CSCE DENTAL HYGIENE PROMETRIC EXAM UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
What is an oral side effect of Prozac? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅xerostomia
How do steroids effect wound healing? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅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 ANSWER✅✅✅refer the patient to their
physician immediately
Premedication regimine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅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 ANSWER✅✅✅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 ANSWER✅✅✅- look at location of 3rd molars
- impactions
- pathology
- NOT FOR BONE LOSS
Items containing fluoride? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- tea
- pork
- fish
What type of water does not contain fluoride? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅well water
Know the papilla of the tongue - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- 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 ANSWER✅✅✅elongation of the filiform papillae
Delayed eruption may be caused by - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅delayed exfoliation
Identify mandibular canal radiographically - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅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 ANSWER✅✅✅-
caused by trauma
- not normal
Know film errors - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- 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 ANSWER✅✅✅rhombus shaped, central denuded
area of the tongue with red appearance
What is the treatment for black hair tongue? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅brush it
What is a vitality test used for? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅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)
,What are Hutchinson's incisors caused by? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Syphillis, NOT biting on bobby
pins
Identify lingual varicosities.. are they normal? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅yes they're normal
How long should ultrasonic units be flushed? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅20 seconds
What provides proof of sterilization? Spore test or autoclave tape? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Spore
test
What does autoclave tape tell you? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅that it has reached proper
temperature
Hep B vaccination also protects you from? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Hep D
What can chlorhexidine cause? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅staining, increased calculus deposits
What instrument should you use to work on mandibular anterior gingiva? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅- 1/2 gracey
- columbia
- sickle ultrasonic
What drug causes bleeding? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Aspirin
What does the 2nd premolar replace? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the 2nd deciduous molar
What would you do for fordyce granules? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅leave alone; normal
is a bifurcated maxillary canine normal? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅yes
, What would you do for lingual erosion? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅rinse with sodium bicarbonate
Stannous fluoride is not found in which of the following? tea, pork, well water, or fish? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅well water
Which is the only root that would be incomplete at age 15? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the second
molar
Presents with a firm lesion on the ventral surface of the tongue? ranula, benign, or malignant? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅?
what is the panorex best used for? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅position of 3rd molars
What is wrong with the PANO picture? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅patient should not have on a
thyroid collar when taking a PAN
What can prednisone cause? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅delayed wound healing
How old is a patient with 2nd premolar, 1st molar, and 2nd molars are unerupted? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅11 years old
Does ankylosis of the tongue result in nutrition issues? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅no
What would recession to the apex of #24-25 be a result of? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅AIDS
Exaggerated gingival enlargement could be the result of what? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅uncontrolled diabetes
CORRECT ANSWERS
What is an oral side effect of Prozac? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅xerostomia
How do steroids effect wound healing? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅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 ANSWER✅✅✅refer the patient to their
physician immediately
Premedication regimine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅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 ANSWER✅✅✅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 ANSWER✅✅✅- look at location of 3rd molars
- impactions
- pathology
- NOT FOR BONE LOSS
Items containing fluoride? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- tea
- pork
- fish
What type of water does not contain fluoride? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅well water
Know the papilla of the tongue - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- 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 ANSWER✅✅✅elongation of the filiform papillae
Delayed eruption may be caused by - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅delayed exfoliation
Identify mandibular canal radiographically - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅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 ANSWER✅✅✅-
caused by trauma
- not normal
Know film errors - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- 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 ANSWER✅✅✅rhombus shaped, central denuded
area of the tongue with red appearance
What is the treatment for black hair tongue? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅brush it
What is a vitality test used for? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅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)
,What are Hutchinson's incisors caused by? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Syphillis, NOT biting on bobby
pins
Identify lingual varicosities.. are they normal? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅yes they're normal
How long should ultrasonic units be flushed? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅20 seconds
What provides proof of sterilization? Spore test or autoclave tape? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Spore
test
What does autoclave tape tell you? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅that it has reached proper
temperature
Hep B vaccination also protects you from? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Hep D
What can chlorhexidine cause? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅staining, increased calculus deposits
What instrument should you use to work on mandibular anterior gingiva? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅- 1/2 gracey
- columbia
- sickle ultrasonic
What drug causes bleeding? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Aspirin
What does the 2nd premolar replace? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the 2nd deciduous molar
What would you do for fordyce granules? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅leave alone; normal
is a bifurcated maxillary canine normal? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅yes
, What would you do for lingual erosion? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅rinse with sodium bicarbonate
Stannous fluoride is not found in which of the following? tea, pork, well water, or fish? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅well water
Which is the only root that would be incomplete at age 15? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the second
molar
Presents with a firm lesion on the ventral surface of the tongue? ranula, benign, or malignant? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅?
what is the panorex best used for? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅position of 3rd molars
What is wrong with the PANO picture? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅patient should not have on a
thyroid collar when taking a PAN
What can prednisone cause? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅delayed wound healing
How old is a patient with 2nd premolar, 1st molar, and 2nd molars are unerupted? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅11 years old
Does ankylosis of the tongue result in nutrition issues? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅no
What would recession to the apex of #24-25 be a result of? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅AIDS
Exaggerated gingival enlargement could be the result of what? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅uncontrolled diabetes
