Chapter 1: Introduction to Dental
Assisting Exam Questions With
Correct Answers New Update.
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen - Answer -✔✔ Bavarian physicist who discovered the x-ray
beam in 1895
Radiographs - Answer -✔✔ The images produced by x-ray beams on film are known as
C. Edmund Kells - Answer -✔✔ A New Orleans dentist, usually credited with employing
the first dental assistant
Robert Tanner Freeman - Answer -✔✔ 1867 Harvard University initiated its first dental
class and accepted its first African-American student ______
Ida Gray-Rollins - Answer -✔✔ The first African-American woman in the United States
to earn a dental degree
George Blue Spruce Jr. - Answer -✔✔ The first Native-American dentist in the United
States (1956)
Jessica A. Rickert - Answer -✔✔ First recognized Native-American female dentist
(1975)
Dentist - Answer -✔✔ The individual who is legally and ultimately responsible for the
care of patients and for the supervisions of all other members of the team
Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) of the American Dental Association (ADA)
- Answer -✔✔ The dentist trained in the United States must graduate from a dental
university approved by the
Doctor of Dental surgery (DDS) or
Doctor of Medical Dentistry - Answer -✔✔ Depending of which school they attended,
when dentist graduate from a dental university, they are awarded either the
Dental public health - Answer -✔✔ Involves developing policies at the counrty, state,
and national levels for programs to control and prevent disease. Example includes
professionals involved with fluoridation, community and oral health education, and Head
Start programs. ____ also includes dental screenings within a community to assess the
needs of the community
Assisting Exam Questions With
Correct Answers New Update.
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen - Answer -✔✔ Bavarian physicist who discovered the x-ray
beam in 1895
Radiographs - Answer -✔✔ The images produced by x-ray beams on film are known as
C. Edmund Kells - Answer -✔✔ A New Orleans dentist, usually credited with employing
the first dental assistant
Robert Tanner Freeman - Answer -✔✔ 1867 Harvard University initiated its first dental
class and accepted its first African-American student ______
Ida Gray-Rollins - Answer -✔✔ The first African-American woman in the United States
to earn a dental degree
George Blue Spruce Jr. - Answer -✔✔ The first Native-American dentist in the United
States (1956)
Jessica A. Rickert - Answer -✔✔ First recognized Native-American female dentist
(1975)
Dentist - Answer -✔✔ The individual who is legally and ultimately responsible for the
care of patients and for the supervisions of all other members of the team
Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) of the American Dental Association (ADA)
- Answer -✔✔ The dentist trained in the United States must graduate from a dental
university approved by the
Doctor of Dental surgery (DDS) or
Doctor of Medical Dentistry - Answer -✔✔ Depending of which school they attended,
when dentist graduate from a dental university, they are awarded either the
Dental public health - Answer -✔✔ Involves developing policies at the counrty, state,
and national levels for programs to control and prevent disease. Example includes
professionals involved with fluoridation, community and oral health education, and Head
Start programs. ____ also includes dental screenings within a community to assess the
needs of the community
