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Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam, CSCE, CSCE, 2 Dental Hygiene Prometric 2, Computer Simulated Dental Hygiene Exam, Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam CDCA, Dental Hygiene Computer Simulated Case Test

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Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam, CSCE, CSCE, 2 Dental Hygiene
Prometric 2, Computer Simulated Dental Hygiene Exam, Dental
Hygiene Prometric Exam CDCA, Dental Hygiene Computer Simulated
Case Test
What is an oral side effect of Prozac? - Answer: xerostomia



How do steroids effect wound healing? - Answer: 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? - Answer: refer the patient to their physician
immediately



Premedication regimine - Answer: 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? - Answer: 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? - Answer: - look at location of 3rd molars

- impactions

- pathology

- NOT FOR BONE LOSS



Items containing fluoride? - Answer: - tea

- pork

- fish



What type of water does not contain fluoride? - Answer: well water

,Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam, CSCE, CSCE, 2 Dental Hygiene
Prometric 2, Computer Simulated Dental Hygiene Exam, Dental
Hygiene Prometric Exam CDCA, Dental Hygiene Computer Simulated
Case Test


Know the papilla of the tongue - Answer: - 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? - Answer: elongation of the filiform papillae



Delayed eruption may be caused by - Answer: delayed exfoliation



Identify mandibular canal radiographically - Answer: 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? - Answer: - caused by
trauma

- not normal



Know film errors - Answer: - 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 - Answer: rhombus shaped, central denuded area of the
tongue with red appearance

,Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam, CSCE, CSCE, 2 Dental Hygiene
Prometric 2, Computer Simulated Dental Hygiene Exam, Dental
Hygiene Prometric Exam CDCA, Dental Hygiene Computer Simulated
Case Test


What is the treatment for black hair tongue? - Answer: brush it



What is a vitality test used for? - Answer: 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? - Answer: Syphillis, NOT biting on bobby pins



Identify lingual varicosities.. are they normal? - Answer: yes they're normal



How long should ultrasonic units be flushed? - Answer: 20 seconds



What provides proof of sterilization? Spore test or autoclave tape? - Answer: Spore test



What does autoclave tape tell you? - Answer: that it has reached proper temperature



Hep B vaccination also protects you from? - Answer: Hep D



What can chlorhexidine cause? - Answer: staining, increased calculus deposits



What instrument should you use to work on mandibular anterior gingiva? - Answer: - 1/2 gracey

- columbia

- sickle ultrasonic

, Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam, CSCE, CSCE, 2 Dental Hygiene
Prometric 2, Computer Simulated Dental Hygiene Exam, Dental
Hygiene Prometric Exam CDCA, Dental Hygiene Computer Simulated
Case Test


What drug causes bleeding? - Answer: Aspirin



What does the 2nd premolar replace? - Answer: the 2nd deciduous molar



What would you do for fordyce granules? - Answer: leave alone; normal



is a bifurcated maxillary canine normal? - Answer: yes



What would you do for lingual erosion? - Answer: rinse with sodium bicarbonate



Stannous fluoride is not found in which of the following? tea, pork, well water, or fish? - Answer:
well water



Which is the only root that would be incomplete at age 15? - Answer: the second molar



Presents with a firm lesion on the ventral surface of the tongue? ranula, benign, or malignant? -
Answer: ?



what is the panorex best used for? - Answer: position of 3rd molars



What is wrong with the PANO picture? - Answer: patient should not have on a thyroid collar
when taking a PAN



What can prednisone cause? - Answer: delayed wound healing
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