MDAS FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2025/2026
The lower right first bicuspid is tooth # - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔#28
The rubber dam clamp that is used only on anterior teeth - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Double bow
The lower centrals and laterals are teeth # - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔#23, #24, #25, #26
The tooth that touches the distal part of #20 is the mesial of # - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔#19
In order to protect yourself from over exposure to x-rays, you should? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔Leave the room when making the exposure
A tooth may die, and require a root canal treatment due to the following causes: - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔Traumatic blow, extensive decay, mechanical exposure and chemical irritation
Useful tests on teeth determine whether they will need a root canal include: - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔Percussion (tapping), thermal (hot and cold), and electric pulp tests
The cement which must be mixed slowly on a glass slab: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔zinc
phosphate
According to Angle's classification of occlusion (overbite, underbite, normal), the normal jaw
position is classified as a: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Class I
, A good liner (base) under amalgams to help prevent sensitivity is: - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔Vitrebond, copalite, dycal (calcium hydroxide), and glass ionomer
Two instruments used to carve an amalgam after it has been condensed (packed) are: -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Cleoid-discoid and interproximal
The amalgam carrier is used to? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔transport the filling material to the
mouth for placement
After the soft, composite material is placed in the cavity, the next step would be to? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔Harden the composite with the curing light
What is the usual method to clean work surfaces? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Disinfection
In endodontics, the temporary filling material commonly used is? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Cavit
Acrylic (plastic) temporary - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Temp bond
Metal shell temporary - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔IRM
Permanent crown - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔RMGI or Zinc Phosphate cement
The part of a bridge replacing the missing tooth is called a _______. - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔Pontic
The form submitted to an insurance company for determining what benefits the insurance
company will pay before the treatment is done it's called a ? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Pre-
Estimate (Pre-Determination)
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2025/2026
The lower right first bicuspid is tooth # - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔#28
The rubber dam clamp that is used only on anterior teeth - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Double bow
The lower centrals and laterals are teeth # - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔#23, #24, #25, #26
The tooth that touches the distal part of #20 is the mesial of # - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔#19
In order to protect yourself from over exposure to x-rays, you should? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔Leave the room when making the exposure
A tooth may die, and require a root canal treatment due to the following causes: - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔Traumatic blow, extensive decay, mechanical exposure and chemical irritation
Useful tests on teeth determine whether they will need a root canal include: - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔Percussion (tapping), thermal (hot and cold), and electric pulp tests
The cement which must be mixed slowly on a glass slab: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔zinc
phosphate
According to Angle's classification of occlusion (overbite, underbite, normal), the normal jaw
position is classified as a: - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Class I
, A good liner (base) under amalgams to help prevent sensitivity is: - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔Vitrebond, copalite, dycal (calcium hydroxide), and glass ionomer
Two instruments used to carve an amalgam after it has been condensed (packed) are: -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Cleoid-discoid and interproximal
The amalgam carrier is used to? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔transport the filling material to the
mouth for placement
After the soft, composite material is placed in the cavity, the next step would be to? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔Harden the composite with the curing light
What is the usual method to clean work surfaces? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Disinfection
In endodontics, the temporary filling material commonly used is? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Cavit
Acrylic (plastic) temporary - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Temp bond
Metal shell temporary - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔IRM
Permanent crown - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔RMGI or Zinc Phosphate cement
The part of a bridge replacing the missing tooth is called a _______. - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔Pontic
The form submitted to an insurance company for determining what benefits the insurance
company will pay before the treatment is done it's called a ? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Pre-
Estimate (Pre-Determination)
