UCLA BDP ACTUAL FINAL PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔most effective caries preventive measures - ✔✔-sealants
✔✔endodontics - ✔✔morphology, physiology, pathology of human dental pulp and
periapical tissues
-specialty of saving teeth
✔✔tooth anatomy - ✔✔-enamel
-dentin
-pulp
-periodontal ligament
-root canal
root apex (lowest portion of root)
✔✔how many roots do premoal teeth have? - ✔✔1-2 roots, 1-2 canals
✔✔primary cause of pulp and periapical disease? - ✔✔bacteria
✔✔is direct pulp exposure required for pulpal infection? - ✔✔no
✔✔dentinal tubules - ✔✔Microscopic canals found in dentin
✔✔clinical tests for root canal - ✔✔-pulp (vitality) tests : cold test, heat test, electric pulp
test
-periapical test: palpation, percussion
✔✔key signs of disease on xray - ✔✔teardrop radiolucency, bone loss, usually deep
caries
✔✔endodontic diagnosis - ✔✔pulpal diagnosis (normal pulp, reversible pulpitis,
irreversible pulpitis, pulp necrosis)
-periapical diagnosis (normal apical tissues, symptomatic apical periodontitis,
asymptomatic apical periodontitis, acute apical abscess, chronic apical abscess
✔✔straight line access - ✔✔locate canals after initial access, refine prep, straight line
access
✔✔prognosis of root canal treatments - ✔✔95% success
✔✔what is prosthodontics? - ✔✔-rehabilitation of missing teeth and or structures of
head and neck
, ✔✔fixed partial dentures - ✔✔replaces mising teeth, two crowns connected together by
pontic in middle, soft tissue contour, custom shading
✔✔removable partial dentures - ✔✔removal appliance, used existing teeth as
scaffoldingrpd but fit into existing dentition
✔✔implant components - ✔✔-implant, abutmnet, restoration
✔✔full mouth rehabilitation - ✔✔-occlusion, functionality, esthetics
✔✔facial prosthesis - ✔✔replacing missing structures of the head and neck; use of
magnetic appliances or clips, trauma cancer, birth defects
✔✔esthetic steps - ✔✔face, bite, pink, white
✔✔what sets the tone? - ✔✔bone; bone structure determines soft tissue contour
✔✔what is periodontics? - ✔✔speciality of dentistry that studies supporting structures of
teeth
✔✔periodontium - ✔✔Structures that surround, support, and are attached to the teeth
✔✔gingiva - ✔✔soft tissue that surrounds and attaches to teeth; forms a seal; functions
--> protects the tooth from mechanical and microbial damage
✔✔cementum - ✔✔hard tissue, forms outer surface of tooth root, anchors to alveolar
bond via periodontal ligament fibers
✔✔periodontal disease - ✔✔progressive, inflammatory condition of preiodontal tissues
surrounding the teeth
✔✔infalmmation - ✔✔response to bacteria, white blood cells fight and protect the body
from infection nad other foreign organisms
✔✔gingivitis - ✔✔inflammation, but no bone loss
✔✔periodontitis - ✔✔inflammation and bone loss
✔✔periodontitis is multifactorial - ✔✔pathogen, host, enviornment
✔✔scaling and root planing - ✔✔scaling --> removal of biofilm and calculus
root planing --> removal of diseased root surface
✔✔open flap debridement - ✔✔surgically separating gum from tooth
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔most effective caries preventive measures - ✔✔-sealants
✔✔endodontics - ✔✔morphology, physiology, pathology of human dental pulp and
periapical tissues
-specialty of saving teeth
✔✔tooth anatomy - ✔✔-enamel
-dentin
-pulp
-periodontal ligament
-root canal
root apex (lowest portion of root)
✔✔how many roots do premoal teeth have? - ✔✔1-2 roots, 1-2 canals
✔✔primary cause of pulp and periapical disease? - ✔✔bacteria
✔✔is direct pulp exposure required for pulpal infection? - ✔✔no
✔✔dentinal tubules - ✔✔Microscopic canals found in dentin
✔✔clinical tests for root canal - ✔✔-pulp (vitality) tests : cold test, heat test, electric pulp
test
-periapical test: palpation, percussion
✔✔key signs of disease on xray - ✔✔teardrop radiolucency, bone loss, usually deep
caries
✔✔endodontic diagnosis - ✔✔pulpal diagnosis (normal pulp, reversible pulpitis,
irreversible pulpitis, pulp necrosis)
-periapical diagnosis (normal apical tissues, symptomatic apical periodontitis,
asymptomatic apical periodontitis, acute apical abscess, chronic apical abscess
✔✔straight line access - ✔✔locate canals after initial access, refine prep, straight line
access
✔✔prognosis of root canal treatments - ✔✔95% success
✔✔what is prosthodontics? - ✔✔-rehabilitation of missing teeth and or structures of
head and neck
, ✔✔fixed partial dentures - ✔✔replaces mising teeth, two crowns connected together by
pontic in middle, soft tissue contour, custom shading
✔✔removable partial dentures - ✔✔removal appliance, used existing teeth as
scaffoldingrpd but fit into existing dentition
✔✔implant components - ✔✔-implant, abutmnet, restoration
✔✔full mouth rehabilitation - ✔✔-occlusion, functionality, esthetics
✔✔facial prosthesis - ✔✔replacing missing structures of the head and neck; use of
magnetic appliances or clips, trauma cancer, birth defects
✔✔esthetic steps - ✔✔face, bite, pink, white
✔✔what sets the tone? - ✔✔bone; bone structure determines soft tissue contour
✔✔what is periodontics? - ✔✔speciality of dentistry that studies supporting structures of
teeth
✔✔periodontium - ✔✔Structures that surround, support, and are attached to the teeth
✔✔gingiva - ✔✔soft tissue that surrounds and attaches to teeth; forms a seal; functions
--> protects the tooth from mechanical and microbial damage
✔✔cementum - ✔✔hard tissue, forms outer surface of tooth root, anchors to alveolar
bond via periodontal ligament fibers
✔✔periodontal disease - ✔✔progressive, inflammatory condition of preiodontal tissues
surrounding the teeth
✔✔infalmmation - ✔✔response to bacteria, white blood cells fight and protect the body
from infection nad other foreign organisms
✔✔gingivitis - ✔✔inflammation, but no bone loss
✔✔periodontitis - ✔✔inflammation and bone loss
✔✔periodontitis is multifactorial - ✔✔pathogen, host, enviornment
✔✔scaling and root planing - ✔✔scaling --> removal of biofilm and calculus
root planing --> removal of diseased root surface
✔✔open flap debridement - ✔✔surgically separating gum from tooth
