DENTAL HEALTH FINAL EXAMS QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR 2024-2025
1) What is an endo instrument with barb-like fishhooks on the shaft?
Broach
2) What uses steam and heat to kill germs and usually takes 15-30 minutes to
complete its cycle?
Autoclave Sterilizer
3) What are noted on a tooth diagram charting of the patient are marked with
a circle at the apex or a red line drawn through the root of the tooth?
Teeth that need a root-canal
4) What are a Cord Packer, diamonds, wax bite, counter impressions,
temporaries, and an impression syringe commonly used in?
Crown and Bridge
5) What is the universal upper arch extraction instrument?
150 Forceps
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, 6) What have sharp, triangular points on the end and are useful in removing
root stumps?
Cryer Elevators
7) What have a spoon shaped end and separates the gums from the
underlying bone?
Periosteal Elevator
8) What looks like a screwdriver and are used to loosen tooth?
301, 46, & 34 Elevators
9) After an extraction, why are gauze and ice packs placed?
Mainly to stop bleeding and reduce the swelling
10) Scalers have what kind of tips?
Pointed
11) Curettes have what kind of tips?
Rounded tips
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, 12) After crowns are seated or fillings are completed, what is the next
step?
Check the bite with the articulating paper
13) Using the rubber dam clamp during endo treatment is necessary to?
Prevent instruments from being swallowed or aspirated into the lungs, to keep
saliva from re-contaminating the tooth, and to keep the irritating solutions out
of the patient’s mouth
14) What is the instrument used for composite placement?
Plastic instruments
15) What is used during a certain dental procedure to disinfect and flush
debris from a canal during endo?
Sodium Hypochlorite (Clorox)
16) What is needed for rubber dam placement?
Rubber dam, punch, clamp, floss, clamp forceps, and frame
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VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR 2024-2025
1) What is an endo instrument with barb-like fishhooks on the shaft?
Broach
2) What uses steam and heat to kill germs and usually takes 15-30 minutes to
complete its cycle?
Autoclave Sterilizer
3) What are noted on a tooth diagram charting of the patient are marked with
a circle at the apex or a red line drawn through the root of the tooth?
Teeth that need a root-canal
4) What are a Cord Packer, diamonds, wax bite, counter impressions,
temporaries, and an impression syringe commonly used in?
Crown and Bridge
5) What is the universal upper arch extraction instrument?
150 Forceps
1
, 6) What have sharp, triangular points on the end and are useful in removing
root stumps?
Cryer Elevators
7) What have a spoon shaped end and separates the gums from the
underlying bone?
Periosteal Elevator
8) What looks like a screwdriver and are used to loosen tooth?
301, 46, & 34 Elevators
9) After an extraction, why are gauze and ice packs placed?
Mainly to stop bleeding and reduce the swelling
10) Scalers have what kind of tips?
Pointed
11) Curettes have what kind of tips?
Rounded tips
2
, 12) After crowns are seated or fillings are completed, what is the next
step?
Check the bite with the articulating paper
13) Using the rubber dam clamp during endo treatment is necessary to?
Prevent instruments from being swallowed or aspirated into the lungs, to keep
saliva from re-contaminating the tooth, and to keep the irritating solutions out
of the patient’s mouth
14) What is the instrument used for composite placement?
Plastic instruments
15) What is used during a certain dental procedure to disinfect and flush
debris from a canal during endo?
Sodium Hypochlorite (Clorox)
16) What is needed for rubber dam placement?
Rubber dam, punch, clamp, floss, clamp forceps, and frame
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