Chairside Dental Assisting Questions & Answers, Already Passed!!

Abrasive rotary - Answer-FINISH/POLISH restorations. "discs, points, wheels, stones" Amalgam carrier - Answer-TRANSFER freshly mixed amalgam/ DELIVER to prepared tooth Amalgam knife - Answer-remove EXCESS materials AROUND margins of restoration/ INTERPROXIMAL areas Amalgam well - Answer-HOLD freshly mixed amalgam/LOADING TRAY Angle former - Answer-DEFINE point angles in tooth PREPERATION Articulating paper holders - Answer-HOLD/CARRY articulating paper to ORAL cavity MAY use forceps Barbed broach - Answer-REMOVAL soft tissue from pulp canal Metal wire and pointed projections ANGLED FINE/COURSE Bur - Answer-mechanically REMOVE tooth structure, SHAPE restoration preparations while FINISH and POLISHING. Keep the FAITH! - Answer-Awesome Babe! I love you! Carvers - Answer-SHARP edge remove EXCESS material/SHAPE restorative material.Various SIZES and shapes Chisel - Answer-SINGLE bevel cutting EDGE END of the blade. Cleave AKA CUT or plane AKA SMOOTH ENAMEL/DENTIN walls. straight or ANGLED Cleoid - Answer-SPADE/CLAW reinvent tooth ANATOMY in freshly PLACED restorative material such as AMAGLAM Com posit placement instrument - Answer-PLACEMENT/CONTOURING composite RESTORATIVE materials Condensers - Answer-PACK freshly placed AMALGLAM Contra-angle attachment - Answer-LOWSPEED/ LATCHTYPE BURS/DISCS STONES/POLISHING CUPS BRUSHES Cotton pliers (forceps) - Answer-CARRY small OBJECTS to/from ORAL cavity Diamond rotary instruments - Answer-REDUCTION of tooth SURFACES for crown PREPERATIONS ADJUST occlusal/ smooth tooth STRUCTURE or restorations. Endodontic files - Answer-CLEAN and SHAPE the PULPAL canal. Explorer - Answer-SLENDER pointed WORKING end DECAY, PITS and fissuresroot SURFACES and margins of existing RESTORATION Extension band - Answer-Class II PREPARATION gingival EXTENSIONS/ Finishing rotary instruments - Answer-Bur used to FINISH/POLISH POLISH restorations/ ADJUST occlusion Gates-glidden bur - Answer-OPEN/ENLARGE pulpal canal. football SHAPED LONG shaft; SIDE cutting EDGE ATTACHED to handpiece MOVES clockwise. Gingival margin trimmer - Answer-CUT enamel/ PLACE bevels during RESTORATION preparation. used in PAIRS for MESIAL and DISTAL access. Handpiece - Answer-ROTARY powered through COMPRESSED air electricity rotate BURS, DISC, or STONES. DIRECT dental treatment or in a LAB Hatchet - Answer-REFINING cavity WALLS during PREPARATION aids in RETENTION for RESTORATIVE materials. Hemostat - Answer-CARRY SMALL objects CLAMP and STOP blood flow High-speed handpiece - Answer-burs that fit into a high-speedPREPPING the outline and RETENTION grooves for a new RESTORATION REMOVING prior RESTORATIVE materials, SECTION a tooth during surgery, CROWN and BRIDGE finishing COMPOSITE restorations/ OCCLUSAL adjustments. Hoes - Answer-cavity PREPERATION SMOOTH and SHAPE the floor of a tooth Howe pliers - Answer-Orthodontic PLIERS to make ARCH wire and LIGATURE adjustments Laboratory rotary instruments - Answer-CUTTING and POLISHING acrylic metal/ porcilins Laser handpiece - Answer-LASER to CUT and REMOVE soft tissue remove UNHEALTHY tooth structures. Lentulo spiral - Answer-root canal THERAPY Distributes sealer and cement EVENLY THROUGH root canal system Low-speed handpiece - Answer-REMOVAL of stains and decay finishing AND polishing RESTORATIONS general TRIM and CONTOUR