Modern Dental Assisting Chapter 40 Exam Questions and Answers With Verified
Solutions 2025
The consumer-patient radiation health and safety act is a federal law that requires all: - ✔✔Persons who
use x-rays to take dental images to be properly trained and certified
The process of informing the patient about the nature and purpose of dental imaging is termed: -
✔✔Disclosure
Dental images are the property of the: - ✔✔Dentist
What should the dental assistant do if a patient refuses dental imaging? - ✔✔-Document in the patient's
record the fact that he/she refused recommended dental imaging.
-Explain to the patient the importance of dental imaging.
Quality assurance is a way of ensuring that everything possible is being done to produce high-quality
images and includes quality: - ✔✔Administration procedures and control tests
According to the test for x-ray film freshness, of the processed film appears ____________, the film is
fresh and has been properly stored and handled. - ✔✔Clean with a slight blue tint
The most critical component in film processing quality control is: - ✔✔Maintaining the freshness of the
processing solutions.
For a film to be properly processed, it should be left in a fixer solution, at full strength, for: - ✔✔2 mins.
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines for infection control in dental healthcare
settings, digital radiography sensors: - ✔✔Should use FDA-cleared barriers
Following removal of exposed film or PSP from a patient's mouth, the film/PSP should be: - ✔✔Wiped
free of saliva using a dry 2 x 2 or paper towel
Solutions 2025
The consumer-patient radiation health and safety act is a federal law that requires all: - ✔✔Persons who
use x-rays to take dental images to be properly trained and certified
The process of informing the patient about the nature and purpose of dental imaging is termed: -
✔✔Disclosure
Dental images are the property of the: - ✔✔Dentist
What should the dental assistant do if a patient refuses dental imaging? - ✔✔-Document in the patient's
record the fact that he/she refused recommended dental imaging.
-Explain to the patient the importance of dental imaging.
Quality assurance is a way of ensuring that everything possible is being done to produce high-quality
images and includes quality: - ✔✔Administration procedures and control tests
According to the test for x-ray film freshness, of the processed film appears ____________, the film is
fresh and has been properly stored and handled. - ✔✔Clean with a slight blue tint
The most critical component in film processing quality control is: - ✔✔Maintaining the freshness of the
processing solutions.
For a film to be properly processed, it should be left in a fixer solution, at full strength, for: - ✔✔2 mins.
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines for infection control in dental healthcare
settings, digital radiography sensors: - ✔✔Should use FDA-cleared barriers
Following removal of exposed film or PSP from a patient's mouth, the film/PSP should be: - ✔✔Wiped
free of saliva using a dry 2 x 2 or paper towel
