DASLE MN STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔If you wanted to do a mandibular nerve block, where would you place topical? -
✔✔In the depression behind retromolar area of the quadrant you are working on. This
will numb 1/2 the lip, tongue, and 1/2 the arch
✔✔What impression material is available in both putty and syringe form? -
✔✔Polysioloxane
✔✔What size hole should you punch for the key tooth? - ✔✔5
✔✔When you are punching holes in a dental dam for a patient who's teeth is out of
alignment, what should you do? - ✔✔Offset the holes
✔✔Pulpotomy is the removal of what? - ✔✔The removal of the coronal portion of the
pulp only
✔✔Pulpectomy is the removal of what? - ✔✔The removal of the coral and radicular
portion of the pulp
✔✔What type of injection technique would you use if you only want to numb 2 or 3
teeth?
A) Infiltration
B) Nerve Block
C) Field Block - ✔✔A) Infiltration
✔✔During cement removal, you are supposed to keep drying and wetting the area,
why? - ✔✔In order to remove debris
✔✔What do you use to polish a porcelain restoration? - ✔✔Diamond polishing
instruments
✔✔Whiting is an abrasive also known as? - ✔✔Chalk
✔✔When checking a sealant, a sealant that is free of moisture still isn't evenly placed.
What should you do? - ✔✔
✔✔What dental material is most commonly used for pulp capping? - ✔✔Calcium
Hydroxide
✔✔X-rays are made up of?
A) Protons
, B) Electrons
C) Neutrons
D) Ions - ✔✔B) Electrons
✔✔When seating a molar band, your first can adjust using your fingers from mesial to
distal. Then you use a bite stick to adjust on which surface?
A) Mesial
B) Distal
C) Buccal
D) Lingual - ✔✔C) Buccal
✔✔What is considered the septum on a dental dam? - ✔✔The space between where
the holes are punched
✔✔Which of these contributes the most artificial radiation? - ✔✔Medical radiation
✔✔Zinc Oxide Eugenol - ✔✔- Has a soothing affect on the pulp
- Can be mixed ahead of time and stored
- Many people are allergic to it
✔✔Non Eugenol dressing - ✔✔- Most commonly used perio dressing
- Can't be mixed ahead of time
✔✔How would you dry the mouth before applying topical? - ✔✔Using a 2x2 gauze
✔✔In Minnesota, which of these is an LDA permitted to use when removing bond
material?
A) Ultra Sonic Scaler
B) High speed hand piece
C) Curette
D) Air Polishing Prophylaxis System - ✔✔B) High speed hand piece
✔✔What is used to adjust and bend an the arch wire? - ✔✔Bird beak pliers
✔✔Which dental clamp has jaws that bend sharply down towards the gingiva? - ✔✔"A"
Clamps
✔✔After placing a sealant, the patient tells you that they can still feel a high spot. What
should you do?
A) Remove the sealant and start over
B) Have the dentist adjust it
C) Use a round bur to adjust the sealant
D) Tell the patient that the sealant will eventually wear into place - ✔✔C) Use a round
bur to adjust the sealant
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔If you wanted to do a mandibular nerve block, where would you place topical? -
✔✔In the depression behind retromolar area of the quadrant you are working on. This
will numb 1/2 the lip, tongue, and 1/2 the arch
✔✔What impression material is available in both putty and syringe form? -
✔✔Polysioloxane
✔✔What size hole should you punch for the key tooth? - ✔✔5
✔✔When you are punching holes in a dental dam for a patient who's teeth is out of
alignment, what should you do? - ✔✔Offset the holes
✔✔Pulpotomy is the removal of what? - ✔✔The removal of the coronal portion of the
pulp only
✔✔Pulpectomy is the removal of what? - ✔✔The removal of the coral and radicular
portion of the pulp
✔✔What type of injection technique would you use if you only want to numb 2 or 3
teeth?
A) Infiltration
B) Nerve Block
C) Field Block - ✔✔A) Infiltration
✔✔During cement removal, you are supposed to keep drying and wetting the area,
why? - ✔✔In order to remove debris
✔✔What do you use to polish a porcelain restoration? - ✔✔Diamond polishing
instruments
✔✔Whiting is an abrasive also known as? - ✔✔Chalk
✔✔When checking a sealant, a sealant that is free of moisture still isn't evenly placed.
What should you do? - ✔✔
✔✔What dental material is most commonly used for pulp capping? - ✔✔Calcium
Hydroxide
✔✔X-rays are made up of?
A) Protons
, B) Electrons
C) Neutrons
D) Ions - ✔✔B) Electrons
✔✔When seating a molar band, your first can adjust using your fingers from mesial to
distal. Then you use a bite stick to adjust on which surface?
A) Mesial
B) Distal
C) Buccal
D) Lingual - ✔✔C) Buccal
✔✔What is considered the septum on a dental dam? - ✔✔The space between where
the holes are punched
✔✔Which of these contributes the most artificial radiation? - ✔✔Medical radiation
✔✔Zinc Oxide Eugenol - ✔✔- Has a soothing affect on the pulp
- Can be mixed ahead of time and stored
- Many people are allergic to it
✔✔Non Eugenol dressing - ✔✔- Most commonly used perio dressing
- Can't be mixed ahead of time
✔✔How would you dry the mouth before applying topical? - ✔✔Using a 2x2 gauze
✔✔In Minnesota, which of these is an LDA permitted to use when removing bond
material?
A) Ultra Sonic Scaler
B) High speed hand piece
C) Curette
D) Air Polishing Prophylaxis System - ✔✔B) High speed hand piece
✔✔What is used to adjust and bend an the arch wire? - ✔✔Bird beak pliers
✔✔Which dental clamp has jaws that bend sharply down towards the gingiva? - ✔✔"A"
Clamps
✔✔After placing a sealant, the patient tells you that they can still feel a high spot. What
should you do?
A) Remove the sealant and start over
B) Have the dentist adjust it
C) Use a round bur to adjust the sealant
D) Tell the patient that the sealant will eventually wear into place - ✔✔C) Use a round
bur to adjust the sealant
