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Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam
What is an oral side effect of Prozac? Correct answers xerostomia
How do steroids effect wound healing? Correct answers causes delayed wound healing
What should be done with a patient with a previous history of high blood pressure and
comes in for their appointment with reading of 160/116? Correct answers refer the
patient to their physician immediately
Premedication regimine Correct answers 2g Amoxicillin
600 mg Clindamycin
Patient comes in for appointment who needs premed, and they took 300 mg 1 hour prior
to their appointment. What would you do? Correct answers administer another 300 mg
and wait 1 hr prior to treatment (because their clindamycin premed is 600mg 1hr prior to
treatment)
What is a PAN used for? Correct answers - look at location of 3rd molars
- impactions
- cysts/tumors
- *NOT* FOR BONE LOSS
Which does not have naturally occuring fluoride? Correct answers - pork
What type of water does not contain fluoride? Correct answers well water
Know the papilla of the tongue Correct answers - filiform (most numerous, very small)
- fungiform (mushroom shape, contain taste buds)
- circumvallate (larger mushroom shaped, contain taste buds, on anterior side of sulcus
terminalis)
- foliate (leaf shaped, lateral border of tongue)
What is hairy tongue caused by? Correct answers elongation of the filiform papillae
Delayed eruption may be caused by Correct answers delayed exfoliation
Mandibular canal Correct answers radiolucent, long dark area outlined with dense
cortical bone, located above or parallel to the inferior border of the mandible
What is thickened lamina dura caused by?
Is this appearance normal? Correct answers - caused by trauma
- not normal
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Know film errors Correct answers - elongation: too little vertical angulation
- foreshortening: too much vertical angulation
- cone cut: PID not aligned with censor
- overlap: incorrect horizontal angulation
Identify median rhomboid glossitis Correct answers rhombus shaped, central denuded
area of the tongue with red appearance
What is the treatment for black hairy tongue? Correct answers brush it
What is a vitality test used for? Correct answers testing to see if the pulp is vital or not
(applying cold air on cotton swap and pushing it against the tooth; if the pulp is vital it
hurts, if its necrotic you would not feel anything)
Vital Correct answers Pulp composed of *viable tissue*, either normal or diseased, that
responds to electric stimuli and to heat and cold.
Necrotic (non-vital) Correct answers Death of the pulp.
Can no longer feel sensations
What are Hutchinson's incisors caused by? Correct answers Syphillis
Identify lingual varicosities.. are they normal? Correct answers Yes, they're normal
How long should ultrasonic units be flushed? Correct answers 30 seconds
What provides proof of *sterilization*? Spore test or autoclave tape? Correct answers
Spore test
What does autoclave tape tell you? Correct answers that it has reached proper
*temperature*
Hep B vaccination also protects you from? Correct answers Hep D
What can chlorhexidine cause? Correct answers staining, increased calculus deposits
What instrument should you use to work on mandibular anterior gingiva? Correct
answers - 1/2 gracey
- columbia
- sickle ultrasonic
What drug causes bleeding? Correct answers Aspirin
What does the 2nd premolar replace? Correct answers the 2nd deciduous molar
Dental Hygiene Prometric Exam
What is an oral side effect of Prozac? Correct answers xerostomia
How do steroids effect wound healing? Correct answers causes delayed wound healing
What should be done with a patient with a previous history of high blood pressure and
comes in for their appointment with reading of 160/116? Correct answers refer the
patient to their physician immediately
Premedication regimine Correct answers 2g Amoxicillin
600 mg Clindamycin
Patient comes in for appointment who needs premed, and they took 300 mg 1 hour prior
to their appointment. What would you do? Correct answers administer another 300 mg
and wait 1 hr prior to treatment (because their clindamycin premed is 600mg 1hr prior to
treatment)
What is a PAN used for? Correct answers - look at location of 3rd molars
- impactions
- cysts/tumors
- *NOT* FOR BONE LOSS
Which does not have naturally occuring fluoride? Correct answers - pork
What type of water does not contain fluoride? Correct answers well water
Know the papilla of the tongue Correct answers - filiform (most numerous, very small)
- fungiform (mushroom shape, contain taste buds)
- circumvallate (larger mushroom shaped, contain taste buds, on anterior side of sulcus
terminalis)
- foliate (leaf shaped, lateral border of tongue)
What is hairy tongue caused by? Correct answers elongation of the filiform papillae
Delayed eruption may be caused by Correct answers delayed exfoliation
Mandibular canal Correct answers radiolucent, long dark area outlined with dense
cortical bone, located above or parallel to the inferior border of the mandible
What is thickened lamina dura caused by?
Is this appearance normal? Correct answers - caused by trauma
- not normal
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Know film errors Correct answers - elongation: too little vertical angulation
- foreshortening: too much vertical angulation
- cone cut: PID not aligned with censor
- overlap: incorrect horizontal angulation
Identify median rhomboid glossitis Correct answers rhombus shaped, central denuded
area of the tongue with red appearance
What is the treatment for black hairy tongue? Correct answers brush it
What is a vitality test used for? Correct answers testing to see if the pulp is vital or not
(applying cold air on cotton swap and pushing it against the tooth; if the pulp is vital it
hurts, if its necrotic you would not feel anything)
Vital Correct answers Pulp composed of *viable tissue*, either normal or diseased, that
responds to electric stimuli and to heat and cold.
Necrotic (non-vital) Correct answers Death of the pulp.
Can no longer feel sensations
What are Hutchinson's incisors caused by? Correct answers Syphillis
Identify lingual varicosities.. are they normal? Correct answers Yes, they're normal
How long should ultrasonic units be flushed? Correct answers 30 seconds
What provides proof of *sterilization*? Spore test or autoclave tape? Correct answers
Spore test
What does autoclave tape tell you? Correct answers that it has reached proper
*temperature*
Hep B vaccination also protects you from? Correct answers Hep D
What can chlorhexidine cause? Correct answers staining, increased calculus deposits
What instrument should you use to work on mandibular anterior gingiva? Correct
answers - 1/2 gracey
- columbia
- sickle ultrasonic
What drug causes bleeding? Correct answers Aspirin
What does the 2nd premolar replace? Correct answers the 2nd deciduous molar
