Computer Simulated Dental Hygiene Exam,
Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam CDCA/ 728
Q&A
How much fluoride supplementation should be given to a 3-6 year old in a
community with less than 0.3 ppm in their water? - Answer: 0.50 mg/day
How much fluoride supplementation should be given to a 3-6 year old in a
community with 0.3-.0.6 ppm in their water? - Answer: 0.25 mg/day
How much fluoride supplementation should be given to a 3-6 year old in a
community with more than 0.6 ppm in their water? - Answer: none
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,How much fluoride supplementation should be given to a 6-16 year old in a
community with less than 0.3 ppm in their water? - Answer: 1 mg/day
How much fluoride supplementation should be given to a 6-16 year old in a
community with 0.3-0.6 ppm in their water? - Answer: 0.25 mg/day
How much fluoride supplementation should be given to a 6-16 year old in a
community with more than 0.6 ppm in their water? - Answer: none
complication with high blood pressure medications? - Answer: orthostatic
hypotension
dental caries and relation most with diet? - Answer: frequency
advantage of digital x-rays? - Answer: reduce exposure
What is the most effective method of sterilization? - Answer: steam vapor
what kind of treatment is needed for a bulimic patient? - Answer: rinse with
bicarbonate solution
according to CDCA all need to be medical waste except - Answer: tissue
treatment for angular cheilitis? - Answer: antifungal
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,APF can cause - Answer: etching of porcelain crowns
when should spore test biological monitoring be done? - Answer: 1 week
which tooth will replace the primary second molar? - Answer: permanent second
premolar
when the gingival margin is at the CEJ what calculation is needed to calculate the
CAL? - Answer: none, the CAL is the same as the prime depth
Tooth #24 has a 6mm pocket with 2 mm of recession, what is the CAL? - Answer: 8
mm
what tooth will replace tooth K? - Answer: #20
Teeth with a periodontal abscess are vital whereas teeth with a periapical abscess
are non-vital, T or F? - Answer: True
An irritation fibroma is composed of - Answer: dense fibrous connective tissue
and giant cells
In periodontal disease, the lamina dura is - Answer: - thinner
- the thin radiopaque line that lines the tooth root
- the lamina dura is thicker when the tooth is erupting
- thinning or absence of it is a sign of periodontal disease
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, What medications do NOT cause xerostomia? - Answer: antitussives
What does not matter regarding a mask? - Answer: HEPA filter
How long should you flush your lines between patients? - Answer: 20 seconds
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
cyclosporine causes - Answer: gingival enlargement
PAN radiograph of tooth #3 and you see a ghost image of anterior teeth - Answer:
double exposed
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Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam CDCA/ 728
Q&A
How much fluoride supplementation should be given to a 3-6 year old in a
community with less than 0.3 ppm in their water? - Answer: 0.50 mg/day
How much fluoride supplementation should be given to a 3-6 year old in a
community with 0.3-.0.6 ppm in their water? - Answer: 0.25 mg/day
How much fluoride supplementation should be given to a 3-6 year old in a
community with more than 0.6 ppm in their water? - Answer: none
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,How much fluoride supplementation should be given to a 6-16 year old in a
community with less than 0.3 ppm in their water? - Answer: 1 mg/day
How much fluoride supplementation should be given to a 6-16 year old in a
community with 0.3-0.6 ppm in their water? - Answer: 0.25 mg/day
How much fluoride supplementation should be given to a 6-16 year old in a
community with more than 0.6 ppm in their water? - Answer: none
complication with high blood pressure medications? - Answer: orthostatic
hypotension
dental caries and relation most with diet? - Answer: frequency
advantage of digital x-rays? - Answer: reduce exposure
What is the most effective method of sterilization? - Answer: steam vapor
what kind of treatment is needed for a bulimic patient? - Answer: rinse with
bicarbonate solution
according to CDCA all need to be medical waste except - Answer: tissue
treatment for angular cheilitis? - Answer: antifungal
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,APF can cause - Answer: etching of porcelain crowns
when should spore test biological monitoring be done? - Answer: 1 week
which tooth will replace the primary second molar? - Answer: permanent second
premolar
when the gingival margin is at the CEJ what calculation is needed to calculate the
CAL? - Answer: none, the CAL is the same as the prime depth
Tooth #24 has a 6mm pocket with 2 mm of recession, what is the CAL? - Answer: 8
mm
what tooth will replace tooth K? - Answer: #20
Teeth with a periodontal abscess are vital whereas teeth with a periapical abscess
are non-vital, T or F? - Answer: True
An irritation fibroma is composed of - Answer: dense fibrous connective tissue
and giant cells
In periodontal disease, the lamina dura is - Answer: - thinner
- the thin radiopaque line that lines the tooth root
- the lamina dura is thicker when the tooth is erupting
- thinning or absence of it is a sign of periodontal disease
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, What medications do NOT cause xerostomia? - Answer: antitussives
What does not matter regarding a mask? - Answer: HEPA filter
How long should you flush your lines between patients? - Answer: 20 seconds
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
cyclosporine causes - Answer: gingival enlargement
PAN radiograph of tooth #3 and you see a ghost image of anterior teeth - Answer:
double exposed
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