DASA Final Exam
Endodontist - Answer-primarily concerned with the health of the dental pulp. Root canal treatments are
done by this specialist.
Orthodontist - Answer-primarily concerned with the guidance and correction of misaligned teeth
Pedodontist - Answer-specialty is concerned with treating oral conditions in children and adolescents
Periodontist - Answer-primarily treats and diagnoses the diseases of the supporting and surrounding
tissues of the teeth
Prosthodontist - Answer-primarily concerned with the restoration and replacement of missing teeth and
oral structures
The dentist - Answer-Superior respondant
Registered Dental Hygienist - Answer-Performs professional dental debridement; oral prophlaxis
Dental Assistant - Answer-Assists dentist with all chair side dental procedures
, Front Office Assistant - Answer-Assistant Hygienist procedures Maintains office schedules , greets
patients , answer phones
Laboratory Technician - Answer-Fabricates removable and fixed dental prostheses
Omission - Answer-involves failure to act as a " reasonable and prudent professional " would act
Commission - Answer-An act that a " reasonable and prudent professional " would not perform
Negligence - Answer-Failure to deliver due care with patients
Whilhem Conrad Roentgen - Answer-German physicist, discovered x-rays in 1895
Otto Walkhoff - Answer-Made the first dental radiograph in 1896
C. Edmund Kells - Answer-First to take dental radiograph on a live patient. Had his arm amputated.
William Coolidge - Answer-Invented the first x-ray tube in 1913
Incisor - Answer-Which type of tooth is single rooted and is located in the front of the mouth and
designed to cut food?
Molar - Answer-Which type of tooth has more cusps than other tooth, a wide chewing surface and is
used to grind hard masses of food?
Lingual - Answer-Which is the tooth surface closest to the tongue?
Endodontist - Answer-primarily concerned with the health of the dental pulp. Root canal treatments are
done by this specialist.
Orthodontist - Answer-primarily concerned with the guidance and correction of misaligned teeth
Pedodontist - Answer-specialty is concerned with treating oral conditions in children and adolescents
Periodontist - Answer-primarily treats and diagnoses the diseases of the supporting and surrounding
tissues of the teeth
Prosthodontist - Answer-primarily concerned with the restoration and replacement of missing teeth and
oral structures
The dentist - Answer-Superior respondant
Registered Dental Hygienist - Answer-Performs professional dental debridement; oral prophlaxis
Dental Assistant - Answer-Assists dentist with all chair side dental procedures
, Front Office Assistant - Answer-Assistant Hygienist procedures Maintains office schedules , greets
patients , answer phones
Laboratory Technician - Answer-Fabricates removable and fixed dental prostheses
Omission - Answer-involves failure to act as a " reasonable and prudent professional " would act
Commission - Answer-An act that a " reasonable and prudent professional " would not perform
Negligence - Answer-Failure to deliver due care with patients
Whilhem Conrad Roentgen - Answer-German physicist, discovered x-rays in 1895
Otto Walkhoff - Answer-Made the first dental radiograph in 1896
C. Edmund Kells - Answer-First to take dental radiograph on a live patient. Had his arm amputated.
William Coolidge - Answer-Invented the first x-ray tube in 1913
Incisor - Answer-Which type of tooth is single rooted and is located in the front of the mouth and
designed to cut food?
Molar - Answer-Which type of tooth has more cusps than other tooth, a wide chewing surface and is
used to grind hard masses of food?
Lingual - Answer-Which is the tooth surface closest to the tongue?
