HESI DENTAL HYGIENE EXAM TEST BANK 2024 | 650 EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (PROFESSOR VERIFIED) | LATEST EDITION (JUST RELEASED)

HESI DENTAL HYGIENE EXAM TEST BANK
2024 | 650 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (PROFESSOR
VERIFIED) | LATEST EDITION (JUST
RELEASED)

What is defined as a COLONY of microorganisms within a protective polysaccharide
SLIME layer?
A. calculus
B. caries
C. bacterial plaque -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------bacterial plaque



Which part of the plaque formation are microcolonies formed?
A. Adhesion
B. Acquired pellicle
C. Colonization -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------Colonization



Which part of the plaque formation do bacteria bind to the pellicle within hours?
A. Adhesion
B. Acquired pellicle
C. Colonization -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------Adhesion



Which part of the plaque formation is a thin film coating over the tooth immediately on
exposure to saliva?
A. Adhesion
B. Acquired pellicle
C. Colonization -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------Acquired pellicle



What is the nutrient source for supra-gingival plaque and calculus?
A. saliva
B. GCV (gingival crevicular fluid
C. Food

,D. Vitamins -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------saliva



What is the nutrient source for subgingival plaque and calculus?
A. saliva
B. GCV (gingival crevicular fluid
C. Food
D. Vitamins -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------GCV



What is mineralized plaque biofilm?
A. Enamel
B. Cementum
C. Calculus
D. Bone -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------Calculus



Which type of calculus is found CORONAL to the gingival margin, is yellow, white, or
grey, and commonly found NEAR the openings of salivary ducts and the LINGUALS of
the mandibular anterior teeth and BUCCALS of the maxillary molars?
A. subgingival calculus
B. Supragingival calculus
C. Spicules -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------supragingival calculus



Which type of calculus is found APICAL to the gingival margin, is BLACK, DARK
BROWN, OR DARK GREEN and commonly form NODULES?
A. subgingival calculus
B. Supragingival calculus
C. Spicules -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------Subgingival calculus



Which type of mobility is movable in any direction and DEPRESSIBLE IN socket?
A. Class I
B. class II
C. class III -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------class III



Which type of mobility is has a movement GREATER than 1mm in any direction. NOT
depressible in the socket?

,A. Class I
B. class II
C. class III -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------Class II



Which type of mobility movement up to 1mm in any direction?
A. Class I
B. class II
C. class III -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------Class I



What type of probe is used to measure furcation? -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------
Nabers probe



Which type of FURCATION is the concavity detected with instrument, but the furcation
CANNOT be entered
A. Class I
B. Class II
C. Class III
D. Class IV -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------Class I



Which type of FURCATION does the instrument pass COMPLETELY through furcation,
which is clinically VISIBLE due to gingival recession. Radiolucency in furcation is visible.
A. Class I
B. Class II
C. Class III
D. Class IV -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------Class IV



Which type of FURCATION does the instrument ENTER furcation from one aspect, but
CANNOT pass completely through (or to palatal root on maxillary). Radiolucency may
be visible.
A. Class I
B. Class II
C. Class III
D. Class IV -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------class II

, Which type of FURCATION does the instrument pass completely through furcation,
which is still COVERED by soft tissue. Radiolucency in the furcation is visible.
A. Class I
B. Class II
C. Class III
D. Class IV -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------class III



Which Angel's classification of malocclusion does the mesiobuccal cusp of the maxillary
first molar lie DISTAL to the buccal groove of the mandibular first molar?
A. Class I
B. Class II Division I
C. Class II Division II
D. Class III -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------Class III (prognathic)



Which Angel's classification of malocclusion does the mesiobuccal cusp of the maxillary
first molar lie in the buccal groove of the mandibular first molar?
A. Class I
B. Class II Division I
C. Class II Division II
D. Class III -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------Class I (mesognathic)



Which Angel's classification of malocclusion does the mesiobuccal cusp of the maxillary
first molar lie MESIAL to the buccal groove of the mandibular first molar?
A. Class I
B. Class II
D. Class III -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------Class II (retrognathic)



Which Angel's classification of malocclusion of Division II are the front MAXILLARY
teeth normal or PROTRUDED -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------class II, division I



Which Angel's classification of malocclusion of Division II are the front MAXILLARY
teeth are RETRUDED? -----CORRECT ANSWER----------------class II, division II