Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam/ Quizzes with
Certified Solutions.
Dens-invaginatus - Answer: occur mainly on mandibular premolars
remember "invag" = "inside" the tooth
Periodontal probe that is taking a measurement but is not perpendicular to the
long axis of the tooth - Answer: checking a furcation- nabers probe
What dose it mean if panoramic radiograph is darker on one side? - Answer:
exposing it to light
concrescence - Answer: condition where the cementum overlying the roots of at
least two teeth join together
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,cyclosporine causes - Answer: gingival enlargement
PAN radiograph of tooth #3 and you see a ghost image of anterior teeth - Answer:
double exposed
palatine fovea or fovea palatinii - Answer: Two orifices one each side of the
midline, distal to the vibrating line. They act as collecting ducts for a group of
minor palatine salivary glands
hypodontia - Answer: having less than 6 congenitally missing teeth
oligodontia - Answer: having 6 or more congenitally missing teeth
Leukoedema - Answer: appears as a filmy, opaque, white to slate gray
discoloration of mucosa, chiefly buccal mucosa,It is stated to be seen in 90% of
Blacks
Nikolsky's sign - Answer: Fragile mucosa may be induced to blister or slough when
pressure is applied sign is particularly useful in differentiating pemphigus vulgaris,
which causes a positive sign, from bullous pemphigoid, in which the sign is usually
absent.
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, Ankylosis - Answer: of primary molars has been reported to be associated with
various anomalies in permanent dentition, is usually associated with hypodontia
and occurs most time when a tooth fails to exfoliate.
median rhomboid glossitis - Answer: fungal condition treated with an antifungal
drug. It is a form of chronic atrophic candidiasis characterized by an
asymptomatic, elongated, erythematous patch of atrophic mucosa of the
posterior mid-dorsal surface of the tongue due to a chronic Candida infection
What would you do for lingual erosion? - Answer: rinse with sodium bicarbonate
Stannous fluoride is not found in which of the following? tea, pork, well water, or
fish? - Answer: well water
Which is the only root that would be incomplete at age 15? - Answer: the second
molar
Presents with a firm lesion on the ventral surface of the tongue? ranula, benign,
or malignant? - Answer: ?
what is the panorex best used for? - Answer: position of 3rd molars
What is wrong with the PANO picture? - Answer: patient should not have on a
thyroid collar when taking a PAN
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Certified Solutions.
Dens-invaginatus - Answer: occur mainly on mandibular premolars
remember "invag" = "inside" the tooth
Periodontal probe that is taking a measurement but is not perpendicular to the
long axis of the tooth - Answer: checking a furcation- nabers probe
What dose it mean if panoramic radiograph is darker on one side? - Answer:
exposing it to light
concrescence - Answer: condition where the cementum overlying the roots of at
least two teeth join together
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,cyclosporine causes - Answer: gingival enlargement
PAN radiograph of tooth #3 and you see a ghost image of anterior teeth - Answer:
double exposed
palatine fovea or fovea palatinii - Answer: Two orifices one each side of the
midline, distal to the vibrating line. They act as collecting ducts for a group of
minor palatine salivary glands
hypodontia - Answer: having less than 6 congenitally missing teeth
oligodontia - Answer: having 6 or more congenitally missing teeth
Leukoedema - Answer: appears as a filmy, opaque, white to slate gray
discoloration of mucosa, chiefly buccal mucosa,It is stated to be seen in 90% of
Blacks
Nikolsky's sign - Answer: Fragile mucosa may be induced to blister or slough when
pressure is applied sign is particularly useful in differentiating pemphigus vulgaris,
which causes a positive sign, from bullous pemphigoid, in which the sign is usually
absent.
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, Ankylosis - Answer: of primary molars has been reported to be associated with
various anomalies in permanent dentition, is usually associated with hypodontia
and occurs most time when a tooth fails to exfoliate.
median rhomboid glossitis - Answer: fungal condition treated with an antifungal
drug. It is a form of chronic atrophic candidiasis characterized by an
asymptomatic, elongated, erythematous patch of atrophic mucosa of the
posterior mid-dorsal surface of the tongue due to a chronic Candida infection
What would you do for lingual erosion? - Answer: rinse with sodium bicarbonate
Stannous fluoride is not found in which of the following? tea, pork, well water, or
fish? - Answer: well water
Which is the only root that would be incomplete at age 15? - Answer: the second
molar
Presents with a firm lesion on the ventral surface of the tongue? ranula, benign,
or malignant? - Answer: ?
what is the panorex best used for? - Answer: position of 3rd molars
What is wrong with the PANO picture? - Answer: patient should not have on a
thyroid collar when taking a PAN
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