UCLA BDP TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔(proximal) distal surface - ✔✔side of the tooth away from the midline
✔✔(proximal) mesial surface - ✔✔side of the tooth toward the midline
✔✔occlusal surface - ✔✔chewing or biting surface of posterior teeth
✔✔incisal surface - ✔✔chewing surface of anterior teeth
✔✔periodontium - ✔✔a complex structure composed of the tissues that surround and
support the teeth
✔✔anatomy of the periodontium - ✔✔gingiva, cementum, periodontal ligament, alveolar
bone
✔✔gingiva - ✔✔- covers the alveolar bone and the tooth root
- protects teeth and underlying bone against mechanical and microbial damage
✔✔periodontal ligament (PDL) - ✔✔- complex network of fibers
- surrounds the tooth root
- connects cementum to alveolar bone
✔✔periodontal probe - ✔✔- measures pocket depth
- colors in 3mm increments
✔✔universal curette - ✔✔- removes calculus and plaque supragingivaly and
subgingivaly
- can be used on all surfaces of the teeth
✔✔supragingival - ✔✔above the gingiva
✔✔subgingival - ✔✔below the gingiva
✔✔sickle scaler - ✔✔- removes calculus
- used SUPRAGINGIVALY ONLY
- good for interproximal (in between the teeth)
✔✔ultrasonic (piezoelectric) - ✔✔- removes calculus
- power-driven instrument
- reduced clinician fatigue
✔✔healthy periodontium - ✔✔- color: pink
,- consistency: firm, well-adapted
- contour: scalloped
- pocket depth: 1-3 mm
- cementoenamel junction (CEJ): bone crest within 2mm
✔✔gingivitis - ✔✔- color: red
- consistency: soft
- contour: rolled, swollen
- pocket depth: 1-3 mm
- cementoenamel junction (CEJ): bone crest within 2mm
- reversible
✔✔periodontitis - ✔✔- color: red
- consistency: soft
- contour: rolled, swollen
- pocket depth: ≥ 4mm (bleeding)
- cementoenamel junction (CEJ): bone crest within ≥ 3mm
- irreversible, has bone loss
✔✔radiographic bone loss - ✔✔
✔✔periodontitis risk factors - ✔✔- poor oral hygiene
- smoking
- diabetes
- and more
✔✔scaling and root planing (SRP) - ✔✔- SCALING removes SUPRAgingival calculus
- ROOT PLANING removes SUBgingival calculus
✔✔becoming a general dentist - ✔✔(undergrad) DAT (dental school) INBDE, ADEX
(residency) AEGD, GPR (hospital term)
(general dentist) private practice, group practice, DSO, military, clinic, hospital
✔✔diagnose, treatment, and prevention - ✔✔- diagnosis (clinical exam, radiographs,
patient symptoms)
- treatment (catered to the patient and their diagnosis)
- prevention (oral hygiene instructions, education)
- *refer* (know when cases should be handled by specialists)
✔✔restorative treatment - ✔✔filling, crown, bridge
✔✔reference questions - ✔✔1) do you have adequate training for this case?
2) if something goes wrong, will you be able to fix it?
3) do you have the proper equipment?
4) does your staff have adequate training?
, ✔✔multidisciplinary approach - ✔✔collaborate with specialists and specialists work with
each other to provide patients with individualized high treatment plans at a high
standard of care
✔✔(SUPREME) - S - ✔✔systemic - new patient work up, thorough medical history,
medications
✔✔(SUPREME) - U - ✔✔urgent - severe periodontal or pulpal pain (classic toothache),
trauma, avulsion, abscess
✔✔(SUPREME) - P - ✔✔prepatory - OHI, perio, endo, caries control, extractions, ortho,
*removal of disease*
✔✔(SUPREME) - R - ✔✔restorative - fillings, crowns, bridges, partials
✔✔(SUPREME) - E - ✔✔elective - veneers, whitening, replace any metal restorations
with composite or ceramic
✔✔(SUPREME) - ME - ✔✔maintenance - recall, exam, radiographs
✔✔continuing education (CE) - ✔✔- required: 50 CE credits every 2 years
- purpose: sharpen and refine techniques, stay up to date on current techniques and
knowledge, expand training: botox, implants, esthetics/cosmetics
✔✔radiography - ✔✔- imaging technique
- x-ray beams are passed through the body to generate an image called a radiograph
✔✔radiograph - ✔✔- crucial for diagnosis and treatment planning and more
- 2D representation of a 3D object
✔✔radiopaque - ✔✔- white
- HIGH degree of mineralization
- eg. bone, enamel
- x-ray beam is ATTENUATED
✔✔radiolucent - ✔✔- black
- LOW degree of mineralization
- eg. soft tissue, empty air
- x-ray beam is NOT ATTENUATED
✔✔radiopacity - ✔✔- a gradient
- the degree of radiopacity depends on the material's DEGREE OF MINERALIZATION
- metal --> enamel --> dentin --> pulp --> air
GRADED A+
✔✔(proximal) distal surface - ✔✔side of the tooth away from the midline
✔✔(proximal) mesial surface - ✔✔side of the tooth toward the midline
✔✔occlusal surface - ✔✔chewing or biting surface of posterior teeth
✔✔incisal surface - ✔✔chewing surface of anterior teeth
✔✔periodontium - ✔✔a complex structure composed of the tissues that surround and
support the teeth
✔✔anatomy of the periodontium - ✔✔gingiva, cementum, periodontal ligament, alveolar
bone
✔✔gingiva - ✔✔- covers the alveolar bone and the tooth root
- protects teeth and underlying bone against mechanical and microbial damage
✔✔periodontal ligament (PDL) - ✔✔- complex network of fibers
- surrounds the tooth root
- connects cementum to alveolar bone
✔✔periodontal probe - ✔✔- measures pocket depth
- colors in 3mm increments
✔✔universal curette - ✔✔- removes calculus and plaque supragingivaly and
subgingivaly
- can be used on all surfaces of the teeth
✔✔supragingival - ✔✔above the gingiva
✔✔subgingival - ✔✔below the gingiva
✔✔sickle scaler - ✔✔- removes calculus
- used SUPRAGINGIVALY ONLY
- good for interproximal (in between the teeth)
✔✔ultrasonic (piezoelectric) - ✔✔- removes calculus
- power-driven instrument
- reduced clinician fatigue
✔✔healthy periodontium - ✔✔- color: pink
,- consistency: firm, well-adapted
- contour: scalloped
- pocket depth: 1-3 mm
- cementoenamel junction (CEJ): bone crest within 2mm
✔✔gingivitis - ✔✔- color: red
- consistency: soft
- contour: rolled, swollen
- pocket depth: 1-3 mm
- cementoenamel junction (CEJ): bone crest within 2mm
- reversible
✔✔periodontitis - ✔✔- color: red
- consistency: soft
- contour: rolled, swollen
- pocket depth: ≥ 4mm (bleeding)
- cementoenamel junction (CEJ): bone crest within ≥ 3mm
- irreversible, has bone loss
✔✔radiographic bone loss - ✔✔
✔✔periodontitis risk factors - ✔✔- poor oral hygiene
- smoking
- diabetes
- and more
✔✔scaling and root planing (SRP) - ✔✔- SCALING removes SUPRAgingival calculus
- ROOT PLANING removes SUBgingival calculus
✔✔becoming a general dentist - ✔✔(undergrad) DAT (dental school) INBDE, ADEX
(residency) AEGD, GPR (hospital term)
(general dentist) private practice, group practice, DSO, military, clinic, hospital
✔✔diagnose, treatment, and prevention - ✔✔- diagnosis (clinical exam, radiographs,
patient symptoms)
- treatment (catered to the patient and their diagnosis)
- prevention (oral hygiene instructions, education)
- *refer* (know when cases should be handled by specialists)
✔✔restorative treatment - ✔✔filling, crown, bridge
✔✔reference questions - ✔✔1) do you have adequate training for this case?
2) if something goes wrong, will you be able to fix it?
3) do you have the proper equipment?
4) does your staff have adequate training?
, ✔✔multidisciplinary approach - ✔✔collaborate with specialists and specialists work with
each other to provide patients with individualized high treatment plans at a high
standard of care
✔✔(SUPREME) - S - ✔✔systemic - new patient work up, thorough medical history,
medications
✔✔(SUPREME) - U - ✔✔urgent - severe periodontal or pulpal pain (classic toothache),
trauma, avulsion, abscess
✔✔(SUPREME) - P - ✔✔prepatory - OHI, perio, endo, caries control, extractions, ortho,
*removal of disease*
✔✔(SUPREME) - R - ✔✔restorative - fillings, crowns, bridges, partials
✔✔(SUPREME) - E - ✔✔elective - veneers, whitening, replace any metal restorations
with composite or ceramic
✔✔(SUPREME) - ME - ✔✔maintenance - recall, exam, radiographs
✔✔continuing education (CE) - ✔✔- required: 50 CE credits every 2 years
- purpose: sharpen and refine techniques, stay up to date on current techniques and
knowledge, expand training: botox, implants, esthetics/cosmetics
✔✔radiography - ✔✔- imaging technique
- x-ray beams are passed through the body to generate an image called a radiograph
✔✔radiograph - ✔✔- crucial for diagnosis and treatment planning and more
- 2D representation of a 3D object
✔✔radiopaque - ✔✔- white
- HIGH degree of mineralization
- eg. bone, enamel
- x-ray beam is ATTENUATED
✔✔radiolucent - ✔✔- black
- LOW degree of mineralization
- eg. soft tissue, empty air
- x-ray beam is NOT ATTENUATED
✔✔radiopacity - ✔✔- a gradient
- the degree of radiopacity depends on the material's DEGREE OF MINERALIZATION
- metal --> enamel --> dentin --> pulp --> air
