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Chapter 43 Dental Assisting Exam Study
Guide with Complete Solutions
Adhere - Answer✔️✔️-To stick or glue two items together.
Alloy - Answer✔️✔️-A mixture of two or more metals that are dissolved
with each other when in the liquid state.
Amalgam (uh-MAL-gum) - Answer✔️✔️-An alloy, with one of the
constituents being mercury.
Auto-cured - Answer✔️✔️-Hardened or set by a chemical reaction of two
materials.
Ceramic - Answer✔️✔️-Hard, brittle, heat- and corrosive-resistant material
such as clay.
Coupling agent - Answer✔️✔️-Agent that strengthens resin by bonding filler
to the resin matrix.
Cured - Answer✔️✔️-Preserved or finished by a chemical or physical
process.
Dual-cured - Answer✔️✔️-Prepared, preserved, or finished by a chemical or
physical process.
Esthetic (aesthetic) (es-THET-ik) - Answer✔️✔️-Artistically pleasing and
beautiful appearance.
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Chapter 43 Dental Assisting Exam Study
Guide with Complete Solutions
Adhere - Answer✔️✔️-To stick or glue two items together.
Alloy - Answer✔️✔️-A mixture of two or more metals that are dissolved
with each other when in the liquid state.
Amalgam (uh-MAL-gum) - Answer✔️✔️-An alloy, with one of the
constituents being mercury.
Auto-cured - Answer✔️✔️-Hardened or set by a chemical reaction of two
materials.
Ceramic - Answer✔️✔️-Hard, brittle, heat- and corrosive-resistant material
such as clay.
Coupling agent - Answer✔️✔️-Agent that strengthens resin by bonding filler
to the resin matrix.
Cured - Answer✔️✔️-Preserved or finished by a chemical or physical
process.
Dual-cured - Answer✔️✔️-Prepared, preserved, or finished by a chemical or
physical process.
Esthetic (aesthetic) (es-THET-ik) - Answer✔️✔️-Artistically pleasing and
beautiful appearance.
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