General Chairside Questions & Answers
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Which classification of motion involves the use of the entire upper torso?
a. Class II
b. Class III
c. Class IV
d. Class V - ANSWER Class V
Which dental chair position has the patient lying down with head and knees
at approximately the same level as shown?
a. supine
b. upright
c. subsupine
d. Trendelenburg - ANSWER supine
Which type of dental instrument transfer is used when an operator has two
dental assistants working together during a dental
treatment?
a. two‑handed
b. four‑handed
c. six‑handed
d. eight‑handed - ANSWER six‑handed
,Which dental bur helps to provide angles to the walls of a prepared tooth?
a. pear
b. round
c. inverted cone
d. tapered fissure - ANSWER tapered fissure
Which type of rotary cutting instrument shank has a small groove at the end that locks into the contra‑angle attachment?
a. straight
b. latch‑type
c. friction‑grip
d. contra‑angle - ANSWER latch‑type
Which instrument is used to measure loss of gingival attachment?
a. Nabers probe
b. pigtail explorer
c. universal curette
d. periodontal probe - ANSWER periodontal probe
Which instrument is passed to the dentist after the placement of amalgam from the
amalgam carrier?
a. carver
b. burnisher
c. excavator
d. condenser - ANSWER condenser
Which fluoride can stain demineralized areas on teeth?
, a. stannous fluoride
b. sodium fluorosilicate
c. acidulated phosphate
d. sodium monofluorophosphate - ANSWER stannous fluoride
Which is the nonsurgical removal of calculus and necrotic cementum from the root of a
tooth?
a. soft tissue graft
b. gingival curettage
c. crown lengthening
d. scaling and root planing - ANSWER scaling and root planing
Anesthetic cartridges should be stored __________.
a. inside a freezer
b. in the refrigerator
c. at room temperature
d. within a heated container - ANSWER at room temperature
Which local anesthetic cartridge banding color indicates there is no epinephrine in
the solution?
a. red
b. green
c. yellow
d. light blue - ANSWER light blue
A dry angle is placed over the __________ in an isolation technique.
a. Stensen duct
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Which classification of motion involves the use of the entire upper torso?
a. Class II
b. Class III
c. Class IV
d. Class V - ANSWER Class V
Which dental chair position has the patient lying down with head and knees
at approximately the same level as shown?
a. supine
b. upright
c. subsupine
d. Trendelenburg - ANSWER supine
Which type of dental instrument transfer is used when an operator has two
dental assistants working together during a dental
treatment?
a. two‑handed
b. four‑handed
c. six‑handed
d. eight‑handed - ANSWER six‑handed
,Which dental bur helps to provide angles to the walls of a prepared tooth?
a. pear
b. round
c. inverted cone
d. tapered fissure - ANSWER tapered fissure
Which type of rotary cutting instrument shank has a small groove at the end that locks into the contra‑angle attachment?
a. straight
b. latch‑type
c. friction‑grip
d. contra‑angle - ANSWER latch‑type
Which instrument is used to measure loss of gingival attachment?
a. Nabers probe
b. pigtail explorer
c. universal curette
d. periodontal probe - ANSWER periodontal probe
Which instrument is passed to the dentist after the placement of amalgam from the
amalgam carrier?
a. carver
b. burnisher
c. excavator
d. condenser - ANSWER condenser
Which fluoride can stain demineralized areas on teeth?
, a. stannous fluoride
b. sodium fluorosilicate
c. acidulated phosphate
d. sodium monofluorophosphate - ANSWER stannous fluoride
Which is the nonsurgical removal of calculus and necrotic cementum from the root of a
tooth?
a. soft tissue graft
b. gingival curettage
c. crown lengthening
d. scaling and root planing - ANSWER scaling and root planing
Anesthetic cartridges should be stored __________.
a. inside a freezer
b. in the refrigerator
c. at room temperature
d. within a heated container - ANSWER at room temperature
Which local anesthetic cartridge banding color indicates there is no epinephrine in
the solution?
a. red
b. green
c. yellow
d. light blue - ANSWER light blue
A dry angle is placed over the __________ in an isolation technique.
a. Stensen duct
