ) joint on each side of the head that allows movement of the
mandible
Anterior - ✔✔Towards the front
Posterior - ✔✔Towards the back
