TEXAS RDA REVIEWS PAPER ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Dental assistants may not perform coronal polishing: True or False? - ✔✔True
✔✔Dental assistants don't have to be registered if they're not taking radiographs: True
or False? - ✔✔False
✔✔Unprofessional Procedures includes: - ✔✔Collecting payment through fraud
Claiming services of office to be better / best over other offices
Only referring to one office over others
✔✔Pontic - ✔✔The part (crown) of the bridge making up for the missing tooth / teeth
✔✔Abutment - ✔✔The part (crown) of the bridge that is cemented to the teeth
✔✔Examples of things used for anesthesia in dentistry: - ✔✔Needle
Topical anesthesia
Anesthetic aspirating syringe
Epinephrine
✔✔What can be added to local anesthesia to make the effects last longer? -
✔✔Epinephrine
(Another name for adrenaline)
✔✔Parts of the anesthesia syringe are the: - ✔✔Disposable needle - Has screw on cap
at both ends to protect shape / sterility of needle, screws onto threaded tip
Carpule - Glass cartridge holding local anesthesia
Threaded tip - Holds disposable needle in place (shorter end slips into carpule)
Barrel of Syringe - Holds carpule, piston / harpoon
Harpoon / Piston Rod - Piston rod has harpoon on end, harpoon inserts to end of
anesthesia carpule
Finger Grip - Metal cylinder with slight hourglass shape for grasping between fingers
, Finger bar - Metal bar between finger grip and thumb ring preventing fingers from
slipping back
Thumb ring - Allows piston rod to be moved forward or backward
✔✔Some items used in endodontics are: - ✔✔File
Paper point
Guttapercha
Rubber dam
High velocity hand piece
✔✔Exodontia - ✔✔The removal of teeth
✔✔Root tip elevator - ✔✔Used in tooth extractions
✔✔Periodontal disease - ✔✔Destruction of the supportive tissue of the teeth
✔✔Gingivitis - ✔✔Infection of the soft tissue
✔✔Plaque - ✔✔Soft material that builds up around the teeth at the gingival and enamel
area, can be removed by brushing and flossing
✔✔Calculus - ✔✔Hard buildup that must be removed by scraping (usually done in
dental office)
✔✔Primary examples of removable prosthetics are: - ✔✔Partials
Dentures
✔✔The public relations area of the front office is the: - ✔✔Front desk
✔✔To achieve smooth operation in the dental office, employees must value: -
✔✔Teamwork
Positive attitudes
✔✔What writing utensil should be used to enter appointments in the appointment book?
- ✔✔Pencil
✔✔Necessary synonym for "shot" - ✔✔Numbing medicine
✔✔Necessary synonym for "drilling a tooth" - ✔✔Preparing the tooth
✔✔Necessary alternative to cancelling appointment - ✔✔Rescheduling
✔✔~Old Information - Test answer~
The 15 members of the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners are: - ✔✔8 Dentists
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Dental assistants may not perform coronal polishing: True or False? - ✔✔True
✔✔Dental assistants don't have to be registered if they're not taking radiographs: True
or False? - ✔✔False
✔✔Unprofessional Procedures includes: - ✔✔Collecting payment through fraud
Claiming services of office to be better / best over other offices
Only referring to one office over others
✔✔Pontic - ✔✔The part (crown) of the bridge making up for the missing tooth / teeth
✔✔Abutment - ✔✔The part (crown) of the bridge that is cemented to the teeth
✔✔Examples of things used for anesthesia in dentistry: - ✔✔Needle
Topical anesthesia
Anesthetic aspirating syringe
Epinephrine
✔✔What can be added to local anesthesia to make the effects last longer? -
✔✔Epinephrine
(Another name for adrenaline)
✔✔Parts of the anesthesia syringe are the: - ✔✔Disposable needle - Has screw on cap
at both ends to protect shape / sterility of needle, screws onto threaded tip
Carpule - Glass cartridge holding local anesthesia
Threaded tip - Holds disposable needle in place (shorter end slips into carpule)
Barrel of Syringe - Holds carpule, piston / harpoon
Harpoon / Piston Rod - Piston rod has harpoon on end, harpoon inserts to end of
anesthesia carpule
Finger Grip - Metal cylinder with slight hourglass shape for grasping between fingers
, Finger bar - Metal bar between finger grip and thumb ring preventing fingers from
slipping back
Thumb ring - Allows piston rod to be moved forward or backward
✔✔Some items used in endodontics are: - ✔✔File
Paper point
Guttapercha
Rubber dam
High velocity hand piece
✔✔Exodontia - ✔✔The removal of teeth
✔✔Root tip elevator - ✔✔Used in tooth extractions
✔✔Periodontal disease - ✔✔Destruction of the supportive tissue of the teeth
✔✔Gingivitis - ✔✔Infection of the soft tissue
✔✔Plaque - ✔✔Soft material that builds up around the teeth at the gingival and enamel
area, can be removed by brushing and flossing
✔✔Calculus - ✔✔Hard buildup that must be removed by scraping (usually done in
dental office)
✔✔Primary examples of removable prosthetics are: - ✔✔Partials
Dentures
✔✔The public relations area of the front office is the: - ✔✔Front desk
✔✔To achieve smooth operation in the dental office, employees must value: -
✔✔Teamwork
Positive attitudes
✔✔What writing utensil should be used to enter appointments in the appointment book?
- ✔✔Pencil
✔✔Necessary synonym for "shot" - ✔✔Numbing medicine
✔✔Necessary synonym for "drilling a tooth" - ✔✔Preparing the tooth
✔✔Necessary alternative to cancelling appointment - ✔✔Rescheduling
✔✔~Old Information - Test answer~
The 15 members of the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners are: - ✔✔8 Dentists
